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# Special at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-special/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:17:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:17:59.000Z
- Description: Turkey, bacon, avocado, swiss cheese, mayo on Croissant. Sandwich Score 56, 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.

CroissantMayonnaiseSwiss CheeseAvocadoBaconTurkeyCroissant

**56**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +33.

Reads as a turkey sandwich, five of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

36

Harmony

86

Contrast

78

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

74

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.

**Croissant (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, served cold: turkey; bacon; avocado; swiss cheese; mayo.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 68thacid0.3 · 38thfat3.3 · 88thsweet0.2 · 26thumami1.8 · 66thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 68th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 38th               |
| fat    | 3.3   | 88th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 26th               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 66th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**74** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------- | --------- |
| Croissant (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | fat 3 sweet 2 flaky crispy        | the frame |
| turkey                                         | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender         | **+9**    |
| bacon                                          | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | **−5**    |
| avocado                                        | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh           | **+5**    |
| swiss cheese                                   | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty   | **−1**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                       | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy         | **−6**    |

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

- **Croissant + Turkey**: turkey on a buttery croissant, the cafe standard
- **Turkey + Bacon**: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- **Turkey + Avocado**: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- **Turkey + Swiss Cheese**: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- **Turkey + Mayonnaise**: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- **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.