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# Carolina Crispy Chicken at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barneys-gourmet-hamburgers-solano-carolina-crispy-chicken/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:19:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:26:34.000Z
- Description: Crispy chicken strips, chipotle bbq sauce, provolone, guacamole, bacon, tomato on pretzel bun. Sandwich Score 61, solid. At Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

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

Pretzel RollTomatoBaconGuacamoleProvoloneChickenPretzel Roll

**61**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +19.

A chicken bacon melt with layers outside the form; six of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

76

Harmony

83

Contrast

90

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

45

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.

**pretzel bun**, served cold: crispy chicken strips; chipotle bbq sauce; provolone; guacamole; bacon; tomato.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Chipotle BBQ Sauce.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 80thacid0.4 · 41stfat2.7 · 70thsweet0.1 · 21stumami2.3 · 85thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 80th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 41st               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 70th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 21st               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 85th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**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     |
| -------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| pretzel bunscored as Pretzel Roll      | bread   | salt 2 soft chewy crusty                | the frame  |
| crispy chicken stripsscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **+2**     |
| chipotle bbq sauce                     |         |                                         | not scored |
| provolone                              | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−2**     |
| guacamole                              | sauce   | fat 4 creamy fresh                      | **−3**     |
| bacon                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+2**     |
| tomato                                 | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+11**    |

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 + Bacon**: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

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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.