For Winnipeggers who find themselves smitten with the city's creative Le Burger Week options, a welcome extension of sorts is available to them. 

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If they're willing to make a bit of a drive, that is. 

Steinbach Chamber of Commerce executive director Ben Dueck says their upcoming Burger Week originally started as office banter but quickly took off. 

"We were just chatting about Le Burger Week in Winnipeg and someone just said 'Why don't we do that in Steinbach?'," Dueck said, chuckling. "We took it to our committee that handles those events and next thing you know, here we are." 

12 restaurants will be participating, ranging from chains that have set up in the city to local restaurants that have been around for many years. 

Dueck says the variety is exciting, and the restaurants were very into the idea. 

"They are all getting involved in promoting it internally and on social media," Dueck said. "Every time I talk to them they keep talking about how excited they are for this to happen." 

Duecks says people around Steinbach have also been talking about their excitement for Burger Week as well. He says they can vote for their favourite burger at the Steinbach Chamber of Commerce website.

Winnipeggers are welcome to make the drive to try burgers as well, but Dueck says they are mostly excited to engage residents in Steinbach and promote their restaurants. 

"We are interested to see if that will happen or not," Dueck said. "We think Steinbach has a lot of unique restaurants that people will be able to come out and enjoy and maybe experience a little bit of Steinbach while they're out here." 

Steinbach Burger Week runs from Sept. 8-14, 2018.