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# Saul's Burger at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-saul-s-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:40.000Z
- Description: Grass fed beef patty, harissa, zhoug, coleslaw on acme bun. Sandwich Score 46, rough. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunColeslawHarissaBeefBurger Bun

**46**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +19.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

90

Harmony

56

Contrast

89

Structure

84

Focus

100

Composition

36

Quality

100

Envelope

86

−8 heat past the catalog

More heat 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.

**acme bun**, toasted: grass fed beef patty; harissa; zhoug; coleslaw.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Harissa; ingredient not in the pantry: Zhoug.

## Balance

salt1.3 · 65thacid0.7 · 58thfat1.9 · 38thsweet0.5 · 66thumami1.3 · 41stheat1.2 · 90thbitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.3   | 65th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 58th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 38th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 66th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 41st               |
| heat   | 1.2   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**90** 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     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------- |
| acme bunscored as Burger Bun       | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                | the frame  |
| grass fed beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender    | **+8**     |
| harissa                            | sauce   | heat 4 salt 2 smooth                | **−10**    |
| zhoug                              |         |                                     | not scored |
| coleslaw                           | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | **+7**     |

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

- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).

[All the sandwiches at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.saulsdeli.com/s/05-SANDWICH-gksw.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.