Well, burger lovers, it's been a long, exciting, and sometimes torturous road since we first introduced the Burger Brackets to you. What have we discovered? People love Five Guys (not too much of a shocker, that), Elevation Burger apparently has a mailing list of epic proportions, and, perhaps most importantly, we learned the lesson that you can never take anything for granted—as, apparently, fans of Ray's Hell-Burger did. Widely expected to make it to the finals, if not win the entire thing, Ray's was knocked out unexpectedly today by Central's burger.

But no regrets! Moving on. We're down to the quarter-finals, the Edible Eight, the final spots competing for Washington-area burger dominance! Starting today, we'll only have one face-off per day that will stay open for 24 hours for voting. When we reach the finals, we'll keep that face-off open for close to a week for voting. But for now, let's move on to the first quarter-final burger match-up...

And as a reminder, you can keep tabs on all the Burger Brackets and browse through past ones here.

And here we are, folks—the last match-up in this round (or the Savory Sixteen, as we've been calling it here at the Washingtonian.com offices). With Matchbox having edged out Capital Grille in their face-off, we're only waiting on the outcome of Central vs. Ray's Hell-Burger and this match-up to finalize the third round. And who is facing off in this afternoon's challenge, you might ask? Good question. Check below.

And as a reminder, you can keep tabs on all the Burger Brackets and browse through past ones here. 

The Burger Brackets continue to advance! By tomorrow, we'll know all the burger spots that have moved on to the third round (or, as a friend suggested we call it, the Edible Eight). Elevation Burger and their, um, devoted fans beat out Palena Cafe to advance; Matchbox and Capital Grille are still battling it out (so go vote!). But for right now, we have a tough match-up in the burger world. Check below.

And we edge ever closer to the end of the second round in the Burger Brackets. Elevation Burger is currently battling it out over here with Palena Cafe; and in the most recent face-off, Harry's Tap Room trumped Quarry House Tavern's burger. Sorry, Silver Springers. 

Check below for this afternoon's burger challenge... 

Most of you may have St. Patrick's green on the mind (have you checked out our party guide yet?) but over here at washingtonian.com, we're all about the red meat of our Burger Brackets. While BLT Steak battles BGR Burger in this face-off, we have another burger challenge for you to vote on today. Arlingtonians and Silver Springites, you may have vested interests in this battle. Check below for today's face-off.

The second round of our Burger Brackets continues, as two fan favorites crushed the competition over the weekend. Was there every any doubt that Five Guys' legions of local fans were going to come out in swarms to vote? And vote they did, as Five Guys beat Billy Martin's Tavern with 78% of the vote. Chadwick's did even better—they won against Spider Kelly's with a shocking 95% of the vote!

Moving on, today's burger challenge is...