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# Tuna Melt at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-tuna-melt/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:21:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:21:48.000Z
- Description: Albacore tuna salad, ripe tomato, melted cheese on griddled buttermilk bread. Sandwich Score 60, solid. 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.

White BreadCheese (generic)TomatoTuna SaladWhite Bread

**60**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +14.

A tuna salad sandwich with layers outside the form; four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

97

Harmony

68

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

45

Quality

78

Envelope

98

More umami 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.

**griddled buttermilk bread**, toasted: albacore tuna salad; ripe tomato; melted cheese.

## Balance

salt1.9 · 85thacid1.0 · 71stfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.8 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.9   | 85th               |
| acid   | 1.0   | 71st               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 64th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 29th               |
| umami  | 2.8   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**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    |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| griddled buttermilk bread (low tier)scored as White Bread | bread   | soft                                    | the frame |
| albacore tuna saladscored as Tuna Salad                   | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy soft        | **+4**    |
| ripe tomatoscored as Tomato                               | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+13**   |
| melted cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey  | **−14**   |

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

- **Tuna Salad + Tomato**: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair

## How to raise it

Commodity bread (white bread): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

[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.