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# Bacon Cheeseburger at Barefoot Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe-bacon-cheeseburger/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:15:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:15:51.000Z
- Description: 1/2 pound usda choice ground chuck patty, smoked applewood bacon, tillamook cheddar, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle, sliced onions on old fashioned bun. Sandwich Score 86, outstanding. At Barefoot Cafe, Fairfax.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Barefoot Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe/), a restaurant in Fairfax, California.

Burger BunOnionPickle (cucumber)MustardMayonnaiseTomatoLettuceCheddar CheeseBaconBeefBurger Bun

**86**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

Balance

97

Harmony

100

Contrast

100

Structure

97

Focus

76

Composition

94

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More acid 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.

**old fashioned bun**, toasted: 1/2 pound usda choice ground chuck patty; smoked applewood bacon; tillamook cheddar (named producer); lettuce; tomato; mayonnaise; mustard; pickle; sliced onions.

Worth a look: named producer: Cheddar Cheese.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid1.6 · 90thfat2.2 · 53rdsweet0.4 · 56thumami1.7 · 59thheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.2 · 65th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 1.6   | 90th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 53rd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 56th               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 59th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 65th               |

**97** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| old fashioned bunscored as Burger Bun                      | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| 1/2 pound usda choice ground chuck pattyscored as Beef     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **−6**    |
| smoked applewood baconscored as Bacon                      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **−6**    |
| tillamook cheddar (named producer)scored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **−3**    |
| lettuce                                                    | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−4**    |
| tomato                                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **−3**    |
| mayonnaise                                                 | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−10**   |
| mustard                                                    | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−7**    |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)                          | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−10**   |
| sliced onionsscored as Onion                               | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−4**    |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Mustard**: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

[All the sandwiches at Barefoot Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://barefootcafe.com/PDF/menus/Barefoot%20Cafe%20Lunch%20Menu%203-18.pdf?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.