{"id":7161,"date":"2009-12-14T16:21:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T00:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2009-12-14T16:39:26","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T00:39:26","slug":"the-counter-at-the-forum-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"The Counter At The Forum Is Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Carlsbad_lounge.JPG\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Carlsbad_lounge.JPG','popup','width=210,height=314,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Carlsbad_lounge-tm.jpg\" height=\"299\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Carlsbad Lounge\" \/><\/a>For weeks we&#8217;ve been peeking in the windows of the old <strong>Sushi on The Rock<\/strong> location at the Forum At Carlsbad because we knew something good was coming. Today, it&#8217;s finally here. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecounterburger.com\/CarlsbadCA\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Counter<\/a><\/strong>, a build your own custom burger joint that people seem to rave about opened today (December 14, 2009) with 312,120 possible burger combinations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Founded in 2003 by restaurant industry veteran <strong>Jeff Weinstein<\/strong>, Culver City, Calif.-based The Counter is the 21st-century equivalent to the classic burger joint, offering a fresh, unconventional approach to the American tradition of creating the ultimate premium burger. Since opening its original Santa Monica location, The Counter quickly gained national acclaim. In July 2005, <strong><em>GQ<\/em><\/strong> magazine columnist <strong>Alan Richman<\/strong> named The Counter\u2019s \u201cBuild Your Own Burger\u201d to his list of the best burgers in America and \u201c<strong>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/strong>\u201d featured the GQ list shortly thereafter in a segment entitled \u201c<strong>20 Burgers You Must Eat Before you Die<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Counter, which has 23 locations, isn&#8217;t just for the kids. The Forum restaurant includes a new lounge area that features more adult fare like &#8220;Fried Goat Cheese Sandwiches, Portobello Sandwiches, Mini Grilled Cheese &#38; Bacon Sandwiches and spiked milkshakes&#8221; for the mommies and daddies. We haven&#8217;t been in yet, but we&#8217;re looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecounterburger.com\/CarlsbadCA\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Counter<\/a><\/strong>, The Forum At Carlsbad, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/maps?city=Carlsbad&amp;state=CA&amp;address=1923+Calle+Barcelona\" target=\"_blank\">1923 Calle Barcelona<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks we&#8217;ve been peeking in the windows of the old Sushi on The Rock location at the Forum At Carlsbad because we knew something good was coming. Today, it&#8217;s finally here. The Counter, a build your own custom burger joint that people seem to rave about opened today (December 14, 2009) with 312,120 possible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7165,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions\/7165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}