Industry Food Founded 2003 | Products Food, alcohol | |
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Key people Jeff Weinstein and Craig Albert Website www.thecounterburger.com Headquarters Culver City, California, United States Profiles | ||
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The Counter is a high end casual dining restaurant chain in the United States, Ireland, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Ghana offering custom topped gourmet burgers with over a million possible burger and burgers-in-a-bowl combinations through a checklist-style menu.
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History
The Counter was founded in Santa Monica, California, United States in 2003 by Jeff Weinstein.
Accolades
The Counter was launched into the public eye when Gayle King mentioned it on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 24, 2006, It has also been listed as number 15 on Alan Richman's The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die in GQ Magazine.
In the August 14, 2005 issue, Nation's Restaurant News named The Counter as one of "2008's Six Hottest Concepts."
Locations
At 45 units, The Counter is a mostly full-service, build-your-own burger concept, but the company is also growing a fast-casual sister concept called Built, which has five locations.