Comments on: ‘The Counter’ opens today at Ballard Blocks

By: Jack Tar

Jack Tar — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:22:40 +0000

Great food, good service, to expensive.

By: dewey206

dewey206 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:14:13 +0000

Tried it. Bland burgers; cold, corporate atmosphere. Don't plan on going back.

The strawberry shake was good, though.

By: kim

kim — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:23:30 +0000

everyone has their opinion. i wouldn't necessarily call it complaining, just a personal opinion.

By: zdw

zdw — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:22:29 +0000

I went on Saturday night for their soft opening, just for something to do (plus it was free..can't beat that) and I enjoyed it. I like being able to have a large number choices, since I am kind of picky about what I want on a burger. The burger was decent enough, but the fried pickles and sweet potato fries were definitely the stars of the show, and the guys I went with agreed. I guess I'd say I would go back again, it wasn't bad, our server/bartender was awesome, but overall it wasn't my favorite. The Spinach Chicken burger at Hamburger Harry's beat my Mushroom Swiss from Counter hands down, and I have yet to try Lunchbox Lab. I'd go back for the apps, and drinks, since it's right by my work, but that's probably it.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:06:06 +0000

Jacks. It was an american fare sit down restaurant. It was the best! Their milkshakes were so good! I miss that place!

By: angelatini

angelatini — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:41:18 +0000

Skippers WAS where Ballard Bros currently is…just as confirmation. :)

By: gooner

gooner — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:26:40 +0000

i knew i was wrong, but couldn't figure out how…. and i knew someone out there knew why. thanks.

can you finish your equation and deduce how many ingredients they have then to create that number of combinations?

By: gtotherady

gtotherady — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:23:23 +0000

The use of just n! is only for permutations, which are an ordered set of elements. In other words, you are counting a burger where you first put on pickles and THEN put on roasted peppers as different from a burger where you first put on roasted peppers and THEN add pickles. Seems like the same burger to me, unless you have an incredibly sensitive tongue.

You are instead looking for combinations — an unordered collection of distinct elements. The formula for the number of distinct combinations of size k (the number of toppings I can choose) from an overall set of size n (the total number of available toppings) is (n!/(k! * (n-k)!)).

hope that helps :)

By: GTS

GTS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:38:33 +0000

And there was Farmer Dan's run by Dany Mitchell (aka Papa Mitchelli) in about 1992-3

By: Fonteeni

Fonteeni — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:40:17 +0000

I think Mag is right. If it wasn't a Country Kitchen, it was one just like it.

By: Fonteeni

Fonteeni — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:30:31 +0000

I was wondering when those folks would resurface.

But reading their website was a bit painful. They need to buy a few commas.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:32:35 +0000

I think that Counter Burger is fun because, like you said, the topping and sauce choices include stuff that I might not have on hand at home. I have only had the turkey burger there so far and it was a total meal in itself. Yum! Will try the vegie burger next because the 12 vegie ingredients of it intrigues me…has anyone on this post tried it yet?……..I'm curious.

By: mag98199

mag98199 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:25:07 +0000

Country Kitchen?

By: Lars

Lars — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:19:57 +0000

I know, it's a terrible thing. But I find these comments to be addicting. It's a cry for help:)

Honestly, don't we have jobs? If we don't, it's a beautiful day out. Must stop commenting………

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:38:24 +0000

I think you're right.

By: ZephyrV2

ZephyrV2 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:26:45 +0000

I thought Skippers was where Ballard Bros. now is.

By: stopthebuzz

stopthebuzz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:05:38 +0000

If you want restaurant reviews: yelp.com or the restaurant section of this website. Sniping and trolling is the way of the internet. The more you comment on it, the more it'll happen.

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:31 +0000

Pickles and roasted red peppers both wink out of existence when placed on the same burger, to spare the universe the abomination. You get that kind of problem a lot more than you might think. It's hell for keeping up your inventory, if you're not careful.

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:45:40 +0000

I'm legitimately curious, Lars… why did you come to the comment section, right here, and post about how there shouldn't be a comment section?

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:44:04 +0000

Seriously. If all you absolute cretins can do is sit around flinging poo at each other like the base animals you all clearly are, then clearly you don't belong here and you should really get your ugly butt out of… wait, sorry, why am I posting this?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:23:15 +0000

Was it Skippers? I remember one of them somewhere around there, back when there was one of every fast-food franchise in that area.

By: Lars

Lars — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:21:32 +0000

Don't hate Ballard, hate these comment sections on blogs. I think this blog would be better served by disabling the comment feature and sending all discussion to the forum section.

That being said, bring Ballard the Swinery!

By: stopthebuzz

stopthebuzz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:19:29 +0000

That's the internet. Not Ballard. But really, you should leave if you hate it.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:05 +0000

I think Godfather's used to be where the US Bank is now.

By: 59thandBlake

59thandBlake — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:39:03 +0000

The only restaurants I remember were Jacks and Godfather's Pizza

By: angelatini

angelatini — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:02:07 +0000

Well, DUH, BlackSheep! hahaha

By: Buddy

Buddy — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:36:44 +0000

I have a question for long time Ballard residents. Does anyone remember the name of the restaurant that was once at the Blockbuster location on 15th and 60th? This was around 15-20 years ago……..thanks.

By: gooner

gooner — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:02:32 +0000

can some math geek please correct me where i am sure i am making an error. the whole 312k options is not impressive at all is it?

if i am not mistaken, 9 factorial is already 362k but clearly there are more than 9 "yes/no's" on the menue.

what am i doing wrong?

By: TomK

TomK — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:20:28 +0000

If their burgers taste anything like they LOOK on their website…I don't think I'll ever eat there. They just don't look all that appetizing.

I think I'll stick with LOCAL (and delicious) Lunchbox Laboratory, thank you very much.

By: kelleyra

kelleyra — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:41 +0000

I so wanted to like it, but alas it sucked. It is really bad this new burger place. Overcooked burger, dry bun, no moisture, too thick. I'm sad about this, but it only validates that Lunchbox Labratory is the best place to get a burger. What's really sad is that it's the same price as a burger at LL, only not even comparable. Bah.