Juicy Burger Cup Sweet 16: Two Newcomers Make It in a Sea of Familiar Faces

Katie Coy | Nov 18, 2022 4:17 pm | Add a comment | 134 reads

There is carnage in the capital with Round of 32 over and 16 more burger casualties falling by the wayside, while 16 victors survive to fight another day.

Yes, we've reached the Sweet 16 and things are really starting to get serious as the remaining burger spots battle it out to make it into the Elite 8!

Vote in the Sweet 16 now:

There were no big upsets for former Burger Cup champions, with all six making it through to the Sweet 16. A refresher on previous Burger Cup winners:

2011: Blue Frog
2012: Home Plate BBQ
2013: Home Plate BBQ
2014: Home Plate BBQ
2015: Slow Boat Brewery
2016: Slow Boat Brewery
2017: Q Mex
2018: Slow Boat Brewery
2019: Slow Boat Brewery
2020: Side Street
2021：Slow Boat Brewery
2022: THE CHOICE IS YOURS

A handful of newcomers managed to make it into the Round of 32, but only Wild Kite Brewing and Malbec & Beef have survived to make the Sweet 16. Could one of these be a dark horse and future burger champion?

17 of the 22 restaurants participating in the Beijinger Juicy Burger Month battled through to the Round of 32 as well, but this number has been cut to 12 with Burge's Bistro & Bar, COMMUNE•X, The Great Outdoor(s), Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant and Burp all being knocked out.

There are some tense times ahead though, with the Sweet 16 matchups pitting former champs Side Street and Slow Boat against each other.

Here are the full results of Round of 32 (the number in parentheses indicates their initial seeding. "New" indicates a new venue this year; and an asterisk (*) indicates a participant in Juicy Burger Month).

BRACKET A

*Slow Boat Brewery 悠航鲜啤 (1) over *Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆 (8)
*Side Street 街旁 (2) over NBeer Pub 牛啤堂 (10)
*Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒 (3) over PEACH by Hulu (11)
*COMMUNE RESERVE COMMUNE RESERVE北京华贸甄选店 (4) over *COMMUNE•X COMMUNE•X北京太古里设计店 (5) (New)

BRACKET B

*Jing-A 京A (1) over *The Great Outdoor(s) 野友趣精酿餐酒吧 (9)
*blue frog 蓝蛙 (2) over Plan B (10)
*Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (3) over Paddy O’Shea’s 爱尔兰酒吧 (11)
*Malbec & Beef 阿根廷牛排馆 (12) (New) over ANGEL BURGER天使汉堡 (13)

BRACKET C

*Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (1) over Hulu by TRB 琥禄 (8)
3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages 三小猪 (2) over *Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant 博璨德国啤酒餐厅 (6) (New)
*Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (5) (New) over Lily’s American Diner莉莉斯美式西餐厅 (7)
Arrow Factory 箭厂啤酒 (3) over The Local (4)

BRACKET D

*Slider Nation 小堡邦 (1) over Take A Bite TAB汉堡 (9) (New)
Shake Shack (2) over Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar 大牛好莱坞餐吧 (7)
*Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧 (3) over *Burp 堡嗝儿 (6) (New)
FATBURGER 特富客汉堡 (4) over The Cheesecake Factory 芝乐坊 (5)

And here are the Sweet 16 matchups:

BRACKET A

*Slow Boat Brewery 悠航鲜啤 (1) vs *Side Street 街旁 (2)
*Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒 (3) vs *COMMUNE RESERVE COMMUNE RESERVE北京华贸甄选店 (4)

BRACKET B

*Jing-A 京A (1) vs *blue frog 蓝蛙 (2)
*Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (3) vs *Malbec & Beef 阿根廷牛排馆 (12) (New)

BRACKET C

*Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (1) vs 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages三小猪 (2)
*Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (5) (New) vs Arrow Factory箭厂啤酒 (3)

