Did a little more digging & found this, thought it was very interesting.
The 7MSN Ranch: Evidence-based ant eradication The 7MSN Ranch: The jury is still out
I already had food grade DE (diatomaceous earth), so sprinkled it around the areas on the counter where they've been making an appearance...we'll see if it really works.
Wish I knew where the ant colony was, then I'd be dumping this stuff into the ant hole w/ a long straw.