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# The Gretchen at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-the-gretchen/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:49.000Z
- Description: Corned beef, mayo, zhoug, sweet onion, pickled cabbage, herbs on acme sweet deli roll. Sandwich Score 52, 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.

Kaiser RollOnionMayonnaiseCorned BeefKaiser Roll

**52**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +12.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

94

Harmony

40

Contrast

84

Structure

86

Focus

90

Composition

39

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More salt 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.

**acme sweet deli roll**, served cold: corned beef; mayo; zhoug; sweet onion; pickled cabbage; herbs.

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: ingredient not in the pantry: Zhoug, Pickled Cabbage, Herbs.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.1 · 76thfat2.8 · 73rdsweet0.2 · 29thumami1.9 · 69thheat0.1 · 57thbitter0.1 · 51st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.1   | 76th               |
| fat    | 2.8   | 73rd               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 29th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 69th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 57th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 51st               |

**94** 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     |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| acme sweet deli rollscored as Kaiser Roll | bread   | soft crusty                            | the frame  |
| corned beef                               | protein | salt 5 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+3**     |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                  | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **+5**     |
| zhoug                                     |         |                                        | not scored |
| sweet onionscored as Onion                | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh            | **+7**     |
| pickled cabbage                           |         |                                        | not scored |
| herbs                                     |         |                                        | 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.

[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.