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# Barefoot Special at Barefoot Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe-barefoot-special/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:15:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:15:52.000Z
- Description: 1/2 pound usda choice ground chuck patty, sautéed mushrooms, sautéed onions, blue cheese on old fashioned bun. Sandwich Score 71, very good. 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 BunBlue Cheese (gorgon…OnionBeefBurger Bun

**71**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +19.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.

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

Balance

71

Harmony

87

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

79

Quality

100

Envelope

89

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.

**old fashioned bun**, toasted: 1/2 pound usda choice ground chuck patty; sautéed mushrooms; sautéed onions; blue cheese.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid0.1 · 26thfat2.7 · 70thsweet0.6 · 70thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.1 · 57thbitter0.8 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 76th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 26th               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 70th               |
| sweet  | 0.6   | 70th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 84th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 57th               |
| bitter | 0.8   | 90th               |

**71** 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                | **+3**     |
| sautéed mushrooms                                      |         |                                                 | not scored |
| sautéed onionsscored as Onion                          | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+16**    |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola)          | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | **+10**    |

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 + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola)**: steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.09 short).

[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.