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# Grilled Eggplant at Barefoot Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe-grilled-eggplant/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:16:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:16:01.000Z
- Description: Grilled eggplant, roasted red peppers, red onions, melted mozzarella, garlic aioli on whole wheat bun. Sandwich Score 69, very good. At Barefoot Cafe, Fairfax.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

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

Burger BunAioliMozzarellaOnionRoasted Red PepperEggplantBurger Bun

**69**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +14.

Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

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

Balance

66

Harmony

78

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

96

Composition

84

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.

**whole wheat bun**, toasted: grilled eggplant; roasted red peppers; red onions; melted mozzarella; garlic aioli.

## Balance

salt0.6 · 30thacid0.5 · 46thfat2.2 · 52ndsweet0.7 · 81stumami1.0 · 30thheat0.1 · 51stbitter0.2 · 68th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.6   | 30th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 46th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 52nd               |
| sweet  | 0.7   | 81st               |
| umami  | 1.0   | 30th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 51st               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 68th               |

**66** 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    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- | --------- |
| whole wheat bunscored as Burger Bun             | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy        | the frame |
| grilled eggplantscored as Eggplant              | bulk    | umami 2 soft                | **−1**    |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk    | sweet 2 soft silky wet      | **0**     |
| red onionsscored as Onion                       | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | **+5**    |
| melted mozzarellascored as Mozzarella           | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty    | **+16**   |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli                     | sauce   | fat 5 creamy silky saucy    | **+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

- **Roasted Red Pepper + Onion**: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- **Roasted Red Pepper + Mozzarella**: roasted pepper and mozzarella, the antipasto pair

[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.