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# Tuna Melt at Oceanview Diner
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-oceanview-diner-tuna-melt/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:10:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:10:09.000Z
- Description: Tuna, tomatoes, cheddar cheese on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 81, excellent. At Oceanview Diner, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Oceanview Diner](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-oceanview-diner/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

White BreadCheddar CheeseTomatoTunaWhite Bread

**81**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +9.

Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

93

Harmony

83

Contrast

93

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

79

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.

**white bread (inferred from the name)**, toasted: tuna; tomatoes; cheddar cheese.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 73rdacid0.7 · 57thfat2.1 · 50thsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.5 · 89thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 73rd               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 57th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 50th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 29th               |
| umami  | 2.5   | 89th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**93** 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    |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| white bread (inferred from the name) | bread   | soft                                    | the frame |
| tuna                                 | protein | umami 3 fat 2 soft flaky tender         | **+14**   |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+31**   |
| cheddar cheese                       | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **+7**    |

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

- **Tuna + Tomato**: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
- **Tomato + Cheddar Cheese**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair

## How to raise it

- Judged as a tuna salad: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.01 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.