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# New Yorker at Diablo Foods
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/lafayette-diablo-foods-new-yorker/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:33:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:33:03.000Z
- Description: Pastrami, swiss cheese, bees in your nose mustard, mayo, pickle, red onion, coleslaw on toasted rye bread. Sandwich Score 68, very good. At Diablo Foods, Lafayette.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Diablo Foods](https://onesandwich.com/lafayette-diablo-foods/), a corner store in Lafayette, California.

Rye BreadColeslawOnionPickle (cucumber)MayonnaiseSwiss CheesePastramiRye Bread

**68**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +19.

A pastrami on rye with layers outside the form; six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

98

Harmony

85

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

90

Composition

52

Quality

100

Envelope

97

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.

**toasted rye bread**, toasted: pastrami; swiss cheese; bees in your nose mustard; mayo; pickle; red onion; coleslaw.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.8 · 90thfat2.2 · 52ndsweet0.4 · 52ndumami1.5 · 53rdheat0.2 · 71stbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.8   | 90th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 52nd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 52nd               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 53rd               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 71st               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**98** 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     |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| toasted rye breadscored as Rye Bread | bread   | bitter 2 soft crusty                   | the frame  |
| pastrami                             | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+7**     |
| swiss cheese                         | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+6**     |
| bees in your nose mustard            |         |                                        | not scored |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise             | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **−4**     |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)    | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled    | **+1**     |
| red onionscored as Onion             | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh            | **−3**     |
| coleslaw                             | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed    | **−2**     |

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

- **Rye Bread + Pastrami**: pastrami on rye, the new york standard
- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef

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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.