Hamburger Reviews

Being the connoisseurs of hamburgers that we are, this past Saturday Heather, Kenny, and I tried the new hamburger joint near French Cleaners in West Hartford. The Counter Burger (http://www.thecounterburger.com/) opened just a few weeks ago. The format is like Chili's old build a burger promotion. They give you a clip board and with a list of options you can choose for your burger. There is burger choices from 1/3 all the way up to 1 pound. There are some foo-foo options like honey cured bacon, avocados, spicy chili's, baby greens, and hard boiled egg. When we got to the store at roughly 4:45 there was a wait of 15-20 minutes. The place is very small and there was not a lot of seating. Kenny was great. He didn't fuss during the wait at all. He enjoyed looking at all the people and waitresses that were running around. Here is a picture of Kenny enjoying himself.



We eventually got sat about 40-minutes after we arrived. So Kenny was approaching his limit. The burgers do not come with fries but you can order them as sides or appetizers. It was nice to see that they had sweet potato fries but we didn't try them. The fries were ok, you could tell that they were just frozen fries not fresh cut like Five-Guys or Fuddruckers. Kenny proceeded to lose it as soon as the burgers arrived. They told us that all their burgers were cooked to 150* (med/well) unless otherwise requested. The burgers were not very good at all. Mine was cooked quite a bit more than Heather's since I had a 2/3 lb burger. It was charred. I was not very impressed. The bun was bland and the extras were just ok. I had tomato, honey cured bacon, lettuce, and American cheese. The tomato was really hard, like it wasn't ripe enough. The bacon was ok but it could have been cooked more. The lettuce and cheese were ok. The worst part of the whole thing was the price. Our burgers, fries, and soda cost about $37 with tip. We could have eaten at Five-Guys twice for what we spent at The Counter Burger (not that we need to do that). So my review is that the Counter Burger is not worth going to. Save yourself some money and go to Five-Guys-Burgers and Fries. The burgers there are much, much better than the Counter Burger.