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# Pastrami Club at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-pastrami-club/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:16:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:29:23.000Z
- Description: Hot pastrami, swiss cheese, pickles, pepperoncinis, lettuce, tomato, turkey, provolone, honey mustard on toasted marbled rye. Sandwich Score 75, very good. At Sprankles Deli, Benicia.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/), a deli in Benicia, California.

Rye BreadHoney MustardProvoloneTurkeyTomatoLettucePepperonciniPickle (cucumber)Swiss CheesePastramiRye Bread

**75**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +14.

A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a focused, restrained build

Balance

100

Harmony

95

Contrast

95

Structure

93

Focus

55

Composition

90

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More salt than 90% of the catalog.

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**toasted marbled rye**, toasted: hot pastrami; swiss cheese; pickles; pepperoncinis; lettuce; tomato; turkey; provolone; honey mustard (low tier).

## Balance

salt2.1 · 90thacid1.6 · 90thfat1.3 · 18thsweet0.5 · 67thumami1.7 · 62ndheat0.4 · 78thbitter0.2 · 59th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.1   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.6   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.3   | 18th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 67th               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 62nd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 78th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 59th               |

**100** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                  | Role    | Flavor and texture                      | Points    |
| -------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| toasted marbled ryescored as Rye Bread | bread   | bitter 2 soft crusty                    | the frame |
| hot pastramiscored as Pastrami         | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **+4**    |
| swiss cheese                           | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−2**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)     | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−14**   |
| pepperoncinisscored as Pepperoncini    | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet       | **−14**   |
| lettuce                                | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−2**    |
| tomato                                 | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **−4**    |
| turkey                                 | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **−6**    |
| provolone                              | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−13**   |
| honey mustard (low tier)               | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth      | **−6**    |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Rye Bread + Pastrami**: pastrami on rye, the new york standard
- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- **Pastrami + Honey Mustard**: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- **Swiss Cheese + Turkey**: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- **Tomato + Turkey**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Turkey + Honey Mustard**: honey mustard on lean bird

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.20 short).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.