Ultimate Burger Battle Playbook

With twenty-four insane burgers, besting the Burger Battle is quite the feat this year.

No worries though, we’ve created three game plans for you to enjoy Burger Battle to your taste, from 6 burgers to the full 24. Grab some friends and start your beefy adventure!
Pro tip: Order burgers from multiple locations to go! Find carry out & delivery options for each restaurant on the Burger Battle event listing.

Please dine responsibly. Masks are required in dining spaces until patrons are seated, as defined by the Citywide Mask Mandate. Prefer to battle from home? Find carry out and delivery information in each restaurant’s burger listing HERE. 

Plan 1: The Taste Tester
6 Burgers | 1+ Tasters

Pick 6 and sleep well at night knowing you’ve enjoyed the best of the beef!
When you’re eating 1/4 of the options, you’re allowed to be picky.
Choose the burgers that look tastiest to you, or get adventurous by choosing one for each of these categories:

1. An I-can’t-believe-they-decided-to-make-this creation
2. A burger built for great photos
3. One that sounds extra delicious
4. New-to-you flavor combo
5. Your favorite downtown restaurant
6. A restaurant you’ve never tried before

Browse burger stats and find carry out & delivery options: Burger Battle competitors

Plan 2: The Dozen Dozer
12 Burgers | 1+ Tasters

Enjoy one dozen helpings of burger greatness. Perfect for the ambitious individual or a small group that wants more than a taste of the competition! Plan ahead with restaurant dining and delivery hours on the list of Burger Battle competitors.

Choose from groups of 3 burgers per week, for a total of 4 weeks:

• Crave, The Treasury, Ode to Food & Drinks
• Dada Gastropub, Swamp Daddy’s, Wiley’s
• Crawfords, EightyOne Arcade Bar, PAve
• Parker’s Bistro, Five Guys, Mackenzie River
• Falls Landing, Leonardo’s Café (Lunch Only), Phillips Ave Diner
• Chef Lance on Phillips, Bread and Circus Sandwich Kitchen, Holiday Inn
• Minerva’s, JL Beers, Papa Woody’s
• Fernson Downtown, TommyJack’s Pub, Blarney Stone Pub

Browse burger stats and find carry out & delivery options: Burger Battle competitors

Plan 3: The Destroyer
24 Burgers | 2+ Tasters

Don’t go it alone! Gather a team and crush all 24 contenders.
Set aside two days per week to taste burgers. Each week, choose one weekend group (3 burgers) and one weekday group (2-3 burgers) to order from. You must eat at every location listed under weekends and every location listed under weekdays.

Restaurants are arranged according to relative proximity. Groupings are as follows:

Weekends | Jan 2-3, Jan 8-10, Jan 15-17, Jan 22-24, Jan 29-31:

• Crave, The Treasury, Ode to Food and Drinks
• Dada Gastropub, Swamp Daddy’s, Wiley’s
• Crawfords, EightyOne Arcade Bar, PAve
• Parker’s Bistro, Five Guys, Mackenzie River

Weekdays | Jan 4-7, Jan 11-14, Jan 18-21, Jan 25-28:

• Falls Landing, Leonardo’s Café (Lunch Only), Phillips Ave Diner
• Chef Lance on Phillips, Bread and Circus Sandwich Kitchen, TommyJack’s Pub
• Minerva’s, JL Beers, Fernson Downtown
• Papa Woody’s, Holiday Inn, Blarney Stone Pub

Browse burger stats and find carry out & delivery options: Burger Battle competitors.

Thank you to the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation for sponsoring DTSF’s 8th Annual Downtown Burger Battle