After 4 weeks of voting on 64 local burger businesses, the inaugural Chicago Area’s Best Burgers Tournament, sponsored by Turano Baking Company and The Puckered Pickle Company, has its champion.

The announcement was made on The John Williams Show, as Chicago’s Very Own Eats co-host and WGN Radio bracketologist Michael Piff joined John to call the winner live. Listen to hear the announcement below:

Congrats to Nick’s Tavern of Lemont for winning the championship and taking home the Chicago Area’s Best Burgers Tournament crown!

We thank both Nick’s and Smash’D, as well as their communities, for making this championship week so fun to follow. We also thank the rest of our field of 64 Chicago area burger places for being good sports and helping us with promoting local businesses.

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