Starting Beef: Denver Burger Battle Will Pit 18 Denver Restaurants Against Each Other for Best Burger
All-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink festival
One of Denver’s most anticipated all-you-can-eat (and drink) festivals – Denver Burger Battle – will return on Thursday, August 3, pitting more than 18 area restaurants against each other to crown the best burger in Denver. Five new restaurants will enter the ring this year, including The Original and Next Door Street Bar. Denver Burger Battle, produced by Team Player Productions, will be held at the Auraria Campus – Tivoli Quad (1000 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80204) at 5:30 p.m.
Established in 2010, this tasting event includes unlimited samplings of burgers, sides, desserts, beer, wine and cocktails. Attendees will crown a People’s Choice award, while a panel of judges, made up of local media and personalities, will crown a Judge’s Choice.
“Every year, the event grows more and more competitive with restaurants raising the bar on what unique burger they choose to serve. We always have restaurants return to defend their titles, including Snarfburger (2021 Judge’s Choice winner) and Cherry Cricket (2021 and 2022 People’s Choice winner) this year,” said Event Director Nate Karnemaat.
Tickets on sale at Eventbrite
VIP ($139 + fees) – includes earliest admission to the Denver Burger Battle at 5:30 p.m., unlimited food, full bar with cocktails and access to the VIP Area, which includes a seated lounge and choice cocktails
First Bite/Early Access tickets ($89 + fees) – includes early admission to the Denver Burger Battle at 6 p.m., unlimited food, beer and cocktail samples
General Admission tickets ($69 + fees) – includes admission to the Denver Burger Battle at 6:30 p.m. and unlimited food, beer and cocktail samples
Participating restaurants thus far include (with more to be announced in coming weeks):
- 5280 Burger Bar
- Briar Common Brewery + Eatery
- Culinary Dropout
- Edgewater Beer Garden (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Hickory & Ash (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Lucy’s Burger Bar
- Mighty Burger (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Next Door Street Bar (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Roadhouse Boulder Depot (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Slater’s 50/50 (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Snarfburger
- Stanley Beer Hall
- Stoic & Genuine
- Stoney’s Uptown Joint
- The Original (new to Denver Burger Battle)
- Uptown & Humboldt
Last year, more than 1200 attendees tried burgers such as the 2022 Judge’s Choice winner Peaches & Cream Burger from Stanley Beer Hall with Niman Ranch beef, creamed goat cheese, spiced peach ketchup, pepper jelly, and grilled Palisade peaches as well as the “983 Big Cheesy” burger from Cherry Cricket, smothered in American cheese and gooey mac & cheese, crispy poblano and crunchy Cheetos, and finished with sweet and savory bacon jalapeno jam that was voted top honors by the people last year.
Bookmark this page for the full list of restaurants, as well as what they will be serving.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of tickets will benefit Firefly Autism, a nonprofit that seeks to transform the lives of children with autism.
