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# Wild Steer at Pop's Deli & Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-pop-s-deli-and-grill-wild-steer/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:25:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:25:22.000Z
- Description: Roast beef, melted jack cheese, mild green chilis, lettuce, sliced tomato on french roll. Sandwich Score 64, 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 RollTomatoLettuceMonterey JackBeefHoagie Roll

**64**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +25.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

84

Harmony

74

Contrast

95

Structure

96

Focus

100

Composition

51

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: roast beef; melted jack cheese; mild green chilis; lettuce; sliced tomato.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 56thacid0.3 · 36thfat1.9 · 41stsweet0.2 · 27thumami1.9 · 68thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 47th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 56th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 36th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 41st               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 27th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 68th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 47th               |

**84** 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  |
| roast beefscored as Beef                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **−5**     |
| melted jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty  | **−11**    |
| mild green chilis                         |         |                                         | not scored |
| lettuce                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+6**     |
| sliced tomatoscored as Tomato             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+11**    |

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.