Ushering in our beef-and-grease-filled week of red meat revelry will be the first-ever Burger Throwdown from Burger Days and Capital Meat Company. Seven of the D.C. area’s greatest burger creators are coming together in an epic battle of the beef to prove who’s best. With a field that contains multiple Burger of the Year and Burger Battle winners, the Throwdown lineup is literally an all-star selection of the District’s burger scene.

Just check out this crew. There’s Matt Adler (2015 BOTY winner and multiple Burger Battle champ) from Osteria Morini, Brine’s John Critchley (another BOTY winner), The Source’s Scott Drewno (2013 Burger Battle winner), Ryan Hackney from Bibiana, Keith Long of Harvest Wood Grill, Alfie’s Alex McCoy (creator of our current burger crush) and The Commodore’s Travis Weiss (another 2015 BOTY winner). Yeah, it’s a pretty ridiculous collection of ground beef gurus.

Tickets for the event are $75 and are good for the seven Throwdown burgers and six beers from booze sponsors Denizens Brewing Co., Fair Winds and Right Proper.

Best of all, proceeds from the Throwdown will benefit Deaf-REACH (http://www.deaf-reach.org/), a non-profit working to maximize the self-sufficiency of deaf and hard of hearing people who need special services.

Read more at BurgerDays.com: http://burgerdays.com/burger-throwdown-2016/#ixzz46xCq231q