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# Tuna Salad Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe-tuna-salad-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:22:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:24:59.000Z
- Description: Homemade tuna salad made with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 76, excellent. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [El Tiny Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

Bread (generic)TomatoLettuceTuna SaladBread (generic)

**76**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +11.

Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

98

Harmony

78

Contrast

69

Structure

96

Focus

100

Composition

86

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**bread not stated**, served cold: homemade tuna salad made with mayonnaise (house-made); lettuce; tomatoes.

Worth a look: house-made: Tuna Salad.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 57thacid0.9 · 66thfat1.4 · 23rdsweet0.3 · 37thumami2.3 · 86thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 56th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 57th               |
| acid   | 0.9   | 66th               |
| fat    | 1.4   | 23rd               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 37th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 86th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 56th               |

**98** 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  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ------- |
| homemade tuna salad made with mayonnaise (house-made)scored as Tuna Salad | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy soft        | **+26** |
| lettuce                                                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+12** |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato                                                  | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+8**  |

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

- **Tuna Salad + Lettuce**: cool crunch under rich tuna salad
- **Tuna Salad + Tomato**: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair

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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.