Heavyweights Advance as Juicy Burger Cup Enters Elite 8!

The flattop grill is warmed up and sizzling, and the patties have been placed atop for cooking as the Juicy Burger Cup enters the Elite 8!

Scan the QR code to vote in the Elite 8!

All the heavyweights who were top seeds in their brackets have moved on, including the tenacious newcomer DOSH GASTROPUB, who had a close contest with Goose Island Taproom before ultimately taking the latter out to advance.

Bracket D was for fresh faces in the Cup, as Wild Kite Brewing powered through to take out longtime Beijing burger and craft beer favorite Great Leap Brewing. Wild Kite will face off against DOSH in the Elite 8.

Now, as we enter the final stretch of the competition, you’ll have until Mon, Nov 13 to cast your ballot!

Before we take a look at the results, here are our favorite meme responses from the last round:

Now, here are all the results from voting in the Sweet 16 ( * indicates restaurants who took part in Juicy Burger Fest):

BRACKET A

• * SLOWBOAT 悠航 (1) over * Beersmith Gastropub 鲜啤吧 (4)  

• * Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (2) over 3 Little Pigs by Andy’s Craft Sausages 三小猪 (3)  

BRACKET B

• * Side Street 街旁 (1) over Lily’s American Diner 莉莉斯美式西餐厅 (12)  

• * Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (2) over * Slider Nation 小堡邦 (3)  

BRACKET C

• * Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆 (1) over Arrow Factory 箭厂啤酒 (5)  

• * Jing-A 京A (2) over * Benlo's Burger 本楼汉堡 (3) (New)

BRACKET D

• * DOSH GASTROPUB 到时精酿餐吧 (1) (New) over * Goose Island Taproom 鹅岛精酿啤酒餐厅 (5) (New)  

• * Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (2) over * Great Leap Brewing 大跃啤酒 (3)

…And below you’ll find the matchups for the Elite 8:

BRACKET A

• * SLOWBOAT 悠航 (1) vs * Q MEX Bar & Grill 库迈墨西哥餐吧 (2)
  

BRACKET B

• * Side Street 街旁 (1) vs * Home Plate BBQ 本垒美式烤肉 (2)
  

BRACKET C

• * Burge's Bistro & Bar 小伯格酒馆 (1) vs * Jing-A 京A (2)
  

BRACKET D

• * DOSH GASTROPUB 到时精酿餐吧 (1) (New) vs * Wild Kite Brewing 野风筝 (2)
  

Now get voting and if you’ve not yet tried a few on the list, get out this weekend and see how they stand up to your favorites!

As is our custom, we asked you to rank the contestants that did not make it to the Sweet 16. Here's how you ranked them:

• 17. blue frog 蓝蛙

• 18. Malbec & Beef 阿根廷牛排馆

• 19. The Cheesecake Factory 芝乐坊

• 20. COMMUNE RESERVE 幻师臻选

• 21. LA PLATEA 兰蒂地中海餐吧

• 22. Messy Burger 汉堡探索中心

• 23. Take A Bite TAB汉堡

• 24. Paddy O'Shea's 爱尔兰酒吧

• 25. TIGERS 老虎西餐

• 26. NBeer Pub 牛啤堂

• 27. Plan B

• 28. The Great Outdoor 野友趣精酿餐吧

• 29. SOLDOUT

• 30. Circle Urban 圆场

• 31. Brotzeit German Bier Restaurant 博璨德国啤酒餐厅

• 32. LARRY THE BIRD

• They join the previously ranked contestants, rounding out the Top 100:

• 33. Shake Shack

• 34. FATBURGER 特富客汉堡

• 35. COMMUNE•X幻师主题店（北京太古里）

• 36. The Local

• 37. Ye Brewing 野鹅微醺

• 38. Tastiens Chinese Burger 塔斯汀中国汉堡

• 39. APOLLO 阿波罗餐厅

• 40. THE ROOTS 欧伴

• 41. Paulaner Bräuhaus - Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center 北京燕莎中心凯宾斯基饭店 - 普拉那啤酒坊

• 42. LUSH

• 43. SUSU 苏苏

• 44. Let's BURGER plus 非常创意汉堡

• 45. Peach

• 46. Tough Tongue 硬舌酒肉

• 47. Spacelab 失重餐厅

• 48. Park Side 园景

• 49. ye lounge 野路子

• 50. Nashville 乡谣音乐餐吧

• 51. Burp 堡嗝儿

• 52. Bullshit Food 饱是福

• 53. Market Cafe, Hyatt Regency Beijing Wangjing咖啡厅•北京望京凯悦酒店

• 54. MORROW 墨佬墨西哥餐厅

• 55. Panorama 葩诺

• 56. Kitty & Daniel Hollywood Grill & Bar 大牛好莱坞餐吧

• 57. The Rug Café

• 58. HUZI Lunch Bar 虎滋精酿餐吧

• 59. VINN 维恩餐吧

• 60. Fire Works 北焰•美式扒房

• 61. CAUTION Bistro 靠山餐吧

• 62. MEDI 地中海餐吧

• 63. Hi-Town Bistro 海塘无国界餐吧

• 64. Bay Area Bar & Restaurant 湾区酒吧

• 65. Peking Yard 北平花园

• 66. Lenbach 兰巴赫西餐啤酒坊

• 67. Cafe Ruhe 如何餐厅

• 68. Rich Burger 发财汉堡

• 69. Bodensee Kitchen 德南餐厅

• 70. Grandma's Kitchen 祖母的厨房美式西餐厅

• 71. 4Corners 肆角餐吧

• 72. Shang Brew 香啤坊

• 73. CHAR Bar & Grill 恰牛扒房

• 74. WasPark

• 75. Legend 老牌餐吧

• 76. Xian Bar/Domain, EAST Beijing 仙酒吧/Domain 域，北京东隅酒店

• 77. Gou Taproom 苟市精酿

• 78. Simon’s Bar 西门餐吧

• 79. Wiggly Jiggly‘s 欧也

• 80. The VEGGIE TABLE 吃素的西餐

• 81. Meat by Ernest 吃肉

• 82. Leben Burger 乐本汉堡

• 83. TRIPS Burger

• 84. Bistro 108 巴黎餐吧

• 85. Bistrot B 怡庭

• 86. QS 奎妮餐吧

• 87. Laker's

• 88. Pinotage

• 89. GOLDEN HILL ALE HOUSE 秋山艾尔酒馆

• 90. Dongli Brewery 东里手工啤酒•精酿餐厅

• 91. Eudora Station 亿多瑞站

• 92. Manchester United Theater of Dreams Restaurant 曼联梦剧场

• 93. TRIPLE B 3B

• 94. Great Cosmos 大宇宙

• 95. Walnut 23 胡桃

• 96. Wobbit

• 97. King Park

• 98. Vinup Brunch & Bistro 薇葡

• 99. T-FOUR

• 100. Ibarrel bistro and brunch 爱杯

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