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# Pastrami at Buffalo Bill's Brewery
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-buffalo-bill-s-brewery-pastrami/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:23:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:23:25.000Z
- Description: Pastrami brisket, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, homemade horseradish, mayonnaise, brown mustard on odessa rye. Sandwich Score 83, excellent. At Buffalo Bill's Brewery, Hayward.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Buffalo Bill's Brewery](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-buffalo-bill-s-brewery/), a restaurant in Hayward, California.

Rye BreadMustardMayonnaiseHorseradishSwiss CheeseSauerkrautPastramiRye Bread

**83**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +9.

A pastrami on rye with layers outside the form; four of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

95

Harmony

100

Contrast

98

Structure

100

Focus

100

Composition

76

Quality

100

Envelope

87

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.

**odessa rye**, served cold: pastrami brisket; sauerkraut; swiss cheese; homemade horseradish (house-made); mayonnaise; brown mustard.

Worth a look: house-made: Horseradish.

## Balance

salt1.9 · 84thacid1.8 · 90thfat1.8 · 37thsweet0.0umami1.4 · 47thheat1.0 · 90thbitter0.5 · 89th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.9   | 84th               |
| acid   | 1.8   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 37th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.4   | 47th               |
| heat   | 1.0   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.5   | 89th               |

**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    |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| odessa ryescored as Rye Bread                          | bread   | bitter 2 soft crusty                   | the frame |
| pastrami brisketscored as Pastrami                     | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+20**   |
| sauerkraut                                             | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet              | **+4**    |
| swiss cheese                                           | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+5**    |
| homemade horseradish (house-made)scored as Horseradish | sauce   | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy             | **−6**    |
| mayonnaise                                             | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **−3**    |
| brown mustardscored as Mustard                         | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth      | **+5**    |

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

- **Rye Bread + Pastrami**: pastrami on rye, the new york standard
- **Pastrami + Sauerkraut**: peppery beef, sour kraut: the reuben axis
- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- **Pastrami + Horseradish**: horseradish on hot pastrami, the deli's other sharp
- **Pastrami + Mustard**: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- **Sauerkraut + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds the kraut's sour

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.04 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.