The Burgie Awards

My good buddy, The Burger Beast, is hosting the first Burgie Awards at John Martin's Irish Pub this coming Monday, September 14th at 8:00pm. He was kind enough to ask me to present the award for Best Chicken Wings in South Florida. If you are a fan of burgers John Martin's will have great menu that will only be available the night of the awards. The last event The Burger Beast hosted at John Martin's had a similar menu and the burger I had was one of the best burgers I've ever had. I hope to see you for some burger AND beer fun. Here is what The Burger Best has to say about the event:

Since burgerbeast.com's inception we've glorified what Rick from South Florida Daily Blog has called "everyman food". These awards will occur to not only celebrate my blog's 1 year anniversary but to celebrate South Florida "everyman food" .

The categories will be:

Best Burger
Best Hot Dog
Best Side/Appetizer
Best Frita
Best Cuban Sandwich
Best Croqueta
and last but not least:
Best Burger - Reader's Choice

So who's going to decide the winners? Local bloggers who I've been in contact with along with the Cast of Characters will be allowed to place one vote for each category. The Reader's Choice will be via write in and that particular portion will start on Monday of next week(ed., the voting has ended already).

Will there be an event? Absolutely. The Burgies Award Show will take place at John Martin's in Coral Gables on Monday September 14th at 8pm. The Burger Beast menu will again be available that night as well as some new additions. If you attended our last event there, then you know we'll have some giveaways which will include Burger Beast T-shirts, Burger Beast Caps, Giftcards and a few other things. It should be a great night and I invite everyone to attend. Come by and join the fun. I look forward to seeing you all there.

The menu:

MILK SHAKES

VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, or STRAWBERRY (NON ALCOHOLIC)
IRISH COFFEE
Espresso, Baileys, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Vanilla Ice Cream
STRAWBERRY BANANNA
Strawberries, Bananas, Strawberry Vodka, Banana liquor, Vanilla Ice Cream

APPETIZERS

SHEPHERDS WEDGES
House fries topped with our “shepherds pie” ground beef, jack cheese, and scallions, smothered in Guinness a jus
SOUTH WEST CHICKEN ROLLS
Served with spicy avocado cream
IRISH NACHOS
Fried potato slices with cheesy jalapeño sauce, bacon, scallions, and jack cheddar
Served with sour cream and ketchup
BUFFALO CHICKEN TENDERS
Chicken tenders tossed in buffalo sauce topped with blue cheese crumbles served with ranch dressing
BLACKENED FISH TACOS
Three soft corn tortillas with blackened dolphin, citrus coleslaw, mandarin oranges
And spicy avocado cream served with black beans and Mexican rice
BURGER FARM (FOUR MINI-BURGERS)
BISON: brie cheese, mushrooms, honey mustard
TURKEY: blackened pattie, blue cheese, crispy onions
LAMB: olive Tapanade, feta, red pepper
BEEF: bacon, onion, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce

BURGERS

BRUNCH BURGER
Bacon, fried sunny side up egg, American cheese and HP mayo
MEDTERRANEAN BURGER
Lamb Burger with olive tapenade, grilled red onion and pepper, feta cheese
Served with tzatziki sauce
SALMON BURGER (GRILLED OR BLACKENED)
Grilled red onion and cucumber with lemon, caper, and dill sour cream sauce
STUFFED, BLACKENED BISON BURGER
Blackened Bison Patti stuffed with stilton cheese, topped with bacon,
Mushrooms, provolone, crispy onions and HP mayo
GRILLED CHEESE-HAMBURGER
Beef Pattie between two grilled cheese and ham sandwiches
THE BURGER BEAST(TWO BURGER PATTIES, FOUR CHEESES)
Spicy 1,000 Island, pickles, pattie topped with cheddar and Swiss cheese, Spicy 1,000 Island,
Pickles, pattie, topped with American and pepper jack cheese served with cheesy jalapeño sauce
BLACKENED TURKEY CLUB
Blackened Turkey Burger with avocado, bacon, blue cheese, grilled onion and a sun dried tomato mayo
VEGETABLE BURGER
Olive tapenade, fried eggplant, grilled tomato and onion topped with goat cheese

DESSERT

HOT FUDGE OREO BROWNIE SUNDAE
Gooey walnut and chocolate chip brownie topped with hot fudge, oreo cookie crumbles, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream