Pasadena celebrated all things cheeseburger during Cheeseburger Week® January 26th to 31st. Visitors enjoyed food created especially for the event, took advantage of great deals, followed cheeseburger crawls and voted in the 2020 Cheeseburger Challenge®. In all, 1720 votes were cast in the challenge to determine favorites in 15 categories ranging from Favorite Place for a Burger to Favorite Dessert after a Burger.
Every restaurant is entered in the Favorite Place for a Burger category. Each restaurant that participated for the first time is entered in the Favorite New Restaurant for a Burger category. Besides the Favorite Place for a Burger, restaurants can then enter in up to two additional categories in the 2020 Cheeseburger Challenge®. Voting is conducted online.
Congratulations to those named Favorites in these categories in the 2020 Cheeseburger Challenge®:
Favorite Place to go for a Burger
- Dog Haus/Dog Haus Biergarten: 19%
- The Stand 15%
- The Langham Huntington Hotel 10.5%
Favorite Innovative Burger
- Umami Burger 18%
- Kings Row Gastropub 13%
- The Pan 7%
Favorite Lunch Counter Burger:
- Pie ‘n Burger 32%
- The Counter 29%
- The Pan 18%
Favorite Traditional Cheeseburger
- The Stand 32%
- Clearman’s Galley 16%
- Cindy’s Restaurant 9%
Favorite Sliders
- Dog Haus 15%
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House 9%
- Foothill 8%
Favorite Gourmet Burger
- Dog Haus 36%%
- The Stand 27%
- Terrace at the Langham (tie) 14%
Favorite Alternative burger
- Umami Burger (Impossible Burger) 24%
- The Counter (Bison Burger) 17%
- True Food Kitchen (Upside Down Quinoa Burger) 11%
Favorite Turkey Burger
- Barney’s Beanery 26%
- The Great Maple/Green Street Restaurant (tie) 18%
- Kathleen’s Restaurant 9%
Favorite Sit-down/White Table Cloth Burger
- Fleming’s Prime Steak House and Wine Bar 26%
- The Royce Wood Fired Steakhouse at the Langham 25%
- Alexander’s Steakhouse 18%
Favorite New Participating Restaurant
- Alexander’s Steakhouse 25.5%
- Granville 24%
- Café 1919 at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens 17%
Favorite Bar Burger
- Dog Haus Biergarten 25.5%
- Fleming’s/Clearman’s Galley (tie) 12%
- White Horse Lounge 8%
Favorite Veggie/Vegan Burger
- Taproom at the Langham 16%%
- True Food Kitchen 12.5%
- La Grande Orange Café 7%
Favorite Craft Beer with a Burger
- Dog Haus Biergarten 16%
- Kings Row Gastropub 14.5%
- Lucky Baldwin’s 11%
Favorite Dessert After a Burger
- Pie ‘n Burger 28.43%
- The Terrace at the Langham 22.5%
- Stonefire Grill 14%
Favorite Cocktail with a Burger
- Taproom at the Langham 21.5%
- White Horse Lounge 17%
- Paul Martin’s American Grill 16%
For address, menu and other information visit www.pasadenarestaurantweek.com. Look for Pasadena Restaurant Week coming April 26 to May 1, 2020.
Cheeseburger Week® is a Pasadena Restaurant Week and California Restaurant Month event presented by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. Cheeseburger Week® is generously sponsored by Wells Fargo.