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# California Burger at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-california-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:20:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:20:28.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, cheese, fresh red onions, tomato, shredded iceberg, ketchup, mustard on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 80, excellent. 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 BunMustardKetchupLettuceTomatoOnionCheese (generic)BeefBurger Bun

**80**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +9.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

100

Harmony

84

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

75

Quality

96

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; cheese; fresh red onions; tomato; shredded iceberg (low tier); ketchup (low tier); mustard.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid1.3 · 81stfat1.4 · 24thsweet0.9 · 89thumami1.7 · 62ndheat0.4 · 80thbitter0.3 · 75th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 76th               |
| acid   | 1.3   | 81st               |
| fat    | 1.4   | 24th               |
| sweet  | 0.9   | 89th               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 62nd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 80th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 75th               |

**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    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| 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        | **+12**   |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey  | **−4**    |
| fresh red onionsscored as Onion                 | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+6**    |
| tomato                                          | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+7**    |
| shredded iceberg (low tier)scored as Lettuce    | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+10**   |
| ketchup (low tier)                              | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy       | **−7**    |
| mustard                                         | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **+9**    |

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 + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.05 short).

[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.