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# French at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barneys-gourmet-hamburgers-solano-french/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:19:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:19:50.000Z
- Description: Hamburger patty, blue cheese, bacon on toasted baguette. Sandwich Score 46, rough. 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.

BaguetteBaconBlue Cheese (gorgon…BeefBaguette

**46**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +19.

Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

37

Harmony

71

Contrast

60

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

30

Quality

100

Envelope

96

More bitter 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.

**toasted baguette**, toasted: hamburger patty; blue cheese; bacon.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid0.0fat3.1 · 83rdsweet0.0umami2.6 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.6 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 3.1   | 83rd               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.6   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.6   | 90th               |

**67** 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 baguettescored as Baguette            | bread   | crispy soft flaky                               | the frame |
| hamburger pattyscored as Beef                 | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender                | **+1**    |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | **+1**    |
| bacon                                         | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy               | **−4**    |

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 + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola)**: steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef

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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.