CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's the end of Cleveland's Best Burger search and the winner is a joint that's been around for ages -- Gunselman's Tavern in Fairview Park. Congratulations to Gunselman's!

Gunselman's Tavern, located at 21490 Lorain Road, beat 19 other finalists to earn the title of Cleveland's Best Burger, as voted on by cleveland.com readers. The contest began with 86 restaurants competing in the first round.

Online voting was close and the top spots shuffled around several times between Gunselman's, Betty's Bomb Ass Burgers and Check Please Cafe. In the end, Gunselman's won with 18 percent.

Watch as we surprise the winner on cleveland.com's Facebook page during a visit Wednesday at Gunselman's Tavern.

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Congratulations to the restaurants who made it into the Top 20 (listed in alphabetical order):

Thank you to everyone who participated in the nomination and voting process and thanks to the restaurants for their hospitality as we sampled their awesome burgers. We were welcomed with open arms during the visits to the 20 finalists and enjoyed meeting the owners, chefs, employees and patrons.

We had so much fun during this contest, which has lasted more than a month. We've tried so many classic and eccentric burgers throughout the Greater Cleveland area. Later this week we're excited to share the very best burgers of the 100 -- yes, 100 -- we sampled.

Check back at cleveland.com/best for additional contests to find the very best in Cleveland.