While it didn’t start out in front, Hintonburger soon ledthe charge to the winner’s circle, crowned by our readers as the home of the city’sbest burger.

After two weeks of online voting, Ottawa Citizen andOpenFile readers chose Hintonburger with 29.16 per cent of 8,391 votes.

The Works’ burgers had an extremely strong start in theburger poll, and had a good race – neck and neck with the Hintonburger for muchof the competition. Alas, The Works’ burger (or burgers?) finished with 25.98per cent of the popular vote, putting in a solid second-place finish.

Hintonburger and The Works left the rest of the pack behindearly out of the gates.

Chez Lucien came third in the race, with 780 votes, or 9.3per cent.

Hintonburger owner Thomas Williams said he was surprised tobeat The Works.

“They’re a big chain,” he said. “The whole experience hasbeen great for us, we’ve had lots of support from friends, family and thepeople who come in here.”

Hintonburger was encouraging people to vote in the story –with a ‘Vote for Ottawa’s best burger’sign was posted near the cash – and on its Twitter feed.

“But we weren’t too pushy,” he said.

Williams said the win comes two days after Hintonburgercelebrated its second anniversary.

He described the champion burger like this: ““We’re trying to do a fresh, more localtake on fast food. We all had that favourite chip truck or greasy spoon growingup, or I certainly did, so we’re just trying to recreate some of that good oldsense with the good food” You can read more in our review of the Hintonburger here.

Here’s how the otherburgers stacked up:

4. Dick’s on Merivale Road, 749 votes (8.93 per cent)

5. Vera’s, 630 votes (7.51 per cent)

6. Baja Burger Shack, 433 votes (5.16 per cent)

7. Burgers on Main, 417 votes (4.97 per cent)

8. Art is in Bakery, 322 votes (3.78 per cent)

9. Quinn’s, 222 votes (2.65 per cent)

10. Brothers Beer Bistro, 216 votes (2.57 per cent)