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# Bacon Cheese at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barneys-gourmet-hamburgers-solano-bacon-cheese/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:19:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:19:06.000Z
- Description: Hamburger patty, bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, 1000 island dressing on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 96, legendary. At Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barneys-gourmet-hamburgers-solano/), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunRussian Dressing (T…Pickle (cucumber)OnionTomatoLettuceCheddar CheeseBaconBeefBurger Bun

**96**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · legendary

Legendary. Every gate clear, the board clean.

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

Balance

98

Harmony

99

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

98

Composition

99

Quality

100

Envelope

99

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.

**Burger Bun (bread not stated on the menu)**, toasted: hamburger patty; bacon; cheddar cheese; lettuce; tomato; red onion; pickles; 1000 island dressing.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.4 · 86thfat2.4 · 60thsweet0.8 · 83rdumami1.8 · 63rdheat0.2 · 66thbitter0.1 · 47th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.4   | 86th               |
| fat    | 2.4   | 60th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 83rd               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 63rd               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 66th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 47th               |

**98** 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 |
| hamburger pattyscored as Beef                                    | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender         | **+3**    |
| bacon                                                            | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy        | **+1**    |
| cheddar cheese                                                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty    | **+3**    |
| lettuce                                                          | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **0**     |
| tomato                                                           | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **+2**    |
| red onionscored as Onion                                         | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **0**     |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)                               | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled      | **+9**    |
| 1000 island dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **−1**    |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

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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.