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# Chicken Veneto at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-chicken-veneto/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:23:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:23:44.000Z
- Description: Chicken breast, provolone cheese, pesto sauce on french roll. Sandwich Score 66, 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 RollPestoProvoloneChickenHoagie Roll

**66**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +20.

Reads as a fully realized chicken pesto sandwich, three of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

68

Harmony

91

Contrast

60

Structure

84

Focus

100

Composition

75

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.

**french roll**, toasted: chicken breast; provolone cheese; pesto sauce.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 69thacid0.0fat2.5 · 65thsweet0.0umami2.3 · 85thheat0.0bitter0.3 · 72nd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 69th               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 2.5   | 65th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.3   | 85th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.3   | 72nd               |

**68** 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 |
| chicken breastscored as Chicken     | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender  | **+15**   |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty   | **+14**   |
| pesto saucescored as Pesto          | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | **+12**   |

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

- **Chicken + Pesto**: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine

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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.