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# Black Bean Burger at Headlands Brewing Berkeley
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-headlands-brewing-berkeley-black-bean-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:23:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:23:29.000Z
- Description: Chipotle black bean patty, mixed greens, tomato, red onion, secret sriracha sauce, crispy shallots on potato bun. Sandwich Score 53, solid. At Headlands Brewing Berkeley, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Headlands Brewing Berkeley](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-headlands-brewing-berkeley/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunOnionOnionTomatoBurger Bun

**53**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +35.

Reads as a burger, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

81

Harmony

66

Contrast

80

Structure

75

Focus

65

Composition

40

Quality

100

Envelope

83

More sweet 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.

**potato bun**, toasted: chipotle black bean patty; mixed greens; tomato; red onion; secret sriracha sauce; crispy shallots.

## Balance

salt0.6 · 27thacid1.1 · 73rdfat0.4 · 4thsweet2.0 · 90thumami1.1 · 32ndheat0.4 · 82ndbitter0.4 · 87th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.6   | 27th               |
| acid   | 1.1   | 73rd               |
| fat    | 0.4   | 4th                |
| sweet  | 2.0   | 90th               |
| umami  | 1.1   | 32nd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 82nd               |
| bitter | 0.4   | 87th               |

**81** 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     |
| ------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| potato bunscored as Burger Bun | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame  |
| chipotle black bean patty      |         |                                         | not scored |
| mixed greens                   |         |                                         | not scored |
| tomato                         | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+7**     |
| red onionscored as Onion       | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+1**     |
| secret sriracha sauce          |         |                                         | not scored |
| crispy shallotsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+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.

## How to raise it

- Reads as a sweet build on purpose; scored as one.

[All the sandwiches at Headlands Brewing Berkeley](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-headlands-brewing-berkeley/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.headlandsbrewing.com/s/Headlands%5FBerkeley%5FFoodMenu-58rr.pdf?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.