We're excited to announce that this year's winner of the 2024 River Falls Rotary Burger Battle is Tarnation Tavern! This was one of the tightest Battles we've ever seen with Tarnation Tavern narrowly beating out last year's winner, Lazy River -- by less than .034 average points! Congratulations Tarnation Tavern on being voted the BEST burger in town! All that remains now it to present Tarnation Tavern their well-earned trophy!
Click READ MORE for a few fun facts about this year's Battle and a message to the participating restaurants:
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Here are the fun facts (But before you read below, please remember to thank Chris, Terry, and Kellie for their leadership and hard work!):
• There were seven participating restaurants
- 1,377 burgers were served (based on ballots returned) over a two month period
- The most burgers served at one location was 219 at Tarnation Tavern
- Close to $17,000 was raised to support the River Falls Rotary Club's mission of enhancing opportunities for youth and creating a better world for all through community focused projects
- Some of the fun comments shared on the ballots:
- Put this on the menu NOW! Thank you!
- AMAZING!
- A burger that good w/o cheese? UNBELIEVABLE!
- Hope you win. Fantastic. Server was great.
- 5-star service. Thanks!
To the Participating Restaurants: River Falls Rotary Club would also like to thank each of you for your extremely generous contribution as a participating restaurant. Because of you, this was another successful Battle. We received a tremendous amount of feedback regarding how much fun it was to gather as friends and/or family and maybe try restaurants that people don't normally frequent - but now look forward to returning to soon.
If you have any feedback you would like to share or if you would like to read some of the handwritten comments on your specific burger ballots, reach out - we'd love to hear from you!
Thank you,
River Falls Rotary Burger Battle Committee
Chris Blasius | 715-821-4916
Terry McKay | 651-210-5669
Kellie Burrows | 612-227-8135