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# Classic Burger at Susie Q's Pizza
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-classic-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:25:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:25:35.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, choice of cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mustard, mayo on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At Susie Q's Pizza, Hayward.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/), a restaurant in Hayward, California.

Burger BunMayonnaiseMustardPickle (cucumber)OnionTomatoLettuceCheese (generic)BeefBurger Bun

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, six of six roles on the board.

Balance

96

Harmony

93

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

88

Composition

99

Quality

100

Envelope

97

More acid 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: beef patty; choice of cheese; lettuce; tomato; onion; pickles; mustard; mayo.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Susie Q's Pizza's typical score.

## Balance

salt1.9 · 83rdacid1.9 · 90thfat1.9 · 41stsweet0.5 · 65thumami1.5 · 48thheat0.3 · 76thbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.9   | 83rd               |
| acid   | 1.9   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 41st               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 65th               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 48th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 76th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**96** 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**   |
| choice of cheesescored as Cheese (generic)      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey  | **0**     |
| lettuce                                         | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+1**    |
| tomato                                          | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+3**    |
| onion                                           | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **0**     |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)              | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **0**     |
| mustard                                         | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **0**     |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                        | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **0**     |

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 + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

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

[All the sandwiches at Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/) · [The menu this was read from](https://susieqspizza.com/hayward-hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-food-menu?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.