The Counter Burger

The Counter - at the Fountains
1005 Galleria Boulevard

Roseville, CA 95678

(916) 773-2333

We traveled out to the fancy new "lifestyle" shopping center in Roseville called the Fountains to try out the Counter, a build-your-own-burger joint. When I've walked by before, the smell was heavenly. We had a full house (sans Nairby who was "working") and special guests - kidofadrunk, and two friends that joined us at Magpie last December.

The check box menu is pretty fun, you just have to go through and pick everything you want. Type of meat, toppings, sauces, cheese, type of bun. Sounds easy until you encounter the huge amount of choices! And once you get to the plethora of sauces, you kind of have to go back and reassess your choices. Plus, NO ERASERS!

After much laboring over our options we finally ordered. The bad thing is that the fries and appetizers are on a different sheet so many of us didn't get anything other than the burger. The fries are huge, so sharing is a great option. They have sweet potato fries, onion strings and shoestring fries. All good.

Have to give them credit for bringing out the kid food first - nice touch so the wee ones don't get grumpy. And they brought NakedBob's at the same time too. Draw your own conclusion.

Beer menu is short but sufficient. Wine menu is short and kind of pricey but the quality was good.

So let's get to the burgers. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food, some more than others because they designed a combo that really hit the spot for them. At $8 for just the burger it seems to be a little expensive, but if you share fries with a few friends and add that on, it's not that much more. The sauces are all house made and damn good. They also come on the side which it nice. Basically if you can come up with a good combo for you, you'll like it here. If you have no imagination, they also have some preselected burgers that you can just order.

Would I go here before such places as Fuddruckers or Burger and Brews? Maybe not, but if I'm craving a burger and I'm in Roseville, this would be the place I stop.

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