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# Crispy Chicken Sandwich at In The Wood
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-in-the-wood-crispy-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:25:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:21:34.000Z
- Description: Fried chicken breast, melted pepper jack cheese, onion, avocado, coleslaw, chipotle aioli on toasted acme bun. Sandwich Score 60, solid. At In The Wood, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [In The Wood](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-in-the-wood/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunColeslawAvocadoOnionMonterey JackChickenBurger Bun

**60**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +25.

A burger buried under extra layers; four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

82

Harmony

77

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

43

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 acme bun**, toasted: fried chicken breast; melted pepper jack cheese; onion; avocado; coleslaw; chipotle aioli.

## Balance

salt0.9 · 51stacid0.3 · 38thfat2.4 · 61stsweet0.5 · 63rdumami1.4 · 47thheat0.1 · 50thbitter0.1 · 40th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.9   | 51st               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 38th               |
| fat    | 2.4   | 61st               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 63rd               |
| umami  | 1.4   | 47th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 50th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 40th               |

**82** 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 acme bunscored as Burger Bun             | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                   | the frame  |
| fried chicken breastscored as Chicken            | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender       | **−2**     |
| melted pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | **−2**     |
| onion                                            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh            | **−2**     |
| avocado                                          | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                | **+2**     |
| coleslaw                                         | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed    | **+4**     |
| chipotle aioli                                   |         |                                        | 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

- **Chicken + Avocado**: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
- **Chicken + Coleslaw**: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken

[All the sandwiches at In The Wood](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-in-the-wood/) · [The menu this was read from](https://inthewood.biz/lunch/?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.