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# Patty Melt at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-copenhagen-bakery-and-cafe-patty-melt/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:19:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:19:08.000Z
- Description: Patty, chopped onions, 1000 island dressing on light rye bread. Sandwich Score 66, very good. At Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, Burlingame.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-copenhagen-bakery-and-cafe/), a bakery in Burlingame, California.

Rye BreadRussian Dressing (T…OnionBeefRye Bread

**66**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +23.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

87

Harmony

92

Contrast

88

Structure

86

Focus

100

Composition

52

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More bitter 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.

**light rye bread**, toasted: patty; chopped onions; 1000 island dressing.

## Balance

salt1.0 · 55thacid0.8 · 61stfat2.4 · 61stsweet0.9 · 87thumami1.6 · 53rdheat0.4 · 83rdbitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.0   | 55th               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 61st               |
| fat    | 2.4   | 61st               |
| sweet  | 0.9   | 87th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 53rd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 83rd               |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**87** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| light rye breadscored as Rye Bread                               | bread   | bitter 2 soft crusty                     | the frame |
| pattyscored as Beef                                              | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender         | **+10**   |
| chopped onionsscored as Onion                                    | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **+13**   |
| 1000 island dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **+11**   |

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

- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style

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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.