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# Deli Muffin at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-deli-muffin/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:24:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:24:09.000Z
- Description: Scrambled egg, ham, bacon, or sausage, american cheese on buttered english muffin. Sandwich Score 51, solid. 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.

English MuffinAmerican CheeseEggEnglish Muffin

**51**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +19.

Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, two of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** real textural contrast, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

67

Harmony

78

Contrast

23

Structure

84

Focus

100

Composition

71

Quality

75

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.

**buttered english muffin**, served cold: scrambled egg; ham, bacon, or sausage; american cheese (low tier).

## Balance

salt1.2 · 61stacid0.0fat2.8 · 74thsweet0.4 · 50thumami1.6 · 55thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 61st               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 2.8   | 74th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 50th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 55th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**67** 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     |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| buttered english muffinscored as English Muffin | bread   | soft                                    | the frame  |
| scrambled eggscored as Egg                      | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy       | **+15**    |
| ham, bacon, or sausage                          |         |                                         | not scored |
| american cheese (low tier)                      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | **+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

- **Egg + American Cheese**: diner law: american melts into soft egg

## How to raise it

- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.

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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.