Menu

Welcome to The Counter, located at 11922 Democracy Dr, Reston, VA. This unique culinary destination excels in offering a mix of steakhouse favorites, seafood, and wine bar experiences. The menu is a treasure trove of flavor, starting with standout items like the Asian TriTip Skewers, features succulent cubed tritip paired with sweet Korean heat sauce and garnished with fresh pineapple, cilantro, and sesame seeds—an explosion of taste in every bite.

  • TriTip and Roasted Corn Salad: A hearty blend of grilled tritip, avocado, and blue cheese delivered with your choice of dressing.
  • Loaded Tots: Crispy potatoes topped with pimento cheese and bacon, perfect for sharing.
  • Create Your Own Burger: Customize it to your heart's desire, with both 1/3lb and 1/2lb options available.

The vibrant flavors and creative combinations at The Counter are sure to delight both new and seasoned food lovers alike. Indulge in an unforgettable dining experience!

Featured Items

Featured Items

Asian Tri-Tip Skewers

Cubed tri-tip, red onions, fresh pineapple, brushed with Korean sweet heat sauce, cilantro and sesame seeds.

$14.40

Tri-Tip and Roasted Corn Salad

Mixed greens, grilled tri-tip, roasted corn, grilled red onions, diced tomato, avocado, and crumbled blue cheese. Served with ranch or choice of dressing.

$16.80

Tri-Tip Sandwich

Tri-tip, provolone cheese, grilled red onions, mixed greens, garlic aioli and chimichurri sauce on a ciabatta bun.

$20.40

Loaded Tots

pimento cheese applewood smoked bacon scallions buttermilk ranch

$12.60

Parmesan Fries

garlic aioli rosemary parsley

$12.00

Sweet Sriracha Brussels Sprouts

fried brussels sprouts tossed in a sweet sriracha sauce. Served with extra sweet sriracha sauce on the side.

$10.80

Chili Cheese Fries

beef chili cheddar red onion sour cream

$13.20

Buffalo Cauliflower

hand-breaded cauliflower florets buffalo sauce buttermilk ranch

$10.80

Tots

$9.60

Shoestring Fries

$9.30

Sweet Potato Fries

horseradish aioli

$9.60

The Fifty Fifty

Cant decide? Choose 2 of these

$9.60

Fried Onion Strings

hickory bbq sauce buttermilk ranch

$9.60

Fried Dill Pickles

buttermilk ranch

$9.00

Buffalo Wings

buffalo style celery & ranch or blue cheese

$8.40

Sriracha Wings

sweet sriracha celery & ranch or blue cheese

$8.40

BBQ Wings

BBQ style celery & ranch or blue cheese

$8.40

Starters

Starters

Create Your Own Burger

Create Your Own Burger

Create Your Own Burger - 1/3lb

$0.00

Create Your Own Burger - 1/2lb

$0.00

Jalapeo Bacon Cheddar

All-natural angus beef* cheddar applewood smoked bacon lettuce blend tomatoes red onions jalapeo aioli fried jalapeo garnish brioche bun

$19.20

Texas Bourbon BBQ Burger

All-natural angus beef jalapeo jack cheddar lettuce blend tomatoes pickles fried onion strings bourbon BBQ sauce brioche bun

$19.20

West Coast Impossible Burger

Impossible Burger jalapeo jack mixed greens grilled red onions pickles house-made thousand island multigrain bun

$23.40

Patty Melt

All-natural angus beef* swiss caramelized onions house-made thousand island griddled sourdough

$15.60

Old School

all-natural beef* tillamook cheddar lettuce blend tomatoes red onions pickles the counter relish brioche bun

$15.60

The Counter Burger

all-natural beef* provolone tomatoes lettuce blend fried onion strings sauted mushrooms garlic aioli brioche bun

$19.80

Bacon BBQ

all-natural beef* tillamook cheddar applewood smoked bacon tomatoes fried onion strings hickory bbq brioche bun

$19.80

The Purist

all-natural beef* (1/3 lb) brioche bun

$13.80

Beef and Blue

all natural beef* danish blue cheese organic mixed greens tomatoes bacon onion jam garlic aioli brioche

$17.70

Juicy Lucy

all-natural angus beef* filled with melted cheese caramelized onions pickles house-made thousand island brioche bun

$18.00

Sprouted Veggie

vegan veggie organic mixed greens red onions roasted red peppers alfalfa sprouts dijon balsamic multigrain bun

$15.60

Breakfast Burger

all-natural beef* tillamook cheddar tomatoes applewood smoked bacon sunny side up egg* sweet sriracha brioche bun

$19.80

Bison is Gouda

organic bison* smoked gouda bacon onion jam sunny side up egg* baby spinach scallions housemade thousand island brioche bun

$22.80

Chipotle Turkey

all-natural ground turkey jalapeo jack lettuce blend dried cranberries scallions chipotle aioli brioche bun

$15.60

Minis

all-natural beef* tillamook cheddar pickles red onions the counter relish mini hawaiian buns

$17.40

Signature Burgers

Signature Burgers

Family Burger Bundles

Family Burger Bundles

Classic Family 4-Pack

Bring The Counter experience to your home kitchen with a Family Burger Bundle! Customize your Classic Family Pack with choices of proteins, including our all-natural, antibiotic-free and no added hormones beef patties, buns and sides. Cook the meat and fries yourself or let us do it for you! Each pack comes standard with cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onions, garlic aioli, hickory bbq, mayo, ketchup & mustard.

