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# The Works Cheesesteak at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-the-works-cheesesteak/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:21:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:21:41.000Z
- Description: Grilled ribeye steak, melted provolone cheese, grilled onions, housemade pizza sauce on steak roll. Sandwich Score 76, excellent. At Jersey Joe's Coastside, Half Moon Bay.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Jersey Joe's Coastside](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside/), a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.

Hoagie RollOnionProvoloneBeefHoagie Roll

**76**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +13.

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

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

71

Harmony

94

Contrast

83

Structure

86

Focus

100

Composition

91

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**steak roll**, toasted: grilled ribeye steak; melted provolone cheese; grilled onions; housemade pizza sauce (house-made).

Worth a look: house-made: Pizza Sauce.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 56thacid0.1 · 26thfat2.1 · 50thsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.1 · 57thbitter0.1 · 50th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 56th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 26th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 50th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 29th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 84th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 57th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 50th               |

**71** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| steak rollscored as Hoagie Roll            | bread   | soft crusty                      | the frame  |
| grilled ribeye steakscored as Beef         | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | **+17**    |
| melted provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty  | **+19**    |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion              | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh      | **+12**    |
| housemade pizza sauce (house-made)         |         |                                  | 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

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.09 short).

[All the sandwiches at Jersey Joe's Coastside](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside/) · [The menu this was read from](https://jerseyjoescoastside.com/?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.