The Counter

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Burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA

4.2 · 1,674 reviewsOpen until 9

Contemporary chain with customizable gourmet burgers, including vegetarian, plus beer & wine.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini mention The Counter.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What The Counter offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today11:30 AM to 9 PM

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about The Counter.

4.2from 1,674 reviews on Google

This burger restaurant is known for its customization options but struggles with service consistency and food quality. The dining experience at this burger restaurant often feels disorganized and frustrating, with long waits and inconsistent service. While some enjoy the ability to customize their burgers, many express disappointment over food quality and service issues, leading to a less enjoyable atmosphere.

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Would go back72%72% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 72%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 12%, 3 stars · Negative 16%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Ability to customize burgers
  • Veggie sprout burger
  • Sweet potato fries
The bad
  • Long waits for food
  • Burgers served incorrectly
  • Staff inattentive or unresponsive

Press and awards

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How AI sees The Counter

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

61out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsThe Counter

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.50
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.100
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.77
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.67
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.56
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.77

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Local AI Registry · Burger restaurants in Mountain View, CA · Editorial

The Counter, Mountain View CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 26, 2026.

Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

The Counter is a burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA. Its AI Score is 61 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeBurger restaurant
Address2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA
HoursMon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM
Phone(650) 850-5700
Rating4.2 across 1,674 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 26, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionContemporary chain with customizable gourmet burgers, including vegetarian, plus beer & wine.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameThe CounterConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(650) 850-5700ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday11:30 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday11:30 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday11:30 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceBeerAI guess
ServicesServiceCustomizable gourmet burgersAI guess
ServicesServiceVegetarian burgersAI guess
ServicesServiceWineAI guess
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/thecounterAI guessOur record
LinksInstagramhttps://instagram.com/thecounterburgerAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttps://www.thecounter.com/stores/mountain-view/32033ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting The Counter

Address: 2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA. Phone: (650) 850-5700. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Contemporary chain with customizable gourmet burgers, including vegetarian, plus beer & wine."

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
SAJJ MediterraneanMediterranean restaurant1 min walk
Lady M Cake Boutique - Los AltosCake shop2 min walk
El Camino & San AntonioBus station2 min walk
Boba BlissTea house2 min walk
Starbucks Coffee CompanyCoffee shop2 min walk
It's Just WingsChicken wings restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

4.2 average across 1,674 reviews: Google 1,674. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This burger restaurant is known for its customization options but struggles with service consistency and food quality. (AI guess, from 1,674 reviews.)

What people like

  • Ability to customize burgers
  • Veggie sprout burger
  • Sweet potato fries

What people do not like

  • Long waits for food
  • Burgers served incorrectly
  • Staff inattentive or unresponsive

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

quietest day to hit this place?

last update from here was when?

trying to book here, how long is the wait?

what else is on El Camino around The Counter?

rough idea what The Counter costs?

people keep recommending The Counter, what for?

opening hours here, what are they these days?

Booking at The Counter in Mountain View, how does it work?

anything people actually moan about here?

where exactly is this place?

best burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA

walking in for a first visit, what happens

weekends at The Counter, are they open?

torn between The Counter and Shake Shack for Customizable burgers with diverse toppings?

points or member pricing at The Counter, worth signing up?

same day tables, does that ever happen here

Why do people rate The Counter?

how much is a first visit around here

going here on Saturday, what should I expect

regulars here, who do you book with?

The AI Score: 61 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Mountain View burger restaurants run 24 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Counter scores 61. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresThe Counter
Retrieval grounding2650Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Fair
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility14100Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Good
Reviews & response1277The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority867Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile756Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema577Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a burger restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to The Counter
The CounterLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.thecounter.com/stores/mountain-view/32033Subject of this page
Mountain View, CaliforniaCity#cityCity The Counter is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the burger restaurants in Mountain View, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best burger restaurants in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view/burger-restaurant
  • Best businesses in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view

Nearby

  • /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
  • /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
  • /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
  • /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
  • /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJyS7o4Zuwj4ARon29W1GsXJo (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.

