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# Portofino at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-portofino/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:24:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:24:55.000Z
- Description: Sliced turkey breast, provolone cheese, sundried tomato pesto, green leaf lettuce on sliced sourdough. Sandwich Score 52, 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.

SourdoughLettuceProvoloneTurkeySourdough

**52**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +17.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

77

Harmony

65

Contrast

73

Structure

86

Focus

79

Composition

34

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.

**sliced sourdough**, served cold: sliced turkey breast; provolone cheese; sundried tomato pesto; green leaf lettuce.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 56thacid0.2 · 30thfat1.4 · 23rdsweet0.0umami1.8 · 64thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 50th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 56th               |
| acid   | 0.2   | 30th               |
| fat    | 1.4   | 23rd               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.8   | 64th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 50th               |

**77** 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     |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sliced sourdoughscored as Sourdough  | bread   | soft chewy crusty               | the frame  |
| sliced turkey breastscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender       | **0**      |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | **+6**     |
| sundried tomato pesto                |         |                                 | not scored |
| green leaf lettucescored as Lettuce  | texture | crunchy juicy fresh             | **+8**     |

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.