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# Mushroom & Swiss Burger at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-mushroom-and-swiss-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:06:00.000Z
- Description: Grilled chicken patty, swiss cheese, garlic aioli, sautéed mushrooms, red onion, lettuce, tomato on toasted bun. Sandwich Score 65, very good. At Lola's Chicken Shack, Alameda.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Lola's Chicken Shack](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack/), a sandwich shop in Alameda, California.

Burger BunTomatoLettuceOnionAioliSwiss CheeseChickenBurger Bun

**65**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +18.

A burger buried under extra layers; six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

88

Harmony

78

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

55

Quality

78

Envelope

100

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 bun**, toasted: grilled chicken patty; swiss cheese; garlic aioli; sautéed mushrooms; red onion; lettuce; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 57thacid0.5 · 47thfat2.3 · 57thsweet0.5 · 64thumami1.9 · 68thheat0.1 · 50thbitter0.1 · 55th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 57th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 47th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 57th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 64th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 68th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 50th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 55th               |

**88** 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 bun (low tier)scored as Burger Bun | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame  |
| grilled chicken pattyscored as Chicken     | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **−5**     |
| swiss cheese                               | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−7**     |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli                | sauce   | fat 5 creamy silky saucy                | **0**      |
| sautéed mushrooms                          |         |                                         | not scored |
| red onionscored as Onion                   | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−1**     |
| lettuce                                    | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+5**     |
| tomato                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+9**     |

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

- **Chicken + Aioli**: garlic aioli on mild chicken
- **Aioli + Tomato**: garlic aioli against sweet acid

## How to raise it

Commodity bread (burger bun): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

[All the sandwiches at Lola's Chicken Shack](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack/) · [The menu this was read from](https://lolaschickenshack.com/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.