$60.00

Mini Burger Family 12-Pack

Bring The Counter experience to your home kitchen with a Family Burger Bundle! Customize your Mini Burger Family Pack with choices of proteins, including our all-natural, antibiotic-free and no added hormones beef patties, buns and sides. Cook the meat and fries yourself or let us do it for you! Each pack comes standard with mini hawaiian buns, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onions, garlic aioli, hickory bbq, mayo, ketchup & mustard.

$60.00

Nashville Hot

buttermilk brined fried chicken lettuce blend tomatoes red onions pickles mayo nashville hot sauce brioche bun

$19.20

Southern Fried Chicken

buttermilk brined jalapeo jack tomatoes coleslaw fresh jalapeos honey dijon brioche bun

$19.20

The Meltdown

grilled chicken breast provolone sauted mushrooms grilled red onions basil pesto or housemade thousand island griddled sourdough

$18.30

B.L.T. & A.

applewood smoked bacon lettuce blend tomatoes avocado garlic aioli griddled sourdough

$13.80

Honey Dijon Chicken

grilled chicken breast swiss cheese mixed greens tomatoes scallions honey dijon brioche bun

$15.60

Grilled Cheese Trifecta

tillamook cheddar provolone american griddled sourdough add applewood smoked bacon option

$12.30

Sandwiches

Sandwiches

Salads, Chili & More

Salads, Chili & More

BBQ Chicken Salad

all-natural chicken breast -lettuce blend- tomatoes- red onions-roasted corn-shredded cheddar -avocado-fried onion strings-buttermilk ranch and hickory BBQ sauce

$18.00

Classic Cobb

all-natural chicken breast danish blue cheese applewood smoked bacon chopped egg tomatoes red onions lettuce blend dijon balsamic

$18.00

Caesar Salad

lettuce blend aged parmesan garlic croutons tossed with caesar dressing

$12.00

Simple Salad

organic mixed greens cucumber carrot strings red onion tomatoes choice of dressing

$10.20

All-Natural Beef Chili - Cup

cheddar red onion sour cream

$6.00

All-Natural Beef Chili - Bowl

cheddar red onion sour cream

$12.00

Turkey Chili - Cup

grilled corn dried cranberries scallions

$6.00

Turkey Chili - Bowl

grilled corn dried cranberries scallions

$12.00

Tiramisu Shake

Vanilla bean ice cream tiramisu shake topped with whipped cream and lady fingers.

$10.80

Double Chocolate Cookies n Cream Shake

Vanilla bean ice cream, chocolate and cookie shake garnished with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and a cookie.

$10.80

Sea Salt Caramel Cookie Butter Shake

$11.40

Cookie Butter Shake

$10.80

Sea Salt Caramel Shake

vanilla ice cream, caramel and sea salt

$10.50

Create Your Own Shake

choose up to three ingredients

$9.60

Root Beer Float

vanilla ice cream base

$9.60

Birthday Cake Shake

confetti cake mix rainbow sprinkles

$10.50

Banana Split Shake

strawberries bananas caramel chocolate

$10.50

Apple Crumble Shake

$8.40

Pineapple Upside-Down Shake

cherry pie filling pineapple toasted coconut vanilla ice cream whipped cream

$8.40

Classic Shake

chocolate, vanilla bean or strawberry

$9.90

Smoked Smores Shake

$10.80

Chocolate Mint Shake

$10.50

Brownie

served warm caramel sauce

$9.00

Shakes & Sweet Endings

Shakes & Sweet Endings

Sides

Sides

Side Shoestring Fries

$5.10

Side of Tots

$5.10

Coleslaw

$5.10

Side Salad - Lettuce Blend

$5.10

Side Salad - Baby Spinach

$5.10

Side Salad - Organic Mixed Greens

$5.10

Bourbon BBQ Sauce

$0.60

Buttermilk Ranch

$0.60

Chipotle Aioli

$0.60

Counter Relish

$0.60

Garlic Aioli

$0.60

Hickory BBQ

$0.60

Honey Dijon

$0.60

Horseradish Aioli

$0.60

Hot Wing Sauce

$0.60

Jalapeno Aioli

$0.60

Sweet Sriracha

$0.60

Thousand Island

$0.60

Blue Cheese Dressing

$0.60

Sauces

Sauces

Kids

Kids

Mini Cheeseburgers

plate of two, cooked well-doneAmerican cheese + pickles

$9.00

Chicken Tenders

hand-breaded and served with ranch or bbq sauce

$9.00

PB J

Grape jelly & creamy peanut butter ontwo mini hawaiian buns

$8.10

Grilled Cheese

american cheese on sourdough bread

$8.10

San Pellegrino

$5.95

Coke

$3.60

Diet Coke

$4.20

Sprite

$4.20

Root Beer

$4.20

Mr. Pibb

$4.20

Dr. Pepper

$4.20

Fanta Orange

$4.20

Iced Tea

$4.20

Acqua Panna

$5.95

Milk 2%

$2.40

All-Natural Lemonade

available in regular & flavored

$4.80

Float

with your choice of soda

$9.60

Apple Juice

$3.60

Orange Juice

$3.60

Pineapple Juice

$3.60

Grapefruit Juice

$3.60

PomBerry Lemonade

house-made with fresh sparkling lemonade pomegranate blueberry

$5.70

Peach Mint Fresca

fresh mint peach lime agave soda

$5.70

Strawberry Lemonade

$5.10

Arnold Palmer

$4.80

Mango Iced Tea

$4.50

Mango Lemonade

$5.10

Peach Iced Tea

$4.50

Peach Lemonade

$5.10

Beverages

Beverages