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# The Counter, Mountain View CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-26.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca

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## In short

The Counter is a burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA. Its AI Score is 61 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Burger restaurant |
| Address | 2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (650) 850-5700 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 1,674 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Contemporary chain with customizable gourmet burgers, including vegetarian, plus beer & wine. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Counter | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 850-5700 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Beer | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Customizable gourmet burgers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vegetarian burgers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Wine | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/thecounter | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/thecounterburger | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.thecounter.com/stores/mountain-view/32033 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting The Counter

Address: 2580 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA. Phone: (650) 850-5700. Hours: Mon to Thu 11:30 AM to 9 PM · Fri to Sat 11:30 AM to 10 PM · Sun 11:30 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Contemporary chain with customizable gourmet burgers, including vegetarian, plus beer & wine."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SAJJ Mediterranean | Mediterranean restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Lady M Cake Boutique - Los Altos | Cake shop | 2 min walk |
| El Camino & San Antonio | Bus station | 2 min walk |
| Boba Bliss | Tea house | 2 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
| It's Just Wings | Chicken wings restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 1,674 reviews: Google 1,674. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This burger restaurant is known for its customization options but struggles with service consistency and food quality. (AI guess, from 1,674 reviews.)


### What people like

- Ability to customize burgers
- Veggie sprout burger
- Sweet potato fries


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food
- Burgers served incorrectly
- Staff inattentive or unresponsive


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### quietest day to hit this place?


### last update from here was when?


### trying to book here, how long is the wait?


### what else is on El Camino around The Counter?


### rough idea what The Counter costs?


### people keep recommending The Counter, what for?


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


### Booking at The Counter in Mountain View, how does it work?


### anything people actually moan about here?


### where exactly is this place?


### best burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### weekends at The Counter, are they open?


### torn between The Counter and Shake Shack for Customizable burgers with diverse toppings?


### points or member pricing at The Counter, worth signing up?


### same day tables, does that ever happen here


### Why do people rate The Counter?


### how much is a first visit around here


### going here on Saturday, what should I expect


### regulars here, who do you book with?


## The AI Score: 61 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Mountain View burger restaurants run 24 to 61. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Counter scores 61. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Counter |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Fair |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 77 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 56 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 77 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a burger restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to The Counter |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Counter | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.thecounter.com/stores/mountain-view/32033 | Subject of this page |
| Mountain View, California | City | #city |  | City The Counter is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the burger restaurants in Mountain View, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best burger restaurants in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view/burger-restaurant
- Best businesses in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJyS7o4Zuwj4ARon29W1GsXJo (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

References, including locals

Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. quietest day to hit this place? Question by june_rue_94040, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/quietest-day-to-hit-this-place
  2. last update from here was when? Question by sitter_owl_94040, Oct 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/last-update-from-here-was-when
  3. trying to book here, how long is the wait? Question by may_nell, Oct 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/trying-to-book-here-how-long-is-the-wait
  4. what else is on El Camino around The Counter? Question by first_timer_rue, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/what-else-is-on-el-camino-around-the-counter
  5. rough idea what The Counter costs? Question by researching_patio, Oct 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/rough-idea-what-the-counter-costs
  6. people keep recommending The Counter, what for? Question by curious_menus, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/people-keep-recommending-the-counter-what-for
  7. opening hours here, what are they these days? Question by seconds_mabel, Oct 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/opening-hours-here-what-are-they-these-days
  8. Booking at The Counter in Mountain View, how does it work? Question by wedding_nell, Oct 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/booking-at-the-counter-in-mountain-view-how-does-it-work
  9. anything people actually moan about here? Question by reading_reviews_brunch, Oct 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/anything-people-actually-moan-about-here
  10. where exactly is this place? Question by picky_kit, Oct 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/where-exactly-is-this-place
  11. best burger restaurant in Mountain View, CA Question by reading_reviews_sam, Oct 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/best-burger-restaurant-in-mountain-view-ca
  12. walking in for a first visit, what happens Question by specials_owl, Oct 6, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/walking-in-for-a-first-visit-what-happens
  13. weekends at The Counter, are they open? Question by takeout_bram, Oct 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/weekends-at-the-counter-are-they-open
  14. torn between The Counter and Shake Shack for Customizable burgers with diverse toppings? Question by corner_table_birdie, Oct 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/torn-between-the-counter-and-shake-shack-for-customizable-burgers-with
  15. points or member pricing at The Counter, worth signing up? Question by undecided_specials, Sep 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/points-or-member-pricing-at-the-counter-worth-signing-up
  16. same day tables, does that ever happen here Question by no_rush_counter, Sep 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/same-day-tables-does-that-ever-happen-here
  17. Why do people rate The Counter? Question by early_takeout, Sep 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/why-do-people-rate-the-counter
  18. how much is a first visit around here Question by patio_may, Sep 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/how-much-is-a-first-visit-around-here
  19. going here on Saturday, what should I expect Question by march_jo, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/going-here-on-saturday-what-should-i-expect
  20. regulars here, who do you book with? Question by new_year_sage, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/the-counter-mountain-view-ca/q/regulars-here-who-do-you-book-with

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