I heard Chili's got in trouble for this sometime in the past year, but they were miscaculating calories.

chicken and portobello sandwich was supposed to have six-grams of fat, but tested three times that with 18.6 grams!

Nice! Just when you think it's safe to eat healthy at a restaurant, you find out it's not. UGH! Guess you just gotta be careful and choose as best you can. Tho, I guess that's tough if you're not getting the right information to begin with. It'll be interesting to see where these lawsuits go.

If it tastes good, it is likely to be fattening.

I was surprised about the fat content in the tilapia dinner, but then I realized it says 'dinner', not just the tilapia. I am not sure what they serve with the tilapia, but I'm guessing if you forgo the rest of the dinner surely they can't fatten tilapia up that much.. tilapia isn't a high fat fish.

I have a feeling it has to do with how they are cooking it. Again, not sure what the actual sides are but say it's suppose to be something grilled/baked.. and out of laziness they fry it in oil or butter with everything else they are frying..would certainly up the fat content.

I had the grilled chicken off the weight watcher menu and it was disgusting (at applebees) so I opted for a salad.

It was a salad with bacon ranch, avocado, etc, but I ate a little of that and didn't feel sick.

this is going to be interesting to watch. Thanks for posting.

I'm just gonna play devil's advocate here (because I do sympathize....it seems like an easy enough thing to be honest with your patrons). If a difference of 6, or 12, or even 20 grams of fat for a meal is a "deal breaker" for a person, then they probably shouldn't be eating at Applebees anyway.

I'm just gonna play devil's advocate here (because I do sympathize....it seems like an easy enough thing to be honest with your patrons). If a difference of 6, or 12, or even 20 grams of fat for a meal is a "deal breaker" for a person, then they probably shouldn't be eating at Applebees anyway.

It's a deal breaker because I believe they are frauding the weight-conscious customers in order to bring them in. If they were honest and up front about the content, then people could choose what they want to do.

Here in NYC the restaurants have to post calorie content in the food they sell, but no other stats. Some places are listing the fat content though.

But boy was I shocked to see what the calories in the appetizers in TGI Friday's were and the Snacks at Starbucks. WOW.:thumbup:

Here in NYC the restaurants have to post calorie content in the food they sell, but no other stats. Some places are listing the fat content though.

But boy was I shocked to see what the calories in the appetizers in TGI Friday's were and the Snacks at Starbucks. WOW.:thumbup:

It's enough to make you change your eating habits, huh? :wink2:

I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but they came out with a new menu sometime this year, that has the shrimp & spinach salad.. it is phenomenal. I don't count stuff, so I don't care either way, but there was a time when I would count calories and (that's what Chili's got in trouble for) if they mislabeled calorie content, that's not right!! ARGH! :cursing:

I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but they came out with a new menu sometime this year, that has the shrimp & spinach salad.. it is phenomenal. I don't count stuff, so I don't care either way, but there was a time when I would count calories and (that's what Chili's got in trouble for) if they mislabeled calorie content, that's not right!! ARGH! :smile2:

Oh I love that salad.

I wonder if my local "Waffles & Chicken" eatery have mislead me with their menu??

I wonder if my local "Waffles & Chicken" eatery have mislead me with their menu??

Only if they try to tell you it's on weight watchers.

So the "diet fried chicken" is a sham?!? Damn, I knew it!

I guess the degree of which you are posting something incorrectly makes a big difference. If something varies 20-30%, not big deal . . . but 200-300% is unacceptable.

I have had a couple "diet" dishes that tasted way, way too good to be diet. I just chalk it up to an infrequent occurrence and eat extra careful the next day or two. I don't eat out often so it doesn't affect me so much.