Welcome to the 2nd Vancouver Foodster Best Burger Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their burger creations into this challenge. Each restaurant will be featuring their Burger creations on their menu from October 22 – November 15, 2015.
How Does this all Work? For the public challenge, you are invited to go out and order any or all of the burger creations in this challenge, then you decide who you think has the best burger creation for the People’s Choice award winners.
Share your experiences: Tweet (and don’t forget to tweet or instagram your photos) throughout the challenge, our twitter and instagram address is @vanfoodster and the hashtag is #BurgerChallengeYVR please include this hashtag in all your tweets during the challenge.
Voting criteria – some things to help you judge your favourite burger creations – keep these things in mind: originality, creativity, uniqueness, traditional, non-traditional, price, value and most importantly taste.
Get some friends together and make a day or night of it, visit 2 places or more to share and taste the different burger creations or go solo or with a friend– just remember to VOTE for your favourites.
Here are the 12 Burger creations in this challenge, listed in no particular order other than when they were received by us.
Linh Café
Linh Café Burger
Price: $12.95
Created by: Chef Tai Luong Nguyen
Description: House made Brioche Buns, Triple A patty, Onion jam, Swiss cheese Wholegrain aioli, Hand cut fries, Fresh Green.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: Wednesday to Sunday between 9AM – 9:30PM.
Linh Cafe
2836 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: 604-559-4668
Web: http://linhcafe.com/
Twitter: @LinhCafeVan
EBO Restaurant
e.b.o. signature burger
Price: $14.50
Description: – house ground chuck, aged cheddar, smoked onion and garlic aioli. Served with garlic and parmesan fries.
Main Protein: Beef
Created by: Chef Keith Pears
Offered: All day and night in the restaurant and lounge.
EBO Restaurant
4331 Dominion Street, Burnaby
Tel: 604-453-0788
Web: http://www.eborestaurant.com/
Twitter: @EBOrestaurant
American Grille
The Japa Burger
Price: $16.95
Description: The Japa Burger is the creation of our Jr. Sous Chef, Michael Gonzales, featuring flame grilled and teriyaki glazed 7 oz. AAA beef with jalapeno sausage, jack cheese, Japanese mayo, togarashi, and nori on a brioche bun, and served with togarashi and truffle fries with sriracha lime aioli.
Main Protein Ingredient:Beef
Created by: Chef Michael Gonzales
Offered: All the time
American Grille
7571 Westminster Highway, Richmond
Tel: 604-232-2804
Web: http://american-grille.com/
Twitter: @GrilleYVR
Craft Beer Market
20 Napkin Burger
Price: $26
Created by:
Description: Two burgers, 4oz brisket, crispy bacon, cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato and onion all garnished with a mini burger, served with fries. A napkin for every ounce of meat!
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: during lunch, dinner, and brunch.
Craft Beer Market
85 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
Tel: 604.709.BEER (2337
Web: http://vancouver.craftbeermarket.ca/
Twitter @CRAFTbeeryvr
U & I Thai
U & I Thai Burger
Price: $10.95
Description: Sticky Rice ‘bun’ with a Chicken Quinoa Burger, served with fresh vegetables and deep fried banana.
