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# Garden Burger (No Meat) at Jersey Joe's Coastside
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-jersey-joe-s-coastside-garden-burger-no-meat/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:20:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:20:43.000Z
- Description: The original garden burger patty, shredded lettuce, ripe tomato, fresh red onions, extra swiss cheese on whole wheat bun. Sandwich Score 79, 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 BunSwiss CheeseOnionTomatoLettuceBurger Bun

**79**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a fully realized burger, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

92

Harmony

78

Contrast

95

Structure

96

Focus

96

Composition

84

Quality

92

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.

**whole wheat bun**, toasted: the original garden burger patty; shredded lettuce (low tier); ripe tomato; fresh red onions; extra swiss cheese.

## Balance

salt1.2 · 60thacid0.5 · 48thfat1.5 · 24thsweet0.9 · 88thumami1.7 · 63rdheat0.1 · 60thbitter0.2 · 71st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 60th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 48th               |
| fat    | 1.5   | 24th               |
| sweet  | 0.9   | 88th               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 63rd               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 60th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 71st               |

**92** 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     |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| whole wheat bunscored as Burger Bun          | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame  |
| the original garden burger patty             |         |                                         | not scored |
| shredded lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−1**     |
| ripe tomatoscored as Tomato                  | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+11**    |
| fresh red onionsscored as Onion              | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **0**      |
| extra swiss cheesescored as Swiss Cheese     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+17**    |

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.

## How to raise it

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

[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.