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# Denver at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-denver/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:24:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:24:12.000Z
- Description: Egg, ham, cheddar cheese, green onion, bell pepper on english muffin or flour tortilla. Sandwich Score 74, 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.

English MuffinBell PepperScallion (green oni…Cheddar CheeseHamEggEnglish Muffin

**74**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +15.

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

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

Balance

74

Harmony

84

Contrast

76

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

90

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.

**english muffin or flour tortilla**, served cold: egg; ham; cheddar cheese; green onion; bell pepper.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 74thacid0.2 · 32ndfat2.2 · 53rdsweet0.4 · 45thumami2.0 · 74thheat0.1 · 53rdbitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 74th               |
| acid   | 0.2   | 32nd               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 53rd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 45th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 53rd               |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**74** 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    |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| english muffin or flour tortillascored as English Muffin | bread    | soft                                   | the frame |
| egg                                                      | protein  | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy      | **+18**   |
| ham                                                      | protein  | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **0**     |
| cheddar cheese                                           | protein  | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty  | **+10**   |
| green onionscored as Scallion (green onion, chives)      | aromatic | fresh herbal crisp                     | **+4**    |
| bell pepper                                              | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh                    | **+4**    |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- **Egg + Scallion (green onion, chives)**: chives lift eggs without shouting
- **Egg + Bell Pepper**: pepper and egg, the chicago sandwich
- **Cheddar Cheese + Scallion (green onion, chives)**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- **Scallion (green onion, chives) + Bell Pepper**: peppers and onions, the griddle pair

## How to raise it

- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.06 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.