SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2024 · 11 AM – 4 PM
Oaks Area at Riverside Park · VERO BEACH, FL

Burgers and Brews presented by NAPA/Cole Auto Supply.

Start celebrating Independence Day week with a bang featuring two of America’s favorite things, Burgers & Brews! Live performances will entertain the crowd all day along with vendors, a kids zone, breweries, car show, food trucks and delicious burgers.

One of the highlights at Burgers & Brews is the “Best Burger in Indian River County Competition”. Purchase your tickets now to have a chance in voting for your favorite burger!

Don’t forget to purchase your VIP tickets to enjoy the reserved seating in the air-conditioned VIP Lounge near the stage, a cocktail bar, and air conditioned restrooms. VIP tickets also include a punch card to the burger competition and brewery area.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, contact Allison Zukowski at 772-770-0740 ext. 204

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2024 BURGER COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS

Now accepting competitors for 2024! Fill out the Burger Competition Entry Form.

Sandwich Shack Wilke's 14 Bones Pepper and Salt BBQ Brennity of Vero Beach

Curfew Heaton's Vero Beach

2023 BURGER COMPETITION WINNERS

2023 Judge's Choice Award

1st Place - 14 Bones

2nd Place - The Brennity at Vero Beach"

3rd Place - Nettie's Roadside Restaurant

2023 Peoples Choice Award

1st Place - Pepper & Salt BBQ

2nd Place - 14 Bones

3rd Place - The Grill at CW Willis Family Farms

2023 BREWERY PARTICIPANTS

American Icon Brewery Islamorada Beer Company Motorworks Brewing

Orchid Island Brewery Sailfish Brewery Sidedoor Brewery Tampa Bay Brewing Company

2024 BURGER COMPETITION JUDGES

Chef Jared Young

Jared Young was born in New York and raised in South Florida. He has held almost every job in the hospitality industry, working his way up starting as food runner at the age of 17 to Executive Chef by 22. He has worked in numerous restaurants in South Florida and Martha's Vinyard before joining the American Icon team in 2020. As co-owner of the team he is in charge of operations and has expanded the food operations. The way he sees it is in the world of craft food, it's not about creating new flavors, it's about perfecting the classics and putting your own twist on it.

BENEFITING UNITED AGAINST POVERTY

Proceeds from this event will benefit the transformative programs United Against Poverty (UP) of Indian River County. These programs empower and inspire people living in poverty to lift their families to economic self-sufficiency through a holistic approach of crisis stabilization, education, workforce training.

“The funds raised from Burgers & Brews allow the team at United Against Poverty to continue to work towards their shared purpose of empowering and inspiring individuals to lift themselves and their families to economic self-sufficiency.”
-Matthew Tanner, Executive Director United Against Poverty of Indian River County

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2023 ALICE Report from United Way: 6,890 households in Indian River County are in poverty, while another 24,331– are ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). The ALICE working households earn above the Federal Poverty Level but less than what’s needed to survive in the modern economy. ALICE families have been overlooked and undercounted by traditional poverty measures. ALICE is the nation’s childcare workers, home health aides and cashiers heralded during the pandemic – those working low-wage jobs, with little or no savings and one emergency from poverty. They are hardworking people one paycheck away from financial ruin. Even using the most conservative cost scenarios for a family’s monthly expenses these ALICE families live on the brink of financial disaster every day — at risk of falling over the precipice when an emergency comes their way. The ranks of Indian River County households unable to afford the basics grew by 11% during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a total of 31,221 households or 45% struggling to afford the basics.