headquarters culver city california u.s. key people jeff weinstein and craig albert products food alcohol website www.thecounterburger.com the counter is a high end fast casual restaurant chain in the united states ireland malaysia saudi arabia united arab emirates and ghana offering custom topped gourmet burgers with over a million possible burger and burgers in a bowl combinations through a checklist style menu . contents 1 history 2 accolades 3 locations 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the counter was founded in santa monica california united states in 2003 by jeff weinstein . 1 accolades edit the counter was launched into the public eye when gayle king mentioned it on the oprah winfrey show on february 24 2006 2 3 it has also been listed as number 15 on alan richman s the 20 hamburgers you must eat before you die in gq magazine . 4 in the august 14 2005 issue nation s restaurant news named the counter as one of 2008 s six hottest concepts . 5 locations edit at 45 units the counter is a mostly full service build your own burger concept but the company is also growing a fast casual sister concept called built which has five locations . 6 see also edit food portal companies portal list of hamburger restaurants references edit the counter concept moves into greater d.c. washington business journal 2007 06 22 the oprah winfrey show february 28 2006 the oprah winfrey show episode 5942 transcript alan richman . the 20 hamburgers you must eat before you die . gq features . franchiseworks nation s restaurant news august 25 2008 the counter refocuses on burger customization . nrn.com . retrieved 2016 06 27 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the counter & oldid 739111603 categories fast casual restaurantsrestaurants established in 19691969 establishments in californiafast food chains of the united statescompanies established in 1969hamburger restaurants navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 20 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view