Awards season is here, and while staying in with a pint of ice cream and Tweeting your thoughts on the winners is fun for the Golden Globes and Academy bonanzas, you’ll want get out of those sweatpants and head to the sixth annual “Burgies” for a night of local camaraderie and food.

The man behind the local meat fest is none other than Sef Gonzalez, better known as Burger Beast. In 2009, he felt that no one was honoring the little guys who were pedaling forward South Florida’s food community, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. It worked. He got a record total of 4,000 voters for this year’s awards, which are being held in Hialeah for the first time this Saturday, January 31.

Source: www.blogs.miaminewtimes.com