The Beijinger Pizza Cup: Who's In The Elite Eight?


In an exciting second round of the Beijinger Pizza Cup, local favorite Annie’s was ousted by a rising Gung Ho, Kro’s stomped all over Paddy O’Shea’s and upstarts Eatalia overthrew Pyro Pizza to claim Haidian supremacy. Kro’s Nest scored the most resounding victory of the second round, slaughtering Paddy O’Shea's by winning 79% of the vote. The second most dominating performance was by Opposite House basement-dwellers Sureño, which doubled up the votes over Sanlitun neighbor Ciro’s.

In what amounts to a changing of the guard on the delivery circuit, Gung Ho! managed to outlast rival Annie’s by a slim margin. Meanwhile, long-time Sanlitun pizza slingers The Tree bested Nanluogu Xiang tipplers Mao Mao Chong and The Den forced the exit of Scott’s Family Italian Restaurant.

On the authentic Italian circuit, La Pizza dispatched Pizza by LM Plus while alleged trademark violators Hutong Pizza made mincemeat out of Alio Olio. The closest match of the round featured two of Haidian’s best pies, Eatalia and Pyro, with Eatalia narrowly besting its nearby rival.

Here are the full results:
The Tree over Mao Mao Chong
The Den over Scott's Family Restaurant
Kro's Nest over Paddy O'Shea's
La Pizza over Pizza by LMPlus
Sureño over Ciro's Pomodoro
Gung Ho! over Annie's
Hutong Pizza over Alio Olio
Eatalia over Pyro Pizza

We’re down to 8, folks. Here are the matchups
The Tree vs The Den
Kro's vs La Pizza
Sureño vs Gung Ho
Hutong Pizza vs Eatalia

You can vote right now in The Beijinger Pizza Cup Elite Eight or you can do it any time until Noon on Thursday, November 24th. Vote away or scroll down for some more exciting pizza facts.

We also asked you who were your favorites to have been ousted in the first round, and here was your top 5:
1. Vineyard Café
2. Tavola
3. Red House
4. Peter Pan
5. Bang! Bang! Pizza

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Herbz wrote:
But tell the truth Adders, which is YOUR favourite?

my bracket in its entirety can be found here:
http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/04/A-Pizza-Your-Mind-The-Beijinger-Pizza-Cup-Kicks-Off-Monday#comment-537690
my pick for the best is Meeting Point .... it's great but i must admit that my choice is colored somewhat by this restaurant being very near my house

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But tell the truth Adders, which is YOUR favourite?

Round of 8 voting closes tomorrow at noon -- less than 24 hours to vote!

http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/21/The-Beijinger-Pizza-Cup-Whos-In-The-Elite-Eight

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so far, still on the money! Didn't expect a Gun Ho - hutong Pizza semi final but that's a good one.

btw here's who is still alive in the Pizza Cup challenge to win a pizza party for 10 ...

Still Alive

Sida: Kro's Nest over Gung Ho! Pizza
Hills: Kro's Nest over Gung Ho! Pizza
fishsh: Kro's Nest over Gung Ho! Pizza

TX_Chick: Gung Ho! Pizza over Kro's Nest
MattyHar: Gung Ho! Pizza over Kro's Nest
ChinaJosh: Gung Ho! Pizza over The Tree
Badr: Gung Ho! Pizza over The Tree

peterm325: The Tree over Gung Ho! Pizza
rjing14: The Tree over Gung Ho! Pizza

dina88: Hutong Pizza over Gung Ho! Pizza

anniebenben: Sureno over The Tree

biglebufski: La Pizza over Gung Ho! Pizza

Prognosticators that have been overthrown:

joshong: Kro's Nest over Annie's (Annie's gone)
CJ750: Kro's Nest over Annie's (Annie's gone)
Octorok: Kro's Nest over Bang! Bang! Pizza (Bang! Bang! gone)
SashaBeijing: Kro's Nest over Nasca (Nasca gone)
Happysimin: The Tree over Annie's (Annie's gone)
Evenflow: The Tree over Annie's (Annie's gone)
chickenspider: Hutong Pizza over Tube Station (Tube Station gone)
SteveW: Bang! Bang! over La Pizza (Bang! Bang! gone)

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