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# Smoked Ham at Barefoot Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe-smoked-ham/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:16:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:16:35.000Z
- Description: Hickory smoked ham, melted swiss, tomato, lettuce, mustard dressing on light rye bread. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. 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.

Rye BreadMustardLettuceTomatoSwiss CheeseHamRye Bread

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

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

Balance

100

Harmony

100

Contrast

95

Structure

96

Focus

100

Composition

100

Quality

100

Envelope

97

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: hickory smoked ham; melted swiss; tomato; lettuce; mustard dressing.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 89thacid0.9 · 66thfat1.5 · 26thsweet0.4 · 50thumami2.2 · 82ndheat0.5 · 83rdbitter0.6 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 89th               |
| acid   | 0.9   | 66th               |
| fat    | 1.5   | 26th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 50th               |
| umami  | 2.2   | 82nd               |
| heat   | 0.5   | 83rd               |
| bitter | 0.6   | 90th               |

**100** 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 |
| hickory smoked hamscored as Ham    | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **+6**    |
| melted swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+9**    |
| tomato                             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **0**     |
| lettuce                            | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **0**     |
| mustard dressingscored as Mustard  | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **+1**    |

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

- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- **Ham + Mustard**: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.

[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.