Sweet Sixteen: The Beijinger Burger Cup First Round Results Are In, Second Round Voting Starts

The Beijingers | Aug 11, 2011 1:00 pm | 14 comments | 5327 reads

Prepare to be shocked and amazed, as we reveal the results of The Beijinger Burger Cup's first round. There are now only 16 burgers left battling it out for the crown of the city's best burger and the survey for the second round is now live. You have until 4pm on Monday, Aug 15 to have your say. To find out the results so far and to vote in the second round, read on.

Round One Matchups - Winners in Bold

  • The Box Vs. Grandma's Kitchen
  • 1F Vs. La Bamba
  • Scarlett Vs. Hard Rock Cafe
  • The Den Vs. Luga's Villa
  • Blue Frog Vs. One East
  • Paul's Steak and Eggs Vs. Let's Burger
  • Lush Vs. Maison Boulud
  • Home Plate Bar-b-que Vs. Flamme
  • Peter's Tex-Mex Vs. Village Cafe
  • Eudora Station Vs. Chef Too
  • Union Bar & Grille Vs. Burger King
  • Kiosk Vs. Rumi
  • Fatburger Vs. Hollywood
  • Paddy O'Shea's Vs. Burgers & Beer
  • Lily's Vs. Vineyard Cafe
  • Stumble Inn Vs. American Cafe

The Resounding Victories

  • Blue Frog Vs. One East
  • Fatburger Vs. Hollywood

The Epic Battles

  • Home Plate Bar-b-que Vs. Flamme
  • Peter's Tex-Mex Vs. Village Cafe
  • Union Bar & Grille Vs. Burger King
  • Kiosk Vs. Rumi
  • Paddy O'Shea's Vs. Burgers & Beer

VOTE ON THE SECOND ROUND NOW:

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

KEEP TRACK OF THE BEIJINGER BURGER CUP AT HOME:

If you want to fill in the The Beijinger Burger Cup Wallchart at home, click on the image for the larger version and then right-click to save the image.

About The Competition
We took the 12 winners of our Burger Wars series and seeded them so they could not meet another winner in Round One of The Beijinger Burger Cup. We then added the 12 losers and another eight wildcards into the mix to make an initial batch of 32 burgers. The first round will leave 16 burgers facing off against each other, then there will be eight remaining, then a semi-final before a final matchup sees you decide which is the best burger in town.

Comments

New comments are displayed first.

Comments

Aier2's picture Aier2 Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/14/2011 - 12:28

thezippy wrote:
This was bound to come down to which demographic voted more, as opposed to an actual judgement of the quality of the food.

Indeed, much like a presidential election.
That's how voting works.

Unless the people who voted Maison are actually all professional food critics...I'd say Lush won fair and square.

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 20:01

atacoguy wrote:
Yes. Boulud in a walk.

I've never tried Boulud's but the mere idea of spending so much on a burger -- particularly one with goose liver in it -- yecch -- makes me prefer Lush in a heartbeat. Inexpensive and damn good. The only problem is it's way the hell out in WDK.

Now Lush vs Home Plate BBQ ... that's a tough one...

Books by current and former Beijinger staffers

http://astore.amazon.com/truerunmedia-20

esperegus's picture esperegus Submitted by Guest on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 15:49

The Maison Boulud one no doubt is of better "quality." But it's a public vote. More people have eaten the Lush burger than the Maison Boulud one, and probably more people have eaten it on numerous enough occasions to remember "I like that one enough to vote for it in a contest" - and so Lush wins.

thezippy's picture thezippy Submitted by Guest on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 14:10

I'm with snackmonkey.

The results of this entire competition are suspect, with Maison Boulud being knocked out. Hands down, it is the best burger in town.

Mind you, its silly that one of the town's fanciest, more expensive restaurants was paired up against a grimy student dive bar. This was bound to come down to which demographic voted more, as opposed to an actual judgement of the quality of the food.

A pox upon you and your entire burger bowl, Mike Wester.

Validate your mobile phone number to post comments.