Posted on 11/19/2010 9:09:26 AM PST by Red Badger
WASHINGTON - It's "food porn." That's what the Center for Science in the Public Interest dubbed the 1,030-calorie, deep-fried Lasagna Fritta appetizer at the Olive Garden.
The restaurant, known for its "bottomless" salad and breadsticks, made the consumer group's 2010 "Xtreme Eating Awards".
Other restaurants you frequent also made the list: P.F. Chang's, Five Guys, The Cheesecake Factory, California Pizza Kitchen, Outback, Chevy's and Bob Evans.
Two Cheesecake Factory dishes were also singled out. The pasta carbonara -- described as spaghettini with smoked bacon, green peas and a garlic-parmesan cream sauce -- is loaded with 2,500 calories and 60 grams of saturated fat. The chocolate truffle cake has 1,670 calories and 48 grams of saturated fat.
The group, which some call the food police, knocks Five Guys for its 700-calorie hamburger and its fries (620 calories for the small and 1,460 for the large). Five Guys is "no friend to your hips," CSPI says, pointing to the bacon cheeseburger and large fries adding up to 2,380 calories.
In issuing its awards, CSPI says two out of three adults and one third of children are now overweight or obese in America. Nearly 30 percent of young people are too heavy to join the military.
Restaurants are changing their ways, with more of them offering smaller portions or lower-calorie fare.
They're doing now that a U.S. healthcare law will require calorie counts to be posted on menus as early as next year.
When I drive to Colorado, I have a Culver’s to stop at in Iowa, and if I am really desperate, there is one in Colorado Springs when I get to my destination.
I don’t know what the secret ingredient is for their burgers, but it is sooooooooooo good.
Recently I have been getting a salad there that I like. It is the grilled chicken, dried cranberry, bleu cheese and bacon,on a bed of nice salad greens. By the time I add bleu cheese dressing it most likely isn’t very low cal at all. But it is tasty.
When it’s available I love the walleye they serve.
I should have bought stock in the company when it started in Prairie Du Sac - Sauk City all those years ago.
Word of warning FYI = Their food is shipped in refers pre-cooked and then MICROWAVED/reheated to order!
Their "food" = dreck
It’s only $28-32 for lunch depending on the location compared to about $50 for dinner. Same menu.
Every meat lover should eat there at least once per year. Given the quality and amount of food, it’s a bargain if you don’t order alcohol.
A better brand of beef makes a butter burger better. LOL.
Too much bun, imho.
And it's not just any steak. While there are at least six other steak choices, all you can eat filet mignon and bacon wrapped filet mignon are two of my favorites. The marinated chicken legs are incredible !
On the expensive part, always go at lunch. Exactly the same food for less.
For the meat challenged (or guilty), they have a superb (best I've seen) salad bar.
Fried belly clams, lobster rolls, steamers, lobsters, fried haddock, served with cole slaw, and french fries and onion rings.
Gut busting ecstasy!
maple flavored bacon...even better!
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