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# The NYC at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-the-nyc/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:25:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:21:56.000Z
- Description: Cream cheese, red onion, tomato on toasted bagel. Sandwich Score 65, 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.

BagelTomatoOnionCream CheeseBagel

**65**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +25.

Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

83

Harmony

97

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

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.

**toasted bagel**, toasted: cream cheese; red onion; tomato.

## Balance

salt0.6 · 30thacid1.0 · 72ndfat1.9 · 40thsweet0.6 · 70thumami1.0 · 31stheat0.1 · 62ndbitter0.1 · 56th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.6   | 30th               |
| acid   | 1.0   | 72nd               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 40th               |
| sweet  | 0.6   | 70th               |
| umami  | 1.0   | 31st               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 62nd               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 56th               |

**83** 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 bagelscored as Bagel | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame |
| cream cheese                 | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **+19**   |
| red onionscored as Onion     | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+2**    |
| 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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust

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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.