Town #4 West Hartford (visit #4)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The Counter

Ever since The Counter opened in Blue Back Square and had an article in the Courant, Bob has wanted to go there. They specialize in burgers, almost every kind imaginable. Today was filled with various errands, and at lunch time The Counter was between two planned stops. When we walked in we got a clipboard with all the options, and we checked off our choices. Some options were built into the price of the burger and a few had an additional charge.

We started by deciding on beef, chicken, or veggie burger, then the kind of cheese, other additives, and a flavor of sauce. The smallest we saw was 1/3 of a pound, but a couple who sat next to us found four mini-burgers and shared them. That would have been better. We got a half order of sweet potato fries and a half order of onion strings. Both were excellent. The burgers were delicious but our second halves needed to be eaten with fork and knife. We splurged and shared a chocolate milkshake which had very little chocolate in it and filled us uncomfortably full. It was an interesting experience but we probably won’t return too often.