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Ultimate Fast Food/Fast Casual Restaurant March Madness Bracket (Elite 8)

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Round 4. 8 restaurants. Elite 8. One champion. You decide.

In the words of Jon Rothstein…

Wait, it’s April? Fuck.

Vote below.

Let’s take a look at the regions and who I think the favorites and upset picks will be to make the Final Four…

REGION_A

First off, 1-seed McDonald’s is going to win. Let’s just leave it at that. I know it squeaked one out over regional favorite 4-seed Whataburger, but I don’t think 2-seed Chipotle stands a chance. I would move McDonald’s on here, personally, with the big edge coming from the fact that the LTO offerings (limited time only) from McDonald’s are superior. That Chipotle queso is… uh… something.
My Final 4 Pick: 1-seed McDonald’s
My Final 4 Prediction: 1-seed McDonald’s
Elite 8 Upset Pick: None

REGION_D

The Sweet 16 saw a shocking upset pick with 6-seed White Castle taking down 2-seed Burger King. That’s absurd to me and I won’t stand for any Burger King disrespect. With that said, I was going to pick the winner of that matchup over 1-seed Chick-Fila regardless of what restaurant won. Chick-Fil-A didn’t get much pushback from regional favorite 4-seed Culver’s, which was my favorite from this region. While White Castle has had a fun ride, I just don’t see Chick-Fil-A missing out on the Final Four berth here. I think it even handles McDonald’s pretty easily in the next round.
My Final 4 Pick: 6-seed White Castle
My Final 4 Prediction: 1-seed Chick-Fil-A
Elite 8 Upset Pick: None

REGION_B

Just like Whataburger and Culver’s, the regional slant to 2-seed In-N-Out did it in. Even so, 3-seed Popeyes has so much popularity, that I don’t even consider the upset all that surprising. While 1-seed Five Guys has had a pretty easy run to the Elite 8, I actually think my personal choice of Popeyes is actually going to be the winner here. Plain and simple, their chicken is fucking delicious.
My Elite 8 Picks: 3-seed Popeyes
My Elite 8 Prediction: 3-seed Popeyes
Round Two Upset Pick: 3-seed Popeyes

REGION_C

I love 1-seed Wendy’s, don’t get me wrong, and the win over 4-seed Shake Shack was impressive (and a wrongly predicted upset by me), but this is going to be a dominating performance from 2-seed Taco Bell. From Round One through now, the TexMex-style chain, with the best LTO offerings in the game, has won at least 85% of the vote each time. Taco Bell is going to win, it’s going to win big and it is still the favorite to win the entire tournament.
My Elite 8 Picks: 2-seed Taco Bell
My Elite 8 Prediction: 2-seed Taco Bell
Round Two Upset Pick: 2-seed Taco Bell


There you have it! Let the voting begin. (External voting link: https://forms.gle/zB3jYUmUQLQe7qLi7)

I am hoping for the Final Four voting to begin on Wednesday, April 3rd and the Champion being crowned on Monday, April 8th.