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# #7 Caprese at Roadees Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe-7-caprese/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:16:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:16:30.000Z
- Description: Mozzarella cheese, tomato, pesto, balsamic vinegar on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. At Roadees Cafe, Brentwood.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Roadees Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe/), a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.

Hoagie RollBalsamic (vinegar,…PestoTomatoMozzarellaHoagie Roll

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized caprese, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

91

Harmony

91

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

96

Composition

83

Quality

100

Envelope

98

More bitter 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.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place)**, served cold: mozzarella cheese; tomato; pesto; balsamic vinegar.

## Balance

salt0.8 · 47thacid1.3 · 82ndfat1.8 · 35thsweet1.0 · 90thumami1.3 · 40thheat0.0bitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.8   | 47th               |
| acid   | 1.3   | 82nd               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 35th               |
| sweet  | 1.0   | 90th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 40th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**91** 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 (inferred from the kind of place)       | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame |
| mozzarella cheesescored as Mozzarella               | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty                | **+30**   |
| tomato                                              | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+23**   |
| pesto                                               | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy       | **+12**   |
| balsamic vinegarscored as Balsamic (vinegar, glaze) | acid    | acid 4 sweet 3 wet saucy                | **+4**    |

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

- **Mozzarella + Tomato**: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
- **Mozzarella + Balsamic (vinegar, glaze)**: dark acid against milky cheese
- **Tomato + Balsamic (vinegar, glaze)**: vinegar on tomato, salad logic

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

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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.