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# Strike Out at Diablo Foods
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/lafayette-diablo-foods-strike-out/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:33:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:33:18.000Z
- Description: Roast beef, gorgonzola, red onions, mayo on sliced sourdough. Sandwich Score 78, excellent. 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.

SourdoughMayonnaiseOnionBlue Cheese (gorgon…BeefSourdough

**78**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +10.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

84

Harmony

79

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

84

Quality

100

Envelope

95

More bitter 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.

**sliced sourdough**, toasted: roast beef; gorgonzola; red onions; mayo.

## Balance

salt1.3 · 66thacid0.7 · 58thfat3.1 · 83rdsweet0.2 · 24thumami1.9 · 70thheat0.1 · 52ndbitter0.6 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.3   | 66th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 58th               |
| fat    | 3.1   | 83rd               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 70th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 52nd               |
| bitter | 0.6   | 90th               |

**89** 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 |
| roast beefscored as Beef                     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender                | **+20**   |
| gorgonzolascored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | **+17**   |
| red onionsscored as Onion                    | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+24**   |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                     | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy                       | **+4**    |

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

- **Beef + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola)**: steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.

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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.