Let the rumble begin!
We do our best every year to get through a reasonable selection of the beef-a-licious burgers on display every January, but as the competition grows, hitting all the spots gets harder every year.
That’s a good problem to have right?
Twenty-seven local joints are in the running this year. Imagine that. Twenty-seven! A decade ago there weren’t even twenty-seven respectable restaurants downtown to choose from, let alone twenty-seven creative chefs getting their groove on.
If you want the full rundown, The Argus’s write-up is a great place to start.
However, our early reconnaissance has scoped out three early competitors:
Holiday Inn City Centre: The ARC
Wagyu Beef, Bison, Elk, and Wild Boar Patty is served on a bed of Romesco sauce and portobello mushrooms sauteed in red wine. The Burger is then topped with provolone cheese, pickled red onions, fried spinach, and garlic crunch dished up on a toasted butter Brioche bun. Perfectly paired with a side fresh Lobster Mac. No substitutions.
Parker’s Bistro: Raja Burger
Ground tenderloin, Mexican melting cheese, Huitacoche, pickled poblano, house bacon, chicharron
The Treasury at Hotel on Phillips: The Grifter
6oz Hand Pattied Dry Aged Black Angus Beef, Tallegio Cheese, Double Smoked Applewood Bacon, Korean Cucumber Salad with Honey & Kimchi Vinaigrette, Gochuchang Mayo. Served on Black Sesame Seed Brioche Bun.
We’ll report back after doing some further gut-busting research. And then it’s back to the gym!
