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# Animal at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck-animal/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:17:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:17:22.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, extra american cheese, pickle, 1000 island, mustard, sautéed onions, tomato, lettuce on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck/), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunLettuceTomatoOnionMustardRussian Dressing (T…Pickle (cucumber)American CheeseBeefBurger Bun

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

Balance

97

Harmony

89

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

98

Composition

99

Quality

91

Envelope

98

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.

**Burger Bun (bread not stated on the menu)**, toasted: beef patty; extra american cheese (low tier); pickle; 1000 island; mustard; sautéed onions; tomato; lettuce.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid1.7 · 90thfat1.8 · 36thsweet1.0 · 90thumami1.3 · 41stheat0.5 · 84thbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 1.7   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 36th               |
| sweet  | 1.0   | 90th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 41st               |
| heat   | 0.5   | 84th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**97** 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    |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Burger Bun                                                | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                     | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef                                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender         | **+15**   |
| extra american cheese (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty  | **0**     |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)                         | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled      | **+1**    |
| 1000 islandscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island)   | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **−2**    |
| mustard                                                   | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth        | **0**     |
| sautéed onionsscored as Onion                             | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **0**     |
| tomato                                                    | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **0**     |
| lettuce                                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **+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

- **Beef + American Cheese**: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style

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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.