A bit hungover a few of us decided to go The Counter for lunch to provide some grease in the hopes to make us feel a little better.
I have only been to The Counter once before, but I enjoyed my first experience and I thought it would be the perfect place to go on a Sunday afternoon to get some good food.
For those of you who haven't experienced The Counter it is a place with 4 protein patty choices, 18 cheeses, 30 toppings, 3 bun choices....one restaurant. For those of you like me who like to hand pick all your meals this is the place for you. They give you a sheet sort of how you order sushi, but you pick all your fixins for your burger or burger bowl- it is fabulous.
The restaurant opened at 12:00 but I had to go pick up my car from the night before therefore we didn't arrive till 12:30. This was our first mistake we ended up waiting 45min for a burger because the restauarnt was full by the time we arrived at 12:30. This gave me a lot of time to watch the folks dining and the ones waiting to dine.
The restaurant is in Santa Monica not the Inland Empire so some of the things I experienced were very strange for me, things you don't see everyday on the Westside.
1. A five year old with assbergers (which I am sympathetic towards) however he was out of control- running around the restaurant making noises and almost yelling and of course the parents looked like they were inbreed and could have cared less.
2. A women dressed in a head to toe ROCKY jumpsuit. The bottoms were black with ROCKY printed down the entire leg and the red matching track jacket....I thought I was in Iowa for a second and I had to control the urge to ask her some questions about her choice of clothing.
3. A relatively attractive guy sitting having lunch with his is significant other. As they got up to leave he had sunglasses that had the American Flag printed on the lens-freaky.
4. I saved the best for last a 3 year old breastfeeding at the table next to us. This child was a boy, had a full mouth of teeth and as he finished breastfeeding...he asked his mom "where are the french fries I am hungry"
Keep in mind once we sat down we were finished in under one hour. It was a very strange day at The Counter and I am not sure where all these weirdos came from today!
