Downers Grove North Burger Wins Tom & Eddie's Competition

A burger designed by students will remain on the Tom & Eddie's menu after it garnered the most sales in a burger competition last week. 

The winning Lone Star Burger is a hamburger on a pretzel roll with pepperjack cheese, haystack onions, chips, buffalo sauce, lettuce and bacon.

It topped ' Mustang Meltdown, a beef patty mixed with bacon topped with lettuce, barbecue sauce and cheese fries on a pretzel bun, as well as DGN's Southwest Wildfire burger, a hamburger on a gourmet roll topped with pepperjack cheese, haystack onions, spicy mayo, A1 sauce and lettuce.

Students in the district's three Intro to Business classes each designed a burger. The burgers were sold for four hours Wednesday. 

The winning burger will remain on the menu of Tom & Eddie's in Lombard for a month, 10 percent of its profits will go to charity and the winning class will receive a party catered by Tom & Eddie's. 

Here were the results: 

Students received a list of ingredients and considered cost and taste into their burger creations. They were also responsible for creating a marketing campaign for their burger through flyers, social media and more. 

Tom & Eddie's reached out to District 99 for the partnership. The restaurant chain has hosted similar competitions with neighboring high schools at other locations. 

If the Lone Star Burger proves popular enough, it could remain on Tom & Eddie's menu for longer.