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# Bologna at Lucca Italian Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/castro-valley-lucca-italian-delicatessen-bologna/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:22:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:22:14.000Z
- Description: Bologna, choice of cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickle, red onion on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 81, excellent. At Lucca Italian Delicatessen, Castro Valley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Lucca Italian Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/castro-valley-lucca-italian-delicatessen/), a deli in Castro Valley, California.

Hoagie RollOnionPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceMustardMayonnaiseCheese (generic)Bologna (baloney)Hoagie Roll

**81**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

95

Harmony

89

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

88

Composition

77

Quality

100

Envelope

97

More acid 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 (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one)**, served cold: bologna; choice of cheese; mayonnaise; mustard; lettuce; tomato; pickle; red onion.

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

## Balance

salt2.1 · 90thacid1.9 · 90thfat2.0 · 44thsweet0.5 · 65thumami1.3 · 41stheat0.3 · 77thbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.1   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.9   | 90th               |
| fat    | 2.0   | 44th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 65th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 41st               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 77th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**95** 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 |
| bolognascored as Bologna (baloney)                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 soft springy tender | **+13**   |
| choice of cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                          | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey   | **−7**    |
| mayonnaise                                                          | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy                | **+13**   |
| mustard                                                             | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth        | **+7**    |
| lettuce                                                             | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **+14**   |
| tomato                                                              | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **+17**   |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)                                   | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled      | **−2**    |
| red onionscored as Onion                                            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **−1**    |

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

- **Bologna (baloney) + Mayonnaise**: bologna and mayo, the lunchbox default
- **Bologna (baloney) + Mustard**: the lunchbox law: mustard on bologna
- **Bologna (baloney) + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle bite against soft bologna
- **Bologna (baloney) + Onion**: raw onion against soft bologna
- **Mayonnaise + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.03 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.