The Counter
Finding it
The Counter is in Departures in Terminal 7 near Gates 70-88 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gates 70-88
- Level
- Departures
Terminal 7 has 10 places to eat and 6 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
The Counter opens at 5am and closes at 9pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical LAX checkpoint queue at 9 minutes around 5am.
Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes. This location is already open before those queues build.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
The Counter runs 5 AM to 9 PM in the 70-88 gate stretch of Terminal 7's departures level, closing earlier than Ashland Hill's midnight run in the same cluster with B Grill by Boa Steakhouse and BLD. That 9 PM close means it won't be an option for a late-evening arrival at these gates, even though the first bank of departures is well covered. It's LAX's only branch of The Counter, a build-your-own burger format that sets it apart from the steakhouse and California-cuisine names beside it. The shared Terminal 7/8 checkpoint means a passenger who cleared security at Terminal 8 can walk to this counter without a second screening.
Other options in Terminal 7
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- The Counter - Los Angeles - LAX Terminal 7 — The Counter, checked 2026-09-04
- LAX Terminal 7 Information — Los Angeles World Airports, checked 2026-09-07
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.