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# Barney's Falafel Pita at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck-barney-s-falafel-pita/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:17:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:17:53.000Z
- Description: Housemade falafel, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, avocado, feta, tahini sauce on whole wheat pita. Sandwich Score 87, outstanding. At Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

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

PitaTahiniFetaAvocadoCucumberTomatoLettuceFalafelPita

**87**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

A falafel pita with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

84

Harmony

94

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

96

Quality

100

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.

**whole wheat pita**, served cold: housemade falafel; lettuce; tomato; cucumber; avocado; feta; tahini sauce.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 58thacid0.5 · 49thfat2.4 · 61stsweet0.1 · 20thumami1.2 · 38thheat0.2 · 65thbitter0.4 · 83rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 58th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 49th               |
| fat    | 2.4   | 61st               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 20th               |
| umami  | 1.2   | 38th               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 65th               |
| bitter | 0.4   | 83rd               |

**84** 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    |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- |
| whole wheat pitascored as Pita     | bread   | soft chewy                                | the frame |
| housemade falafelscored as Falafel | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried | **+1**    |
| lettuce                            | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                       | **+5**    |
| tomato                             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh   | **+12**   |
| cucumber                           | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                       | **+4**    |
| avocado                            | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                   | **−4**    |
| feta                               | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft   | **+9**    |
| tahini saucescored as Tahini       | sauce   | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy         | **+18**   |

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

- **Falafel + Tahini**: tahini is falafel's stated sauce
- **Cucumber + Feta**: salty brined cheese, cool water crunch

[All the sandwiches at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.barneyshamburgers.com/ada-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.