Local Brands Push Their Way Through to the Sweet 16 in Burger Cup 2020

To fight through to the Round of 32 was task enough to draw tears of grease, but as the great spatula that is the people’s voice cuts that number in half, we’re left with but a baker’s dozen plus three of the finest burgers in Beijing in this year’s cup, presented by JSS Delivery.

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As we bite into the results, we find that it was a round of favorites, with the higher seeds in each matchup prevailing in all Round of 32 battles. Though some international brands snuck their way into the previous round, voters showed a clear preference for local brands as all three outsiders were smashed like fresh beef: The Great Outdoors ousted newbie Shake Shack, 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages pushed Fatburger aside, and Beersmith Gastropub iced The Cheesecake Factory.

What’s next? We’ve expanded this voting round to two full weeks, giving you plenty of opportunity to try all of the remaining competitors – what better way to spend your holiday than to chew your way through the list? The good news is, you can try a bunch of these burgers through the JSS Food Delivery App, then return to the ballot box as a well-informed (and well-fed) voter. 

More than half of the remaining contestants participated in our Burger Fest, so many of you may be already quite familiar with their offerings... but many of you still have some eating to do before you can have bragging rights on sampling all 16.

Here are the new matchups:

Numbers in parentheses are initial seedings in the bracket; (*) indicates the venue was present at the 2020 Beijing Burger Festival; (†) indicates that you can order the burger through the JSS Food Delivery App

Bracket A:
*†Slow Boat Brewery (1) vs †Hulu (4)
†Jing-A (2) vs †Arrow Factory (3)

Bracket B:
*†Q Mex (1) vs *Prodigy Brewpub (4)
*The Great Outdoors (2) vs 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages (3)

Bracket C:
*†Side Street (1) vs *Plan B (4)
†Great Leap Brewing (2) vs *†Boxing Cat Brewery (3)

Bracket D:
*†Home Plate BBQ (1) vs *That One Place (4)
Blue Frog (2) vs Beersmith Gastropub (3)

You'll have until Monday, Oct 12 at noon to cast your ballot. Now get eatin'!

And for the record, here are the official results of all the Round of 32 matchups:

Slow Boat (1) over QS (8)
Jing-A (2) over 4corners (7)
Arrow Factory (3) over The Rug Café (6)
Hulu (4) over Lily’s American Diner (5)
*Q Mex (1) over *Turkish Feast (8)
*The Great Outdoors (2) over Shake Shack (7)
3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages (3) over Fatburger (6)
*Prodigy Brewpub (4) over The Local (5)
*Side Street (1) over Migas Mercado (8)
Great Leap Brewing (2) over Let’s Burger Plus (7)
*Boxing Cat Brewery (3) over  Sliders by Henry (6)
*Plan B (4) over *Miam Miam (5)
*Home Plate BBQ (1) over *Domain, EAST Beijing (8)
Blue Frog (2) over De Refter (7)
Beersmith Gastropub (3) over The Cheesecake Factory (6)
*That One Place (4) over vs Katchup (5)

We also asked you to rank the burger spots that did not make it into the Round of 32. Here are your picks, and thus these venues’ final rankings in the 2020 Burger Cup (asterisk indicates participant in the 2020 Burger Fest):

33. Paddy O’Shea’s 爱尔兰酒吧
34. Lush
35. NBeer Pub 牛啤堂精酿啤酒餐吧
36. Bistrot B 怡庭
37. *Aurora Aurora墨西哥餐吧
38. XL Bar and Restaurant
39. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房
40. Laker's 湖人餐厅

41. Legend Beer 老牌酒廠
42. Veggie Table 吃素的西餐
43. Peiping Machine 北平机器
44. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
45. Panda Brew 熊猫精酿
46. *Market Café, Hyatt Regency Beijing 北京望京凯悦酒店 - 咖啡厅
47. Angel Burger 天使汉堡
48. Tiger's 老虎西餐
49. La Rosee 枫丹露原 福楼新概念
50. *Steamrhino Brewery Restaurant 蒸汽犀牛精酿啤酒餐吧

51. *Lucky Las Vegas Restaurant&Bar Lucky餐吧
52. 1F 壹楼餐吧
53. BLT American Restaurant Salad & Grill BLT美式西餐厅
54. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
55. Rodeo 山顶
56. Meat by Ernest 吃肉西餐厅
57. Wiggly Jiggly 欧也
58. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
59. Park Side 园景
60. Irish Volunteer

61. *The Music Bar, Hyatt Regency Beijing 北京望京凯悦酒店 - 音乐吧
62. Rolling Rolling Craft Brewing 滚滚精酿
63. Café Flatwhite
64. Spacelab 失重餐厅
65. The Roots 香海西厨
66. The Bell x TERRAZZA MARTINI
67. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒
68. Peking Garden 北平花园
69. CHAR Bar & Grill 恰牛扒房
70. World of Beer WOB 北京精酿餐厅

71. *TagYOU
72. Fire Works 美式扒房·手工啤酒
73. RE 而意
74. Ricci 睿奇餐厅
75. Kimo Premium Kids Café 星漠亲子餐厅
76. Merci
77. Xuan House 翾House精酿啤酒餐吧
78. Hey Burger 堡嗝汉堡
79. The Virtue 五德酒场
80. 40+ Club 40+精酿啤酒俱乐部

81. Living Room, CHAO
82. Vinn
83. He Kitchen Co
84. Blinding Elephant 盲区
85. Funky Temple Bar
86. Molly Malone’s 美食吧&烤坊
87. Miss Deer's Bar 鹿舍
88. Fiesta Burger 翻翻家
89. Burgermood 堡格曼
90. Signature's, Kempinski Hotel 新典餐厅

91. Park Square Restaurant & Lounge 园庭
92. Alpha Omega Club 甲丁坊新德餐吧
93. Windy City 风渡嘉荷西餐厅
94. Su Zui 素醉精酿 Louge
95. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
96. O’Learys
97. Ravens
98. Arpanda 阿潘答
99. Gold Rush 淘金餐吧

READ: How to Order a (Mouthwateringly Exquisite) Burger in Chinese

Images: The Beijingers