Annual Burger Month in Nelson BC

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Each year, Nelson Burger Month serves up a month-long celebration of creativity and flavour, as restaurants and eateries across the region craft unique, innovative burgers designed to delight and surprise diners. What began as a local culinary event in Nelson BC, has since grown into a regional sensation, with the competition now extending up Kootenay Lake to communities such as Balfour and Kaslo. This expansion has brought even more local chefs, restaurants and food lovers together, turning Burger Month into a true showcase of regional talent, community spirit and culinary innovation.

2025 Burger Month is over! See you again in 2026!

The 2025 Nelson Burger Month features an incredible 48 participating restaurants and eateries, making it the biggest and most exciting edition yet. Check out all the creations below!

2025 Winners

Best Tasting: Broken Hill

Best Presentation: Rel-ish

Most Unique: Kurama Sushi

Details

Nelson Burger Month runs all of November. You have 30 days to try them all.
Burgers at $18.00 each.
Use #nelsonburgermonth and tag your restaurant experiences.

Vote For Your Favourite until December 2, 11:59pm! Voting is closed!

ENTER for a chance to win a $1200 grand prize ($25 Gift Certificate from each restaurant)
VOTE in 3 categories: Best Presentation - Best Tasting - Most Unique
Winning restaurant in each category will receive a $200 donation to the charity of their choice and a personalized trophy to put on display for a year.

VOTE HERE

Thank you to the Black Press and our local Nelson Star for organizing this popular contest, all the chefs and restaurants who invest time and energy to make amazing burgers, and to you, for going out and dining on amazing burgers. Note: images on this website, as mouthwatering as they are, may not be the actual burgers being offered this year.

Trying to find a particular restaurant?

Check out our interactive map of Eat and Drink places in Nelson.

Behind The Scenes

How do restaurants come up with their unique burger? The time leading up to November involves a lot of arduous burger testing and sampling by each restaurant's chef and staff, until the perfect combination of patty, condiments and bun are created. The creations are solely within the control of each restaurant.

Given the popularity of the event, by the end of the month some restaurants may have served over 1000 of their speciality burgers.

Chefs tell us that both locals and visitors often arrive in groups, order one or two burgers, share them, and then head off to more restaurants to partake in this burger bliss.