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# Meatball Sub at Susie Q's Pizza
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-meatball-sub/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:25:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:25:54.000Z
- Description: Meatballs, provolone cheese, parmesan cheese, marinara on Hoagie Roll. 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 RollMarinaraParmesanProvoloneMeatballHoagie Roll

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized meatball sub, four of six roles on the board.

Balance

95

Harmony

100

Contrast

80

Structure

96

Focus

90

Composition

94

Quality

100

Envelope

95

More umami 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 name)**, toasted: meatballs; provolone cheese; parmesan cheese; marinara.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid0.6 · 54thfat2.3 · 54thsweet0.4 · 51stumami3.1 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 54th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 54th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 51st               |
| umami  | 3.1   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**95** 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 name) | bread   | soft crusty                                  | the frame |
| meatballsscored as Meatball          | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 soft juicy tender       | **+9**    |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty              | **0**     |
| parmesan cheesescored as Parmesan    | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty           | **−1**    |
| marinara                             | sauce   | acid 3 umami 3 salt 2 sweet 2 soft saucy wet | **+29**   |

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

- **Meatball + Provolone**: provolone melted over the meatball sub
- **Meatball + Marinara**: marinara is the meatball's native sauce
- **Parmesan + Marinara**: parmesan salts the marinara's sweetness

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

[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.