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# Cheeseburger at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-cheeseburger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:20:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:20:34.000Z
- Description: 1/4 pound beef patty, cheese, ketchup on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 53, solid. 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 BunKetchupCheese (generic)BeefBurger Bun

**53**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +11.

Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

87

Harmony

71

Contrast

73

Structure

86

Focus

100

Composition

30

Quality

100

Envelope

98

More sweet 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.

**burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, toasted: 1/4 pound beef patty; cheese; ketchup (low tier).

## Balance

salt1.9 · 83rdacid0.8 · 63rdfat2.2 · 52ndsweet1.1 · 90thumami2.0 · 75thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.9   | 83rd               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 63rd               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 52nd               |
| sweet  | 1.1   | 90th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 75th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**88** 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 |
| 1/4 pound beef pattyscored as Beef              | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender       | **+2**    |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | **+3**    |
| ketchup (low tier)                              | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy      | **+4**    |

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.

[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.