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The Votes Are In! Here Are Your Top 32 Entries For The LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers
Yum. Cheeseburger. A Terrible Burger, Mahalo version, served at a pop-up outside Wine Country in Long Beach.
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We asked you to share your favorite cheeseburgers in L.A., and you answered in droves!
As of this week, we've received almost 4,000 entries for the LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers, our competition to crown the favorite cheeseburger in the land.
Now we’re unveiling the Burger Round of 32 — see below — and opening voting for the next round.
Here’s how it will work
Starting today (Friday), you can vote for your favorite cheeseburger eateries among the Burger Round of 32.
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Those votes will determine who makes it to the Savory 16 round, which will be announced on Friday May 31.
Then, a new round of voting will begin. Each week your votes will whittle the list down two more times, to the Savory 8 and then the Flavorful 4.
So get voting — and get your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to vote, too. Remember, each person can only vote once.
It will all come to a head at a free event on Sunday, July 7, at Smorgasburg LA, when the top vote-getter will be crowned.
Check out the entries
We couldn’t be more proud of this list, which embraces the greatness of our SoCal food scene.
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You shared the juiciest, meatiest, and cheesiest burgers as your favorites — from smash burgers with the thinnest crispy, lacy edges to thick bistro burgers found in dive bars, pop-ups, beachside locales, and beyond. Your entries reflected it all.
The representation of the many neighborhoods and cities on the list also reflects the true diversity of the Tournament of Cheeseburgers, which feels distinctly LAist.
It'll be amazing to see burger businesses from the Valley, South Bay, O.C., and L.A. all grilling their hearts out next to each other this summer at Smorgasborg LA.
So without further ado, here are your most popular burgers, in alphabetical order. (We want to keep things fair).
The voting page also randomizes the order every time the page loads, so there's always a different eatery at the top of the list.
Introducing the Burger Round of 32
- A's BBQ (Eastside)
- Alchemy Craft Burger (Eastside)
- Bartz Barbecue (South Bay)
- Bun and Blanket (Glendale)
- Burgers for Life (Altadena)
- The Douglas (Echo Park)
- El Brewjo (OC)
- Ercoles ( Manhattan Beach)
- For The Win (Various locations)
- Goldburger (Highland Park and Los Feliz)
- Green Cheek Beer (OC)
- Grill Em’ All (Long Beach)
- Hamburgers Nice (Long Beach)
- Hammer Burger (Santa Ana)
- Hangaburs (El Sereno)
- Hap’s Burgers (Los Angeles)
- Heavy Handed (Santa Monica and Studio City)
- In-N-Out (Various locations)
- La Burg (Los Angeles)
- Moo's Craft Barbecue (Lincoln Heights)
- OyBar (Studio City)
- Proudly Serving (Hermosa Beach)
- Riverbed Bums (Los Angeles)
- Softies Burger (DTLA and OC)
- Smashed-Up Burgers (Whittier)
- StuckUp's Burgers (Los Angeles)
- Terrible Burger (Long Beach)
- The Win~Dow (Silver Lake, Long Beach, Venice)
- Tripp Burgers (Los Angeles)
- Uncle Johnny’s Burgers (Glendale)
- Yellow Paper Burger (Los Angeles)
- Yuca’s (Pasadena and Los Feliz)
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