The WORKS Gourmet Burger Bistro wants Fanshawe to name one of its 68 gourmet burgers!

Fanshawe is taking over downtown.

Just a few weeks ago, Fanshawe announced its new downtown campus location. Now, Falcons get to name their very own burger at one of downtown's hottest eateries: The WORKS Gourmet Burger Bistro (145 King St. across from the Covent Garden Market).

The "The WORKS is not creative enough and needs your help in naming Fanshawe's Burger" contest starts October 11 and runs until October 25. Submit your entry on the FSU Social Network (login to www.fsu.ca/social and check out the Blogs section). The person who comes up with the best Fanshawe-themed burger name will win a school year's worth of burgers at The WORKS (a weekly burger from November to April).

"(The name should be) something unique to students. It could almost be an inside joke to them," said Kris Hunt, who owns the London WORKS location with Ian Roden.

The burger to be named is topped with roasted red peppers, fresh avocado, havarti cheese and The WORKS' own creamy Beechhouse sauce (a vegetable garden mayo they make in-house weekly). Take this as a delicious inspiration for a name that best represents the school and shows London what Falcons are made of.

"The WORKS is a gourmet burger bistro that focuses on fresh, homemade food that is 100 per cent Canadian," explained Roden. "We take burgers very seriously." The network started in Ottawa, where Hunt and Roden worked for three years. The restaurant serves classic handmade milkshakes, icecold Canadian beer, hand-cut factory fries and a whole lot more. With over 60 different burger toppings to choose from — not to mention their in-house hand pressed half-pound patties (pure ground beef, whole chicken breast, ground turkey, organic beef, domestic elk or the veggie burger and Portobello mushroom cap for herbivores) — The WORKS has become a hotspot for hungry Londoners.

Besides the food, one of the things that keeps people coming back is the unique décor of the bistro, described as "urban industrial" by Hunt. The exposed pipes, brick walls and chain link fences make this restaurant pretty unique, while the electrical panels, switches, levers and more — designed by an artist from Merrickville — add to the industrial atmosphere. The restaurant may look as though it was thrown together with any old odds and ends, but many of the items hold a special place in the owners' hearts, such as their old dinky cars, Roden's grandfather's curling broom, his grandmother's 25-cent bill and much more that adorn the walls.

"Each individual location focuses on the community (it's in)," explained Roden, pointing to the menu that contains items named by London Mayor Joe Fontana, the London Free Press newspaper and the University of Western Ontario. The WORKS may have just opened its London location this past May, but it's already becoming woven into our city's fabric. They have worked with local charities including Youth Opportunities Unlimited and Wellspring, painted themselves pink to raise awareness for breast cancer this past summer, and in November they will be participating in the Shine the Light campaign, with funds raised going to support the London Abused Womens Centre.

For more information about The WORKS, visit worksburger.com or check them out on Facebook at facebook.com/WORKSburger or Twitter @WORKSburger.