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# Chicken Caesar Sando at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-chicken-caesar-sando/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:23:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:23:40.000Z
- Description: Sliced chicken breast, romaine lettuce, tomato, shredded parmesan cheese, caesar dressing on french roll. Sandwich Score 62, very good. At Pop's Deli & Grill, Hayward.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Pop's Deli & Grill](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill/), a deli in Hayward, California.

Hoagie RollCaesar DressingParmesanTomatoLettuceChickenHoagie Roll

**62**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +23.

Uncharted, six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

92

Harmony

76

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

44

Quality

100

Envelope

99

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.

**french roll**, served cold: sliced chicken breast; romaine lettuce; tomato; shredded parmesan cheese; caesar dressing (low tier).

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid0.7 · 57thfat2.1 · 50thsweet0.1 · 23rdumami2.7 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 41st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 57th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 50th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 23rd               |
| umami  | 2.7   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 41st               |

**92** 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    |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll           | bread   | soft crusty                              | the frame |
| sliced chicken breastscored as Chicken     | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender         | **0**     |
| romaine lettucescored as Lettuce           | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **+3**    |
| tomato                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **+5**    |
| shredded parmesan cheesescored as Parmesan | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty       | **−2**    |
| caesar dressing (low tier)                 | sauce   | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 acid 2 creamy saucy | **+2**    |

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.

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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.