Slider Nation Narrowly Edges Past Great Leap to Head into Burger Cup '21 Final 4!

Vincent R. Vinci, Managing Editor | Oct 11, 2021 3:11 pm | Add a comment | 714 reads

By yet another narrow margin, Slider Nation has taken out veteran burger slingers Great Leap Brewing to advance into the Final Four!

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They join a list of veterans going into this next to last round, with Q Mex advancing over 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages, and Slow Boat and Home Plate BBQ eliminating Jing-A and Beersmith respectively.

It's been a tough road to reach the Final Four for each of these competitors. Let's take a look at the paths they each had to take to get to where they stand now:

Slider Nation had to edge past The Rug Cafe, Peach by Hulu, Side Street, and finally Great Leap to make it to this round. Q Mex made it past BLT, Messy Burger, Fatburger and 3 Little Pigs; Slow Boat sailed triumphantly past Panda Brew, Miam Miam, The Local and Jing-A; while Home Plate BBQ worked past Grandma's Kitchen, Fat Tiger Burger, Burge's and Beersmith.

The damage from the Elite Eight is as follows:

Bracket A
Slider Nation 小堡邦(4) slips past Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒 (2)

Bracket B
Slow Boat Brewery 悠航鲜啤(1) chugs past Jing-A 京A (2)

Bracket C
Q Mex Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (1) dances ahead of 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages 三小猪 (2)

Bracket D
Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉(1) scores a home run over Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧 (3)

Here are the Final Four matchups:

Bracket A vs. Bracket C
Q Mex Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (1) vs. Slider Nation 小堡邦(4)

Bracket B vs. Bracket D
Slow Boat Brewery 悠航鲜啤(1) vs. Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉(1)

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And as per tradition, we asked you to rank the burger joints who didn’t make it past the Sweet 16. Their final rankings are as follows:

9. Side Street 街旁
10. Blue Frog 蓝蛙
11. Arrow Factory Brewing 箭厂啤酒
12. Fatburger 特福客汉堡
13. Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆
14. The Great Outdoors 野友趣
15. The Local
16. Niu Burger 橘气牛蘑王手工汉堡

They top the final rankings as seen below:

17. Shake Shack
18. Miam Miam咪吖咪吖
19. DE REFTER比利时啤酒·餐吧
20. NBeer Pub牛啤堂精酿啤酒餐吧
21. Paddy O'Shea's爱尔兰酒吧
22. Lily's American Diner
23. KATCHUP
24. Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar大牛好莱坞餐吧
25. Peach by Hulu
26. Plan B
27. Hulu by TRB琥禄
28. The Roots香海西厨
29. Fat Tiger Burger胖虎汉堡
30. Messy Burger汉堡探索中心
31. Bistro 108巴黎餐吧
32. Fire Works北焰扒房
33. The Cheesecake Factory芝乐坊
34. Peiping Machine北平机器
35. Turkish Feast西庭·秀色
36. Tiger's老虎西餐
37. L'Fête de Bistro 105法式小餐馆
38. Bistrot B怡庭
39. Market Café, Hyatt Regency Beijing, Wangjing北京望京凯悦酒店·咖啡厅
40. Panda Brew熊猫精酿
41. The Music Bar, Hyatt Regency Beijing, Wangjing北京望京凯悦酒店·音乐吧
42. Lenbach兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊
43. Angel Burger天使汉堡
44. Grandma's Kitchen祖母的厨房
45. EAST Beijing北京东隅酒店
46. Let's Burger Plus非常创意汉堡
47. 4 Corners肆角餐吧
48. Station Grill
49. La Rosee枫丹露原·福楼新概念
50. Commune Reserve
51. Migas Mercado米思家
52. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
53. BLT American RestaurantBLT美式西餐厅
54. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant曼联梦剧场餐厅
55. Lush
56. The Rug Café
57. Leo's Butcher小李肉铺
58. Panorama葩诺
59. LAKER'S湖人俱乐部
60. Salt Lake Inn盐湖酒廠
61. XL Bar and Restaurant
62. WasPark
63. GLOU Bar & Kitchen
64. QS奎妮精选
65. Aurora
66. Spacelab 失重餐厅
67. Park Side 园景
68. CHAR Bar & Grill 恰牛扒房
69. Veggie Table 吃素的西餐
70. Legend Beer 老牌酒廠
71. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
72. Meat by Ernest 吃肉西餐厅
73. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
74. Peking Garden 北平花园
75. Wubei at City Walk 五杯美食精酿餐厅-城市大道店
76. Wiggly Jiggly 欧也
77. Shaking Crab 波士顿手抓海鲜
78. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
79. FAMOUS 墨西哥餐吧
80. Park Square Restaurant & Lounge 园庭
81. RE 而意
82. Café Flatwhite
83. Panino Teca 品味
84. Su Zui 素醉精酿
85. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒
86. Alpha Omega Club 甲丁坊新德餐吧
87. World of Beer WOB 北京精酿餐厅
88. Wobbit 窝边草
89. Living Room·CHAO
90. Space & Bar 盲区
91. Houlai Burger Restaurant & Bar 逅来后来美式手工自助汉堡餐吧
92. Windy City 风渡嘉荷西餐厅
93. He Kitchen
94. Hey Burger 堡嗝汉堡
95. Bunny Drop 白兔糖精致烹牛·精酿啤酒
96. The Virtue 五德酒场
97. Uncle's Kitchen UK大叔的厨房
98. Burgermood 堡格曼
99. Foam Lab 泡沫实验室
100. The Bell x TERRAZZA MARTINI