All But the Final 4 Eliminated in Burger Cup 2020

And then, there were four. Like a rare patty, this has been a bloody battle up to now, and with the number of remaining competitors in the battle for best burger in Beijing once again slashed in half, we move on from the Elite 8 to the Beijinger Burger Cup Final 4.

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Now, let’s see how things played out:

Bracket D three-seed Beersmith Gastropub knocked aside Home Plate BBQ in one of the most closely contested battles of the 2020 Burger Cup, booking their slot in the Final Four where they will face off with Bracket C champion Side Street, who outlasted Great Leap Brewing in another tight burger battle.

Meanwhile, in the top half of the bracket, both #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four, with Slow Boat outdistancing Jing-A and Q Mex overcoming a challenge from underhog 3 Little Pigs.

As always, be sure to try any burgers you haven't laid lips on yet, and remember that three of the four can be found and ordered to your door on the app of our lovely sponsor, JSS delivery.

How we got here, and what's next

Though there can be only one champion, it’s no small feat to make it to the final four. Let’s take a look at the journeys of our competitors thus far.

Slow Boat, touting its fry burger that’s taken that took the gold last year, defeated QS, Hulu and Jing-A;

Now, they're up against Q Mex’s classically named favorite, the Double Burger, has single-handedly knocked out all the single burgers of Turkish Feast, newcomer Prodigy Brewpub and 3 Little Pigs.

Side Street’s reinvented Cholo has so far played a successful solo against Migas Mercado, Plan B and Great Leap.

Next they will face off against Beersmith, who has wielded its cheese-smothered wagyu beef sliders to wipe out The Cheesecake Factory, Blue Frog and Home Plate.

But the struggle isn’t over yet. May the best burger win!

Best Captions

Curious about how everyone captioned the image in the Elite 8 ballot? Here are a few of our favorites:

• 1987 is calling because they want their phone back.
• God is calling, he wants his cow back.
• It's Commissioner Gordon asking for Burgerman.
• It's the Burger King calling a hit on that red and yellow clown.
• It's Andy from 3 Little Pigs telling me the best way to survive the winter is with a thick layer of blubber, and he's got the tools for the job.
• It's Mayor McCheese begging me to clean up his streets. Let it go to voicemail. I'm too old for this sh#t.
• No one. I have no friends. Nobody loves me.
• Some in jail after a long night at Burger Fest: "You wouldn't believe it, but I'm in a pickle right now..."
• The Hamburglar is calling, he wants his voting rights back now that he has served his time for grand larceny.

As for the rest...

Finally, as is our custom, we asked you last round to rank those that didn't make the Elite 8. Here's what you collectively told us – and thus these are these venues' final rankings in the 2020 Burger Cup:

9. Blue Frog蓝蛙

10. Boxing Cat Brewery拳击猫精酿啤酒馆

11. Arrow Factory Brewing箭厂啤酒

12. The Great Outdoors野友趣

13. Plan B

14. That One Place那个地方

15. Prodigy Brewpub醴吉精酿

16. HULU琥禄

They join the other previously announced finalists in our annual Best Burger ballot, rounding out the list of the 99 best places for burgers in the city:

17. The Local

18. Fatburger

19. Shake Shack

20. De Refter

21. Lily’s American Diner

22. Turkish Feast

23. The Cheesecake Factory

24. Katchup

25. 4corners

26. Domain, EAST Beijing

27. Let's Burger Plus

28. Sliders by Henry

29. Miam Miam

30. QS

31. Migas Mercado

32. The Rug Café

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 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

95. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉

96. O’Learys

97. Ravens

98. Arpanda 阿潘答

99. Gold Rush 淘金餐吧

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