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# Rutherford Roast Beef at The Napa Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfield-the-napa-deli-rutherford-roast-beef/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:18:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:18:58.000Z
- Description: Roast beef, provolone, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles, creamy horseradish, dijon on sourdough roll. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At The Napa Deli, Fairfield.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [The Napa Deli](https://onesandwich.com/fairfield-the-napa-deli/), a deli in Fairfield, California.

SourdoughHorseradishPickle (cucumber)TomatoOnionLettuceProvoloneBeefSourdough

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

97

Harmony

92

Contrast

88

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

94

Quality

100

Envelope

96

More heat 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.

**sourdough roll**, served cold: roast beef; provolone; lettuce; onion; tomato; pickles; creamy horseradish; dijon.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 74thacid1.6 · 90thfat1.3 · 19thsweet0.4 · 52ndumami1.4 · 44thheat0.7 · 90thbitter0.3 · 74th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 74th               |
| acid   | 1.6   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.3   | 19th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 52nd               |
| umami  | 1.4   | 44th               |
| heat   | 0.7   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 74th               |

**97** 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     |
| --------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sourdough rollscored as Sourdough       | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame  |
| roast beefscored as Beef                | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **+33**    |
| provolone                               | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+2**     |
| lettuce                                 | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+4**     |
| onion                                   | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+1**     |
| tomato                                  | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+2**     |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)      | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−1**     |
| creamy horseradishscored as Horseradish | sauce   | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **+3**     |
| dijon                                   |         |                                         | 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.

## Pairings

- **Beef + Provolone**: philly logic: sharp provolone on beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Horseradish**: hot horseradish cuts rich roast beef

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.

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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.