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# Cubano Croissant at Dolores Deluxe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/san-francisco-dolores-deluxe-cubano-croissant/
- Published: 2026-10-10T16:27:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T16:27:40.000Z
- Description: Smoked ham, gruyere, pepper jack cheese, Kewpie mayo, Dijon mustard, Grillo's pickles on croissant. Sandwich Score 84, excellent. At Dolores Deluxe, San Francisco.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Dolores Deluxe](https://onesandwich.com/san-francisco-dolores-deluxe/), a corner store in San Francisco, California.

CroissantPickle (cucumber)MustardMayonnaiseMonterey JackGruyèreHamCroissant

**84**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

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

Balance

96

Harmony

99

Contrast

94

Structure

100

Focus

80

Composition

84

Quality

100

Envelope

96

More salt 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.

**croissant**, toasted: smoked ham; gruyere (high tier); pepper jack cheese; Kewpie mayo (named producer, high tier); Dijon mustard; Grillo's pickles (named producer).

## Balance

salt2.6 · 90thacid1.5 · 89thfat2.5 · 65thsweet0.5 · 61stumami1.9 · 67thheat0.3 · 73rdbitter0.1 · 56th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.6   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 89th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 65th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 61st               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 67th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 73rd               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 56th               |

**96** 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    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| croissant                                                    | bread   | fat 3 sweet 2 flaky crispy             | the frame |
| smoked hamscored as Ham                                      | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+24**   |
| gruyere (high tier)scored as Gruyère                         | protein | fat 4 umami 4 salt 3 soft melty        | **+9**    |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack                    | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | **−6**    |
| Kewpie mayo (named producer, high tier)scored as Mayonnaise  | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **−5**    |
| Dijon mustardscored as Mustard                               | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth      | **+13**   |
| Grillo's pickles (named producer)scored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled    | **+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

- **Croissant + Ham**: ham on a buttery croissant, the cafe standard
- **Ham + Gruyère**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- **Ham + Mustard**: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
- **Ham + Pickle (cucumber)**: the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork

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Menu read 2026-10; 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.