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# Poorboy at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-poorboy/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:24:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:24:55.000Z
- Description: Italian dry salami, turkey, ham, american cheese, natural swiss cheese, lettuce, tomatoes on unstated bread. 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.

Hoagie RollTomatoLettuceSwiss CheeseAmerican CheeseHamTurkeySalamiHoagie Roll

**74**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +13.

A club with layers outside the form; five of six roles.

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

Balance

63

Harmony

96

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

90

Composition

95

Quality

90

Envelope

97

More salt 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.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place)**, served cold: italian dry salami; turkey; ham; american cheese (low tier); natural swiss cheese; lettuce; tomatoes.

## Balance

salt2.3 · 90thacid0.1 · 28thfat2.5 · 62ndsweet0.4 · 54thumami2.6 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0 · 37th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.3   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 28th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 62nd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 54th               |
| umami  | 2.6   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | 37th               |

**76** 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    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame |
| italian dry salamiscored as Salami            | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky        | **−6**    |
| turkey                                        | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **−1**    |
| ham                                           | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **0**     |
| american cheese (low tier)                    | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | **−10**   |
| natural swiss cheesescored as Swiss Cheese    | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **0**     |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+9**    |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato                      | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+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

- **Salami + Ham**: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- **Turkey + Swiss Cheese**: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- **Turkey + Tomato**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.17 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.