Counter - Crows Nest

Last week, as per Shadi's insistence that these burgers were fantastic and we must all try them, my party of seven trekked out to Crows Nest to sample 'Counter'.

The American chain is really not much more than a burger place with a small twist.
You're given a clip board and asked to select from 150g, 300g or 450g of beef, chicken, turkey or veg pattie. This determines the starting price of your burger ($13.50, $16.50, $19.50).
You'll then go on to select 4 items from the salads section (any more incur a surcharge and any 'premium salads' too incur a surcharge) a sauce (which is served on the side anyway) and a choice of bun: hamburger, english muffin or wholemeal.

Along with this there's a small menu of american sides including beef and cheese fries, onion rings etc and, for the more health conscious individual, the salad in a bowl (no bread).

After a moderate wait our burgers arrived and silence befell our table as we attempted to cram these massive burgers into our comparatively small mouths.
Mission accomplished though and everyone got through them (some ignoring the sauce entirely whilst others lapped it up).

Probably not worth $13.50 for a burger (with no side salad/chips) but nice for a change (nicer if Crows Nest isn't a 30min drive)

I'd recommend the sun dried tomato vinaigrette as the sauce and chips to share for the table.
I have it on good word that the milkshakes/malts are fantastic but as we were all on a budget that night, none of our party sampled them. Apparently 'peanut butter' is the way to go!

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