Casual dining restaurant chains (e.g. Applebee's) discussion
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And it looks like 1780 calories with 1140 calories from fat if I am looking at the right menu item. A Big Mac has 540 calories and 250 from fat. That is a lower percentage of fat calories in a Big Mac. Percentage of calories from fat isn’t the only thing that matters. But. Like I said above, I would rather eat at McDs than many of these places.
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Instead of updating the list in the OP, I'm going to attempt to add a poll to the thread over the next several days. I've never done this before, but IB Joel has been advising, and told me that the list can be a max of 10. After I get it up and running, perhaps we'll be able to edit the 10 choices on the fly until they make sense for all.
ETA: I just added your 3 suggestions to the list in the OP. The way I see it, anything short of Morton's is arguably fair game.
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What do you think about including On The Border in this list?
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Ate at Maggianos this week for a family members birthday. Ive always loved ribeye steaks, so decided to splurge on one. It was a good sized bone in ribeye. However, it lacked the flavor Id expect. Ill stick with their pastas in the future.
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149 grams of fat!!

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My issue with some restaurants is that they present their side dish of mashed potatoes without saying they are actually "smashed" meaning they have the skins in them. I do not like eating the skins of the potato (it's a texture issue with me) so I usually send it back or if I am not that hungry just let them toss it. I am not about to spend the energy to pick through them to take out the skins.
Now I see the calorie content that some have posted in their replies. I really don't care how many calories I consume and I do not track it like a lot of "healthy" people do. I want to enjoy what I eat, when I eat, and let it be known that I have lost over 100 lbs. since 2009. I don't eat this type of dish every day, more like once a month so I will consume a lot of calories when I want to, but with my activity level at my current job, I will work it off pretty quickly.
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I would add Red Robin to the list. Four burgers and four drinks came out to $20/person after tax and generous tip. The food is consistently okay (not great by any means), and the service has always been good. They are also fantastic with food allergies.
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I'm generally okay with Red Robin as long as there's a seat in the bar area. The ones we have frequented in West Knoxville and Panama City Beach are overrun with kids and very noisy. The burgers and other sandwiches are pretty good. Beer selection is a little weak. I don't like the steak fries so endless fries is no benefit to me. But my grandkids like the place.
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I'm pretty sure any burger comes with a choice of bottomless fries or bottomless broccoli. I have an even harder time getting excited about too much broccoli. I usually pay the premium and get a single substitute side of onion rings. Mrs BV orders the fries and doesn't finish the first batch.



