A San Diego Restaurant Review Blog

in which the author chronicles her efforts to indulge her foodie inclinations amidst her working-mom-of-a-toddler lifestyle



(with some reviews for with toddlers, others for date night, and others for a delicious solo lunch on the run, plus occasional quick-notes on SD theater!)

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Counter Review (Carmel Valley)

ST's school schedule is screwy this week, so Mama took him to a special lunch out! (boy hasn't gone out to eat alone with me except for fast food since he was in an infant seat). Brought him some cars, some paper to draw on (they have pencils for filling out your order form), and we were good to go.

Verdict: Yummy! (though not super-yummy, let's not exaggerate)

Advanced buzz on Yelp: mixed about this place, lots of haters, so I didn't have high hopes. Also there's always a line there when we think about going, so we have ended up at Red Robin.

Well, this ain't Red Robin! Fun music, fresh air on the patio (though only one heater for the whole patio). Lots of choices: I got a fresh veggie-quinoa burger, and had a choice of tons of things to add on/sauces. I picked:

--carrot sticks
--organic spring mix
--grilled pineapple
--Tilamook cheddar
--on multigrain

+tzatziki sauce

Very tasty! I really liked the burger, and the way I customized it was yummy.

ST got a kids' veggie burger (two sliders with American cheese), also came with fries.

We also tried their sweet potato french fries. They're not the very best in town (sweet potato fries are also becoming cliche), but they were certainly tasty.

Service: Took a while to take our order, but once we flagged someone down we got our food within 10 min.

Fun, customizing the burger means I'd love to go back and pick some different sauces and toppings.

Fun, fast, tasty, Super-Toddler-friendly! That's my kind of Toddler's-and-Mom's Lunch Out!

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