BRACKET D

*Slider Nation 小堡邦 (1) vs Shake Shack (2)
*Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧 (3) vs FATBURGER特富客汉堡 (4)

You have until noon Nov 22 to vote in the Sweet 16 to give your favorite burger places a chance of making it into the illustrious Elite 8 and subsequent rounds:

Sweet 16: Nov 18-22
Elite 8: Nov 22-25
Final Four: Nov 25-28
Championship: Nov 28-Dec 1
Winner Announced: Dec 1

Don’t forget that along with the Juicy Burger Cup our Juicy Burger Month is still going on, so be sure to head to one of the 22 participating restaurants, grab a Juicy Burger Month passport and start eating burgers to win prizes!

Meawhile, we asked you to caption the following picture last round, and here were our favorites:

And as is our custom, last round we asked you to rank those that did not make the bracket of 32. Here's how you ranked the "best of the rest":

33. LARRY THE BIRD (New)
34. Ye Brewing 野鹅微醺 (New)
35. THE ROOTS 欧伴
36. TIGERS 老虎西餐
37. Let's BURGER plus 非常创意汉堡
38. Messy Burger 汉堡探索中心
39. BURGERMOOD 堡格曼
40. Wobbit 窝边草
41. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房美式西餐厅
42. Spacelab 失重餐厅
43. The Rug Café
44. Panorama 葩诺
45. CAUTION 靠山啤酒餐吧 (New)
46. Xian Bar/Domain, East Beijing 仙酒吧/Domain 域,北京东隅酒店
47. Shang Brew 香啤坊 (New)
48. Slow 精酿餐吧 (New)
49. SOLDOUT (New)
50. HeyBurger 堡嗝汉堡
51. Fire Works 北焰•美式扒房
52. WasPark
53. Park Side 园景
54. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅
55. APOLLO 美味和音乐 (New)
56. LUSH
57. CHAR Bar & Grill恰牛扒房
58. Shaking Crab 波士顿手抓海鲜
59. Circle Urban 圆场 (New)
60. The Music Bar, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 音乐吧•北京望京凯悦酒店
61. TRIPS Burger (New)
62. VINN (New)
63. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒•精酿餐厅
64. TOWNSQUARE CAFE • ARTYZEN HABITAT BEIJING 思方汇咖啡厅•雅辰悦居酒店 (New)

They join the remaining members of the Top 100, ranked last round:

65. Peking Yard 北平花园
66. Salt Lake Inn 盐湖酒廠
67. Hamburger 汉饱嗝 (New)
68. Lenbach 兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊
69. Bistro 108 巴黎餐吧
70. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅
71. Market Cafe, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing 咖啡厅•北京望京凯悦酒店
72. 4Corners 肆角餐吧
73. Legend 老牌餐吧
74. BLT American Restaurant Salad & Grill BLT美式餐厅
75. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉
76. Rich Burger 发财汉堡 (New)
77. Foam Lab 泡沫实验室精酿餐吧
78. Bistrot B 怡庭
79. World Of Beer Bar & Kitchen WOB精酿餐厅
80. Migas Mercado 米思家
81. Laker's
82. Aurora 极光
83. Meat by Ernest 吃肉
84. QS 奎妮餐吧
85. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站
86. Bullshit Food 饱是福 (New)
87. Cafe Flatwhite 福来新西兰餐厅
88. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant 曼联梦剧场
89. MAX boom 炙烤牛肉汉堡研究所 (New)
90. The VEGGIE TABLE 吃素的西餐
91. Steam Bear 蒸汽熊精酿鲜啤餐厅 (New)
92. Alpha Omega Club 甲丁坊新德餐吧
93. RE 而意
94. Uncle's Kitchen UK 大叔的厨房
95. Wiggly Jiggly‘s 欧也
96. Park Square Restaurant & Lounge 园庭
97. Burger Treasure 堡藏汉堡 (New)
98. Carlins 珂林斯澳尚扒房 (New)
99. The Bell × Terrazza Martini
100. Station Grill