Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
1 tri-tip across Mountain View, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
The Don's Deli · Mountain View
7 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
House-cooked tri-tip on a fresh roll, sold in six builds including a French dip. The meat and the bread are the story, and when the bread is off the sandwich goes with it.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked early ranking until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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