Main Protein Ingredient: Chicken
Created by: Ui Ratsomjit
Offered: All the time
U & I Thai
3364 Cambie St, Vancouver
Tel: (604) 875-6999
Twitter: @UIThai2
Tera V Burger
No Bull Smoke House
Price: $14.99
Description: The Limited Edition No Bull Smoke House on a whole wheat bun with local field tomatoes and green leaf lettuce, sauteed red onions and mushrooms, vegan bacon, vegan mayo and vegan chipotle mayo, smokey barbecue sauce, Swiss cheese and our famous No Bull patty. Served with baked shoestring fries. It might be the greatest veggie burger on the planet…
Main Protein Ingredient: Vegetarian protein
Created by: Jagmohan Basran
Offered: All the time
Tera V Burger
2961 West Broadway, Vancouver
Tel: 604-336-3575
Web: www.teravburger.com
Twitter: @teraVburger
Stackhouse Burger Bar
Stackhouse Burger
Price: $10 (Served with fries)
Description: 5.5oz prime rib patty, pancetta, portabellini, Guinness cheddar, chipotle aioli and butter lettuce on a brioche bun. Served with fries.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Created by: Chef Shahab Ghaemi-Zadeh
Offered: All the time
Stackhouse Burger Bar
1224 Granville Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-558-3499
Web: http://www.stackhouseburgerbar.com/
Twitter @Stackhousebb
Ban Chok Dee
Siam Sliders
Price: $12
Description: Three Sliders, consisting of 1 each of Marinated Battered Chicken/Seasoned Prawns/Canadian Beef, stacked with Lettuce, Lotus Root, Caramelized Sweet Pork Belly with Onion and Cashew Nuts, Fresh Shredded Green Mango, Sprouts and Green Onion served in homemade Beet/Spinach/Pumpkin buns with Red/Green/Yellow Curry Coconut Milk sauce. Garnished with Dill Pickles and Pickled peppers.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef, Chicken, Prawns, Pork
Created by: Executive Chef Parinya Lopston
Offered: All the time
Ban Chok Dee
20563 Douglas Crescent, Langley
Tel: 778-278-3088
Web: http://www.banchokdee.com
Twitter: @BanChokDeeThai
The Point Grill
The Cattle Hog Burger
Price: $15
Created by: Chef Luke Willingdon
Description: A six ounce chorizo patty topped with three ounces of shredded beef brisket, butter lettuce, sliced tomatoes, mayonnaise and served on a toasted organic brioche bun. It comes with a choice of fries, salad, or soup.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Offered: All the time.
The Point Grill
2205 Lower Mall (at UBC), Vancouver
Tel: 604.822.9503
Web: http://www.food.ubc.ca/place/pointgrill/
Twitter: @UBCfoodie
Appleback Grill
Angus Burger
Price: $14.50
Description: a 6oz organic all Angus patty on a brioche bun. House smoked mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Created by: Chef Patrick Miller
Offered: Lunch and Dinner
Appleback Grill
6190 Marine Dr West Vancouver
Tel: 604-281-1281
Web: http://gleneaglesclubhouse.com/
Twitter: @Appleback_Grill
The Cannibal Cafe
The Bacon Bad
Price: $14.95
Description: It is a bacon and cheddar cheese stuffed 6oz patty with more bacon and more cheese on top of the patty. Under the patty we put a maple bacon jam glaze and caramelized. The burger is then topped with L.T.O.P(lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle).
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef and Pork
Created by: Matt Thompson
Offered: all the time
The Cannibal Café
1818 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
Tel: 604-558-4199
Web: http://www.cannibalcafe.ca
Twitter: @TheCannibalCafe
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The Cannibal Cafe
433 Granville Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-558-4199
Web: http://www.cannibalcafe.ca
Twitter: @TheCannibalCafe
C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar
C Prime Burger
Price: $14
Description: 7 oz. Angus Beef Burger, Fiore de Late, Heirloom Tomato served with fries.
Main Protein Ingredient: Beef
Created by: Chef Elliott Hashimoto and Chef Bruce Woods
Offered: Lunch only.
C Prime Modern Italian Steakhouse & Wine Bar
1015 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Tel: 604-684-3474
Twitter @cprimesteak
Instagram: cprimesteak
Make sure you pick up one of the Burger Challenge postcards available at each of the participating restaurants. Remember to Vote for your favourites daily, all the voting details are at
https://vancouverfoodster.com/burger-challenge/
Our Media judges for this challenge are:
Sean Neild
Food Blogger and Photographer. Food Writer for his own flavortownadventures.com
Twitter: @YVRBCbro
Mary Sheridan
Food Blogger for her own Vancouver Bits and Bites Blog http://maryinvancity.com/
Twitter: @MaryinVancity
Corey Basso
Executive Producer of Whitecaps FC Broadcasts | Announcer | Reporter
Bell Media | 94.5 Virgin Radio | 103.5 QMFM | TSN 1040 | TSN 1410
Twitter: @CDBasso