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# Chipotle Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe-chipotle-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:22:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:26:01.000Z
- Description: 2 eggs, chipotle aioli, cheddar cheese, tomato, red onion on choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese). Sandwich Score 80, excellent. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [El Tiny Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

BagelOnionTomatoCheddar CheeseEggBagel

**80**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

94

Harmony

83

Contrast

77

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

84

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.

**choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese)**, served cold: 2 eggs; chipotle aioli; cheddar cheese; tomato; red onion.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 56thacid0.7 · 58thfat2.3 · 54thsweet0.4 · 49thumami2.0 · 74thheat0.1 · 55thbitter0.1 · 47th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 56th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 58th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 54th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 49th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 55th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 47th               |

**94** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese)scored as Bagel | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame  |
| 2 eggsscored as Egg                                          | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy       | **+10**    |
| chipotle aioli                                               |         |                                         | not scored |
| cheddar cheese                                               | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **+26**    |
| tomato                                                       | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+9**     |
| red onionscored as Onion                                     | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+13**    |

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

- **Egg + Cheddar Cheese**: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

[All the sandwiches at El Tiny Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.eltinycafe.com/02-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.