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# Grilled Cheese at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-grilled-cheese/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:22:20.000Z
- Description: Cheddar cheese on grilled sourdough bread. Sandwich Score 58, solid. 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.

SourdoughCheddar CheeseSourdough

**58**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +22.

Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

94

Harmony

87

Contrast

57

Structure

62

Focus

84

Composition

47

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.

**grilled sourdough bread**, toasted: cheddar cheese.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid1.0 · 70thfat2.7 · 70thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 1.0   | 70th               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 70th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**94** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| grilled sourdough breadscored as Sourdough | bread   | soft chewy crusty                     | the frame  |
| cheddar cheese                             | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | not scored |

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

- **Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese**: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust

[All the sandwiches at Homemade Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.thehomedecafe.com/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.