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# B&A at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-b-and-a/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:17:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:17:01.000Z
- Description: Cream cheese, bacon, avocado on Bagel. Sandwich Score 50, solid. At Bay Area Bagels, Burlingame.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Bay Area Bagels](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels/), a bakery in Burlingame, California.

BagelAvocadoBaconCream CheeseBagel

**50**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +27.

Uncharted, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

33

Harmony

96

Contrast

65

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

44

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.

**Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, served cold: cream cheese; bacon; avocado.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 59thacid0.3 · 35thfat3.4 · 90thsweet0.0umami1.4 · 47thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 59th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 35th               |
| fat    | 3.4   | 90th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.4   | 47th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**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    |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------- | --------- |
| Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | soft chewy                        | the frame |
| cream cheese                               | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth         | **−2**    |
| bacon                                      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | **+3**    |
| avocado                                    | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh           | **+3**    |

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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- **Bacon + Avocado**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado

[All the sandwiches at Bay Area Bagels](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.bayareabagels.com/sandwiches?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.