SLOWBOAT and Side Street Out as Competition Enters Final 4!

Wipeout! Top Seeds Toppled as Competition Enters the Final Four

Vincent R. Vinci, Contributing Editor | Nov 13, 2023 4:01 pm | Add a comment | 195 reads

The competition is heating up, with eight narrowed down to just four as the Juicy Burger Cup enters the Final 4!

This is by far one of the heaviest rounds of voting we've ever had in Burger Cup history, but likewise, it's been a round of heavy ballot stuffing ... and as a result, over 60 percent of recorded ballots have been discarded due to irregularities.

When all the dust was cleared, it was apparent that voters were ready for a change at the top: our two most recent champions – SLOWBOAT (2022, 2021) and Side Street (2020) fell short of returning to the Final Four, ousted by Q MEX Bar & Grill and Home Plate BBQ, respectively.

Perhaps not coincidentally, these two are powerhouses in their own right: Home Plate was champion in 2012, 2013 and 2014, while Q MEX took the crown in 2017.

Home Plate and Q MEX will now meet for a chance to make it to the Finals – against either Wild Kite Brewing – who defeated DOSH GASTROPUB this round – and Jing-A , which ousted Burge's.

You now have until Wednesday, Nov 15 to vote in the Final 4, before voting moves onto the Finals and a champion is announced! This time around, we're asking each of you voters to send the code word "Voted" to our WeChat account following the submission of your ballot to confirm that you're an actual living, breathing, burger-eating person and not a bot or a hired hand dumping data into the online ballot.

Before we look over the results and the next matchups, though, we asked you to do up a few memes for us, the funniest of which are below:

Now, the results of voting in the Elite 8 ( * indicates restaurants who took part in Juicy Burger Fest):

Bracket A

* Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (2) over * SLOWBOAT 悠航 (1)

Bracket B

* Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (2) over * Side Street 街旁 (1)

Bracket C

* Jing-A 京A (2) over * Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆 (1)

Bracket D

* Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (2) over * DOSH GASTROPUB 到时精酿餐吧 (1) (New)

And below are the matchups for the Final 4:

* Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (2) vs * Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (2)
* Jing-A 京A (2) vs * Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (2)

You've got until Wednesday, Nov 15 to decide who moves on to the Finals, so choose wisely!

As is our custom, we asked you to rank the contestants that did not make it to the Round of 32. Here's how you ranked them:

9. Goose Island Taproom 鹅岛精酿啤酒餐厅
10. Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒
11. 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages 三小猪
12. Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧
13. Slider Nation 小堡邦
14. Benlo's Burger 本楼汉堡
15. Lily’s American Diner 莉莉斯美式西餐厅
16. Arrow Factory 箭厂啤酒

They join the previously ranked contestants, rounding out the Top 100:

17. blue frog 蓝蛙
18. Malbec & Beef 阿根廷牛排馆
19. The Cheesecake Factory 芝乐坊
20. COMMUNE RESERVE 幻师臻选
21. LA PLATEA 兰蒂地中海餐吧
22. Messy Burger 汉堡探索中心
23. Take A Bite TAB汉堡
24. Paddy O'Shea's 爱尔兰酒吧
25. TIGERS 老虎西餐
26. NBeer Pub 牛啤堂
27. Plan B
28. The Great Outdoor 野友趣精酿餐吧
29. SOLDOUT
30. Circle Urban 圆场
31. Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant 博璨德国啤酒餐厅
32. LARRY THE BIRD
33. Shake Shack
34. FATBURGER 特富客汉堡
35. COMMUNE•X幻师主题店（北京太古里）
36. The Local
37. Ye Brewing 野鹅微醺
38. Tastiens Chinese Burger 塔斯汀中国汉堡
39. APOLLO 阿波罗餐厅
40. THE ROOTS 欧伴
41. Paulaner Bräuhaus - Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center 北京燕莎中心凯宾斯基饭店 - 普拉那啤酒坊
42. LUSH
43. SUSU 苏苏
44. Let's BURGER plus 非常创意汉堡
45. Peach
46. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
47. Spacelab 失重餐厅
48. Park Side 园景
49. ye lounge 野路子
50. Nashville 乡谣音乐餐吧
51. Burp 堡嗝儿
52. Bullshit Food 饱是福
53. Market Cafe, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing咖啡厅•北京望京凯悦酒店
54. MORROW 墨佬墨西哥餐厅
55. Panorama 葩诺
56. Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar 大牛好莱坞餐吧
57. The Rug Café
58. HUZI Lunch Bar 虎滋精酿餐吧
59. VINN 维恩餐吧
60. Fire Works 北焰•美式扒房
61. CAUTION Bistro 靠山餐吧
62. MEDI 地中海餐吧
63. Hi-Town Bistro 海塘无国界餐吧
64. Bay Area Bar & Restaurant 湾区酒吧
65. Peking Yard 北平花园
66. Lenbach 兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊
67. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
68. Rich Burger 发财汉堡
69. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
70. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房美式西餐厅
71. 4Corners 肆角餐吧
72. Shang Brew 香啤坊
73. CHAR Bar & Grill 恰牛扒房
74. WasPark
75. Legend 老牌餐吧
76. Xian Bar/Domain, EAST Beijing 仙酒吧/Domain 域，北京东隅酒店
77. Gou Taproom 苟市精酿
78. Simon’s Bar 西门餐吧
79. Wiggly Jiggly‘s 欧也
80. The VEGGIE TABLE 吃素的西餐
81. Meat by Ernest 吃肉
82. Leben Burger 乐本汉堡
83. TRIPS Burger
84. Bistro 108 巴黎餐吧
85. Bistrot B 怡庭
86. QS 奎妮餐吧
87. Laker's
88. Pinotage
89. GOLDEN HILL ALE HOUSE 秋山艾尔酒馆
90. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒•精酿餐厅
91. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
92. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant 曼联梦剧场
93. TRIPLE B 3B
94. Great Cosmos 大宇宙
95. Walnut 23 胡桃
96. Wobbit
97. King Park
98. Vinup Brunch & Bistro 薇葡
99. T-FOUR
100. Ibarrel bistro and brunch 爱杯

To stay up to date with all things burger related you can ask to be added to our Beijing Burger Lovers group chat. Just scan the QR code below to add TBJButler and ask to be added to the group!