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# Soup & Half Sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-soup-and-half-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:46.000Z
- Description: Choice of pastrami, corned beef, turkey or roast beef, swiss, coleslaw, russian dressing on choice of bread. 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.

Hoagie RollRussian Dressing (T…ColeslawSwiss CheeseHoagie Roll

**56**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +24.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

92

Harmony

77

Contrast

78

Structure

86

Focus

96

Composition

34

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.

**hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one)**, served cold: choice of pastrami, corned beef, turkey or roast beef; swiss; coleslaw; russian dressing.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 71stacid1.0 · 70thfat2.6 · 67thsweet0.8 · 84thumami1.3 · 41stheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 71st               |
| acid   | 1.0   | 70th               |
| fat    | 2.6   | 67th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 84th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 41st               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**92** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread   | soft crusty                              | the frame  |
| choice of pastrami, corned beef, turkey or roast beef               |         |                                          | not scored |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese                                         | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty          | **+10**    |
| coleslaw                                                            | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed      | **+3**     |
| russian dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island)        | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **+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.

[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.