The gourmet burgers were juicy, and the craft beer was flowing at Coastal Virginia Magazine’s CoVa Battle of the Burgers held at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach on May 20. More than 1,200 guests enjoyed a day of food, fun and live entertainment from Pleading the 5th Band. Attendees also shopped from a variety of specialty vendors at our Arts & Craft Vendor Village while sampling delicious burgers from 11 participating local restaurants.
As always, the competition was fierce. This year the big prize for our VIP Judges’ Choice Award for Best Burger went to Clayton’s in Virginia Beach, who also took home top honors as First Place in the People’s Choice category, for their popular “Butter Burger.” Saté Kitchen was awarded People’s Choice Second Place for their “Tina Had a Lil Lamb Burger,” and FIREBREW Bar & Grill snagged Third for their “Bourbon, Mushroom & Onion Burger.” Hardywood Park Craft Brewery also took home the prize for Peoples’ Choice Best Brewery.In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, net proceeds from donations for water at the event benefitted NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Coastal Virginia.
Special thanks to all of our attendees, volunteers, participating businesses and sponsors, especially to Sysco, Worley’s Home Services, Coastal Landscapes, Luxe Kart, Yelp Coastal Virginia and NAMI. See you at next year’s CoVa Battle of the Burgers!
See our video recap reel here!
See our event photo album here!
Coastal Virginia Magazine
Offering up stellar editorial and photography on a range of feature topics from personal and business profiles to the region's cuisine and style scene, Coastal Virginia Magazine provides an in-depth glimpse into what's happening in the region. Each issue offers up something new, from the annual Top Docs feature to Best Of CoVa Readers' Choice Awards, while still always providing insight from the regular columnists and news on the latest local events in the Datebook section.
