The Trail Times and Rossland News are back at it again with their second Trail/Rossland Burger Month! 🍔

Starting Thursday, June 5th, and running until June 30th, this delicious competition features eight local restaurants battling it out for bragging rights (and the coveted title of “Best Burger in Town”).

Event Contest Details:

8 Competitors: 

• Birchbank Bistro
• Tailout Brewing Taproom
• The Flying Steamshovel
• Velvet Restaurant (The Josie)
• The Tunnel Pub
• Rock Cut Pub
• Donnie’s Bistro
• Redstone Resort Clubhouse

Dates: June 5th – June 30th, 2025

Price:  $17 (plus tax). Sides and drinks are extra, and highly encouraged.

The Power is in Your Hands: The winner will be decided by YOU! Vote online for your favourite here!

Voting Draw: When you vote, you have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from each participating restaurant!

Trail/Rossland Burger Month Menu 2025

Text Description of the above Menu

Donnie’s Bistro  | Spicy Pork Sando

📞Phone: 778-457-1736
🔗Website: Donniesbistro.ca
📍Address: 4430 Red Mountain Rd, Rossland BC

Crispy pork belly, honey mustard slaw, jalapeno, cilantro, gochujang sauce, toasted sesame seed.

The Velvet Restaurant and Lounge at The Josie Hotel | The Summit Stack

📞Phone: 778-457-5227
🔗 Reservations: opentable.ca/r/the-velvet-restaurant-at-the-josie-hotel-rossland
📍Address: 4306 Red Mountain Rd, Rossland BC

Simple is delicious. Brisket smashed burger, smoked gouda, caramelized onion aioli, dill pickle, pickled shallots and iceberg lettuce.

Rock Cut Pub | Apple Bottom BBL

📞Phone: 250-362-5814
📍Address: 3052 Highway 3B, Rossland BC

50/50 Bison Chuck burger. Hickory smoked along with maple apple Rum glazed thick bacon. Applewood smoked cheddar topped with fried onions, pickled shallots, beefsteak tomato, lettuce, between Butternut squash, goat cheese and leek & parsnip aioli. Along with bacon jam and a beet medallion – on a toasted brioche bun

Birchbank Bistro | Velveta & Mac Stuffed Burger

📞Phone: 250-693-5451
🔗Website: birchbankgolf.com/the-bistro/
📍Address: 5500 Highway 22, Genelle BC

Angus Canadian Beef Burger stuffed with Velveta Cheese and Macaroni on Brioche Bun with all the fixings

Tailout Brewing Taproom | Lettuce Donair You a Secret

📞Phone: 778-456-2827
🔗Website: tailoutbrewing.com/#our-taproom
📍Address: 1299 Bay Ave, Trail

Sink your teeth into our play on an East Coast Donair —stacked with donair beef, crispy fried pepperoni, smoked gouda, crispy dill pickles, pickled onions, crisp lettuce, and drenched in classic sweet sauce. It’s a bold, messy, maritime mash-up of burger and donair, built to satisfy your cravings from bun to belly.

The Flying Steamshovel | Lamb Burger

📞Phone: 250-362-7323
🔗Website: theflyingsteamshovel.com
📍Address: 2003 2 Ave, Rossland

House made, smash burger style lamb patty, herbed goat cheese, mint chimichurri, arugula, brioche bun.

The Tunnel Pub | Ribbed for your Pleasure

📞Phone: 250-368-3360
🔗Website: benedictssteakhouse.ca
📍Address: 3 Schofield Hwy, Warfield

Boneless Rib patty, with a Crown Royal whiskey BBQ sauce, a lime miso slaw and red onion on a pretzel bun.

Redstone Resort Clubhouse | “Cluck-Around & Find Out”

📞Phone: 250-362-9141
🔗Website: redstoneresort.com/dining-events/
📍Address: 953 White Tail Dr, Rossland

Crispy chicken thighs (gf ) on a buttery brioche bun, layered with crunchy slaw, house pickled onions, smokey-hot sauce and a green goddess dressing – Bold, Fresh and Unforgettable!

Our Thoughts

Check back here and on our socials for our thoughts on each burger we try! We can’t wait 😋

How to Vote

Votes will be tallied after the competition closes June 30th! Make sure to vote for your favourite before then online. There will be a winner crowned in each of three categories:

• Best Presentation  
• Best Tasting
• Most Original

Share the Fun!

Share your burger month favourites online using the hashtag #trailburgermonth2025, and make sure to bring a friend. Supporting small business has never been so tasty!

Previous Burger Month Winners

The 2024 Trail/Rossland Burger Month winner was Trail Beer Refinery with their Smokin’ On The Rooftop Burger!