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# Pita Falafel at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-pita-falafel/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:10:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:10:58.000Z
- Description: Housemade falafel, pickled cabbage, jerusalem salad, harissa, tahina on pita. Sandwich Score 56, solid. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

PitaTahiniHarissaFalafelPita

**56**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +26.

Leans toward a falafel pita, four of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** complete structure

Balance

68

Harmony

99

Contrast

60

Structure

68

Focus

100

Composition

70

Quality

100

Envelope

83

−8 heat past the catalog

More heat than 90% of the catalog.

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.

**pita**, served cold: housemade falafel; pickled cabbage; jerusalem salad; harissa; tahina.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen's typical score.

Worth a look: house-made: Falafel; rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Harissa; ingredient not in the pantry: Pickled Cabbage, Jerusalem Salad.

## Balance

salt1.2 · 59thacid0.3 · 35thfat2.3 · 55thsweet0.0umami1.2 · 35thheat1.4 · 90thbitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 59th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 35th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 55th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.2   | 35th               |
| heat   | 1.4   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**68** 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     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| pita                               | bread   | soft chewy                                | the frame  |
| housemade falafelscored as Falafel | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried | **+45**    |
| pickled cabbage                    |         |                                           | not scored |
| jerusalem salad                    |         |                                           | not scored |
| harissa                            | sauce   | heat 4 salt 2 smooth                      | **−7**     |
| tahinascored as Tahini             | sauce   | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy         | **+12**    |

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

- **Falafel + Harissa**: north african heat on fried chickpea
- **Falafel + Tahini**: tahini is falafel's stated sauce

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).

[All the sandwiches at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.saulsdeli.com/s/05-SANDWICH-gksw.pdf?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.