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# Hot Pastrami at Susie Q's Pizza
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-hot-pastrami/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:25:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:25:52.000Z
- Description: Pastrami, swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, mustard on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. At Susie Q's Pizza, Hayward.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/), a restaurant in Hayward, California.

Hoagie RollMustardPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceSwiss CheesePastramiHoagie Roll

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.

Leans toward a pastrami on rye, six of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

100

Harmony

93

Contrast

95

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

79

Quality

100

Envelope

94

More acid 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)**, toasted: pastrami; swiss cheese; lettuce; tomato; pickles; mustard.

## Balance

salt2.4 · 90thacid1.9 · 90thfat1.2 · 17thsweet0.3 · 41stumami1.8 · 63rdheat0.6 · 88thbitter0.2 · 69th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.4   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.9   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.2   | 17th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 41st               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 63rd               |
| heat   | 0.6   | 88th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 69th               |

**100** 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 |
| pastrami                                      | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **+20**   |
| swiss cheese                                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+12**   |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+13**   |
| tomato                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+8**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)            | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−5**    |
| mustard                                       | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **+16**   |

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

- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- **Pastrami + Mustard**: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.01 short).

[All the sandwiches at Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/) · [The menu this was read from](https://susieqspizza.com/hayward-hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-food-menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.