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Green star The Counter (Ballard)

4609 14th Ave NW, Suite 108
Seattle, Wa 98107
(206) 706-0311
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The Counter is an international burger chain out of Culver City, California. It offers more than 312,120 possible combinations from its build-your-own-burger menu; ingredients include hormone and antibiotic-free fresh Angus beef, housemade vegan burgers, and "specialty seafood burgers" with options of 10 cheeses, 28 toppings, 18 sauces, and three types of buns.
Hours: Sun-Thurs 11 am-9 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-10 pm
Categories: Restaurant

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  • 3.67000/5 Stars.
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I had a non-fancy-toppings cheeseburger to see how they handled the basics and was very pleasantly surprised. Great meat, perfectly cooked, and that's what matters. Definitely going back. Not cheap, but easily within reason for what I got.

Bonus points for having fried pickle chips, although I would have liked stronger pickles in them.
Posted by Russell http://lovinglyhandmadepornography.com on December 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM · Report
doctiloquus 2

Expensive, Not Altogether True To Concept

Ate at The Counter with my partner. Two burgers of the smallest size, a combo fries/rings plate (shared), coffee and a milkshake. Over $40 with tax and tip. We left angry at the bill. That's a week's worth of groceries for our household, and we make better burgers at home.

Plus, they serve High Fructose Corn Syrup disguised as ketchup (exclusive deal with Heinz - we asked) and they use corn-fed beef (corn makes cow stomachs bloat with gas). The marketing does not match up with the execution.

I predict The Counter won't survive. The prices are way too high for what amounts to rather standard fare. The marketing might bring people in for a try, but the cost and so-so food will prevent them from creating repeat customers.
Posted by doctiloquus http://iiwiiproject.com/ on November 26, 2009 at 2:48 PM · Report
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Great Burgers!

tasty tasty burgers with a mind-boggling choice of combinations. repeat visits necessary! service was good, but not great - they're new, so it wasn't a big deal
Posted by burgermania on November 4, 2009 at 11:26 AM · Report

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