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# TAB at Barefoot Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-barefoot-cafe-tab/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:16:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:16:42.000Z
- Description: Turkey, sliced avocado, smoked applewood bacon, tomato, louis dressing on sourdough bread. Sandwich Score 87, 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.

SourdoughTomatoBaconAvocadoTurkeySourdough

**87**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Leans toward a club, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

89

Harmony

91

Contrast

90

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

94

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.

**sourdough bread**, served cold: turkey; sliced avocado; smoked applewood bacon; tomato; louis dressing.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Louis Dressing.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 58thacid0.4 · 40thfat2.4 · 58thsweet0.2 · 24thumami1.8 · 65thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 58th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 40th               |
| fat    | 2.4   | 58th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 65th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**89** 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     |
| ------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sourdough breadscored as Sourdough    | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame  |
| turkey                                | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **+19**    |
| sliced avocadoscored as Avocado       | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **+14**    |
| smoked applewood baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+31**    |
| tomato                                | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+24**    |
| louis dressing                        |         |                                         | not scored |

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

- **Turkey + Avocado**: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- **Turkey + Bacon**: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- **Turkey + Tomato**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Avocado + Bacon**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

## 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.