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# Bacon Burger at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-bacon-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:20:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:20:13.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, apple smoked bacon, melted american cheese, ripe tomato, fresh onions, shredded lettuce, ketchup, mustard on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At Jersey Joe's Coastside, Half Moon Bay.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Jersey Joe's Coastside](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside/), a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.

Burger BunMustardKetchupLettuceOnionTomatoAmerican CheeseBaconBeefBurger Bun

**89**

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

98

Harmony

95

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

98

Composition

99

Quality

89

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.

**burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, toasted: beef patty; apple smoked bacon; melted american cheese (low tier); ripe tomato; fresh onions; shredded lettuce (low tier); ketchup (low tier); mustard.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 83rdacid0.9 · 67thfat1.9 · 38thsweet1.0 · 89thumami1.8 · 63rdheat0.3 · 76thbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 83rd               |
| acid   | 0.9   | 67th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 38th               |
| sweet  | 1.0   | 89th               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 63rd               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 76th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**98** 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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)            | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef                                   | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **+2**    |
| apple smoked baconscored as Bacon                          | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+2**    |
| melted american cheese (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | **0**     |
| ripe tomatoscored as Tomato                                | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **0**     |
| fresh onionsscored as Onion                                | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **0**     |
| shredded lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce               | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **0**     |
| ketchup (low tier)                                         | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy       | **0**     |
| 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

- **Beef + American Cheese**: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

[All the sandwiches at Jersey Joe's Coastside](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside/) · [The menu this was read from](https://jerseyjoescoastside.com/?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.