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# ALT at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-alt/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:23:04.000Z
- Description: Avocado, lettuce, tomato, mayo on toasted wheat. Sandwich Score 74, very good. At Homemade Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Homemade Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Whole Wheat BreadMayonnaiseTomatoLettuceAvocadoWhole Wheat Bread

**74**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +17.

Uncharted, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

73

Harmony

87

Contrast

100

Structure

86

Focus

75

Composition

84

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.

**toasted wheat**, toasted: avocado; lettuce; tomato; mayo.

## Balance

salt0.4 · 18thacid0.9 · 66thfat2.8 · 75thsweet0.2 · 27thumami0.9 · 27thheat0.0bitter0.3 · 72nd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.4   | 18th               |
| acid   | 0.9   | 66th               |
| fat    | 2.8   | 75th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 27th               |
| umami  | 0.9   | 27th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.3   | 72nd               |

**73** 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 wheatscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread   | soft                                    | the frame |
| avocado                                  | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **−4**    |
| lettuce                                  | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+17**   |
| tomato                                   | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+23**   |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                 | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+18**   |

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

- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.07 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.