A Burger Off?

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A Burger Off!

Merchants is running a lunch time burger-off at two of their downtown restaurants, Southwest NY and Pound and Pence. For four weeks, Southwest and Pound and Pence will pit two featured burgers against each other and ask patrons to vote on their fave burger for that week. On the fifth week, they'll feature the two top scoring burgers.

Week 1, which we missed:
1. New York Farmer: Sharp NY cheddar, carmelized sweet onions and horseradish aioli
2. Italian Hero: w/ fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, grilled portabella mushroom and balsamic glazed onions

Week 2, which we also missed:
1. Drunken Dutchman: smoked gouda, brandied mushrooms, applewood bacon and pommery mustard
2. The Wild Blue: saga Blue Cheese, wild mushrooms and red wine shallot marmelade, sweet potato fries

Week 3, this week's burger off, ends on Sunday:
1. Smokey Vermont: vermont cheddar, smokey chipotle BBQ sauce, applewood smoked bacon, carmelized sweet onions and tobacco onion strings
2. A Cabernet in France: w/ brie, wild mushrooms and Cabernet glazed onions

Week 4, next week:
1. The Classic: American cheese, applewood smoked bacon, crispy onion strings, Hellman's mayo and French's mustard
2. Everything, Please: w/ pepperjack cheese, double smoked bacon, carmelized onions, sauteed mushrooms and Avocado

Week 5 - The final round of the burger-off where the top two contenders are featured.