This year’s Burger Brawl hosted 4,200 people and raised $208,000 for children’s literacy and computer-lab funding in Philadelphia. Burger Brawl was founded in 2011 by Rouge owners Rob and Maggie Wasserman.
PhillyVoice article, Village Whiskey takes the crown at 2015 Burger Brawl, contents, below.
Fifty-four contenders duked it out yesterday at Xfinity Live!‘s Burger Brawl, with Village Whiskey emerging as the judges’ pick for best burger.
Village Whiskey’s “Frenchy” slider burger consisted of a beef patty with Gruyere cheese, black truffle aioli and a Cabernet grilled onion on a toasted bun. The burger is typically served as a February burger-of-the-month staple for the restaurant. Voting was conducted by 30 panelists (disclosure: one from PhillyVoice) who selected their favorite burgers in a three-round blind tasting.
Village Whiskey’s “The Frenchy,” ordinarily served in the winter as a limited-appearance burger at the restaurant, delivered the knockout punch at this year’s Burger Brawl. Kristi McIver / From Foursquare
Blue Duck, a year-old Northeast Philadelphia new American restaurant, won the event’s popular vote with a beef-duck hybrid burger containing red onion, jalapeno bacon jam and smoked Gouda on a brioche roll. The BYO restaurant also won the popular choice award last year.
This year’s Burger Brawl hosted 4,200 people and raised $208,000 for children’s literacy and computer-lab funding in Philadelphia. Sunday’s competition was the event’s fifth since 2011; it was founded by Rouge owners Rob and Maggie Wasserman.
Read more about the winners and the event here.