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# Apple Smoked Bacon at Summer Kitchen + Bakeshop
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-summer-kitchen-bakeshop-apple-smoked-bacon/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:13:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:13:05.000Z
- Description: Apple smoked bacon, avocado, piquillo pepper, wild arugula, house-made mustard-mayonnaise on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 52, solid. At Summer Kitchen + Bakeshop, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Summer Kitchen + Bakeshop](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-summer-kitchen-bakeshop/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

White BreadArugulaRoasted Red PepperAvocadoBaconWhite Bread

**52**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +9.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

64

Harmony

71

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

34

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.

**white bread (inferred from the kind of place)**, served cold: apple smoked bacon; avocado; piquillo pepper; wild arugula; house-made mustard-mayonnaise (house-made).

Worth a look: house-made: Dijonnaise.

## Balance

salt0.8 · 45thacid0.2 · 29thfat2.2 · 51stsweet0.3 · 42ndumami1.2 · 39thheat0.0bitter0.3 · 79th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.8   | 45th               |
| acid   | 0.2   | 29th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 51st               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 42nd               |
| umami  | 1.2   | 39th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.3   | 79th               |

**64** 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     |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------- | ---------- |
| white bread (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft                              | the frame  |
| apple smoked baconscored as Bacon             | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | **+11**    |
| avocado                                       | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh           | **+2**     |
| piquillo pepperscored as Roasted Red Pepper   | bulk    | sweet 2 soft silky wet            | **−1**     |
| wild arugulascored as Arugula                 | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender       | **+6**     |
| house-made mustard-mayonnaise (house-made)    |         |                                   | not scored |

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

- **Bacon + Avocado**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado

[All the sandwiches at Summer Kitchen + Bakeshop](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-summer-kitchen-bakeshop/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.summerkitchengourmet.com/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.