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# Pollo Picoso at Mercado 925
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-mercado-925-pollo-picoso/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:09:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:09:07.000Z
- Description: Crispy chicken, mexican slaw, chipotle crema, avocado, grilled onions, swiss cheese on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 60, solid. At Mercado 925, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Mercado 925](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-mercado-925/), a taqueria in Berkeley, California.

Bread (generic)Swiss CheeseOnionAvocadoColeslawChickenBread (generic)

**60**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +29.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

82

Harmony

82

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

41

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.

**telera (inferred from the kind of place)**, toasted: crispy chicken; mexican slaw; chipotle crema; avocado; grilled onions; swiss cheese.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Chipotle Crema.

## Balance

salt0.8 · 46thacid0.3 · 38thfat2.3 · 57thsweet0.3 · 35thumami1.7 · 59thheat0.1 · 50thbitter0.1 · 40th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.8   | 46th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 38th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 57th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 35th               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 59th               |
| 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     |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------- |
| telera (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft                                | the frame  |
| crispy chickenscored as Chicken          | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender    | **+5**     |
| mexican slawscored as Coleslaw           | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | **+4**     |
| chipotle crema                           |         |                                     | not scored |
| avocado                                  | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh             | **+3**     |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh         | **−2**     |
| swiss cheese                             | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty     | **0**      |

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

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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.