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# Italian Roast at Cozzy Market & Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/cotati-cozzy-market-and-deli-italian-roast/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:06:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:06:40.000Z
- Description: Ham, salami, provolone cheese, pickles, pepperoncini on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 87, outstanding. At Cozzy Market & Deli, Cotati.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Cozzy Market & Deli](https://onesandwich.com/cotati-cozzy-market-and-deli/), a deli in Cotati, California.

Hoagie RollPepperonciniPickle (cucumber)ProvoloneSalamiHamHoagie Roll

**87**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized italian sub, four of six roles on the board.

Balance

95

Harmony

100

Contrast

90

Structure

100

Focus

95

Composition

86

Quality

100

Envelope

93

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.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the name)**, served cold: ham; salami; provolone cheese; pickles; pepperoncini.

## Balance

salt2.9 · 90thacid1.6 · 90thfat1.8 · 37thsweet0.4 · 46thumami2.0 · 74thheat0.2 · 65thbitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.9   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.6   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 37th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 46th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 65th               |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**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 (inferred from the name) | bread   | soft crusty                            | the frame |
| ham                                  | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+10**   |
| salami                               | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky       | **+21**   |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+10**   |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)   | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled    | **0**     |
| pepperoncini                         | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet      | **+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.

## Pairings

- **Ham + Salami**: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- **Ham + Pickle (cucumber)**: the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork
- **Salami + Provolone**: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- **Salami + Pepperoncini**: hot pickled peppers cut fatty salami

## How to raise it

- Judged as an italian sub: focus is not held against 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.