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# French Burger at Marvin's of Cotati
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/cotati-marvin-s-of-cotati-french-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:06:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:06:45.000Z
- Description: 1/2 pound patty, grilled onions, cheddar cheese on grilled french roll. Sandwich Score 79, excellent. At Marvin's of Cotati, Cotati.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Marvin's of Cotati](https://onesandwich.com/cotati-marvin-s-of-cotati/), a restaurant in Cotati, California.

Hoagie RollCheddar CheeseOnionBeefHoagie Roll

**79**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +11.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, four of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

79

Harmony

96

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

90

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.

**grilled french roll**, toasted: 1/2 pound patty; grilled onions; cheddar cheese.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 70thacid0.5 · 46thfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.1 · 57thbitter0.1 · 50th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 70th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 46th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 64th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 29th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 84th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 57th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 50th               |

**80** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | --------- |
| grilled french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread   | soft crusty                           | the frame |
| 1/2 pound pattyscored as Beef            | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender      | **+21**   |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh           | **+22**   |
| cheddar cheese                           | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | **+21**   |

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
- **Beef + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- **Onion + Cheddar Cheese**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.01 short).

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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.