What's your favorite chain restaurant/fast food that has nutritional info?

soccerkon26

I want to go out to eat but I don't know what I want! I'm thinking Papa Johns, Chipotle or Wendy's

tcunbeliever

Firebirds

Carlos_421

Chipotle

cwolfman13

On the whole I'm not a fan of chain restaurants...about the only chain I go to with any regularity is Sweet Tomatoes, mostly because my kids love that place for some reason and I can get a solid salad and I enjoy soup.

Chipotle is OK, but I live in New Mexico and we have far better local establishments for that kind of food. Papa Johns is just...no...not good pizza at all...so if it was between those two I would opt for Chipotle.

French_Peasant

Panera. You can get a really good meal with the "pick two" for 500 or 600 calories. I especially like the kale chicken caesar salad.

Watch out for the Cinnamon Crunch bagels though--they are the devil.

robininfl

Panera for me, too. I get the big salads, calories but more nutrition in there, it feels like eating food, not fast food. I do sometimes splurge on one of those crazy calorie rich scones, but only 4x a year or so.

soccerkon26

Maybe I'll do Panera! There's one near me with a drive thru

yirara

Call me a food snob, but none actually. It's not food made with a passion, often sub-par quality ingredients to keep prices down, no comfy asthmosphere, and often no service on the table. No thanks.

soccerkon26

yirara wrote: »

Call me a food snob, but none actually. It's not food made with a passion, often sub-par quality ingredients to keep prices down, no comfy asthmosphere, and often no service on the table. No thanks.

Good point!

chunky_pinup

I will go to Freshii on occasion...but half the time I'd rather go hungry than eat at a chain.

Lukeneedscardio

soccerkon26 wrote: »

I want to go out to eat but I don't know what I want! I'm thinking Papa Johns, Chipotle or Wendy's

I used to default to Wendy's when i would eat out alot and I would always get a large Chili with a side salad. It's delicious, filling, and a much healthier choice!

chewyxrage

Wendy's ultimate chicken grill is like crack to me for some reason.

Chipotle is up there. Panera is great but somehow I always ended up spending $25-30 for two people when I go there.

pinggolfer96

"Fast food"
-Panera
-chipotle
-subway


Chains:
-Cheesecake Factory
-seasons52 (not nationwide)
-Luna grill


Probably have a lot more but too tired to think of more lol. Fun fact at Panera! Here's a little food hack. They are somewhat overpriced, but if you order a "you pick two", you can add extra of most of the veggies for free! It ends up being basically a full sized salad, if not bigger, for the price of the you pick two. Then you also get your half sandwhich or soup. You can also upgrade soup to a bowl for a dollar more. So for a full sized soup and a full salad, it's a dollar more than the listed price of the you pick two!(: I think the only items that cost extra to add to the salad are kale, avocado, and edamame. But everything else like tomatoes, romaine, onions, cucumbers, carrots, pickles...etc are free!(: go Check it out

Linzon

Sadly I live hundreds of kilometers from the nearest Chipotle or Panera so it's usually a small Wendy's chilli for me. I take it home and dump it on a salad. Before I gave up dairy I'd usually get a small chocolate Frosty too

Ready2Rock206

Panera, Olive Garden, Mucho Burrito, Red Lobster, Subway

Unfortunately we eat a ton of Asian food and there's rarely nutritional information for that.

MissusMoon

Papa Murphy's. A large thin crust Hawaiian is 180 calories per slice. Some days I can budget nicely and kill half a pizza and still come in under my calorie goal.

Francl27

Cheesecake Factory, Seasons 52, or Uno's Chicago Grill. I always leave satisfied for 600-700 calories.

I avoid fast food but Panera is fine too.

I'm a food snob too though so I much prefer local cafés or restaurants.

Doit4theOMG

Panera bread! Subway ok also

soccerkon26

pinggolfer96 wrote: »

"Fast food"
-Panera
-chipotle
-subway


Chains:
-Cheesecake Factory
-seasons52 (not nationwide)
-Luna grill


Probably have a lot more but too tired to think of more lol. Fun fact at Panera! Here's a little food hack. They are somewhat overpriced, but if you order a "you pick two", you can add extra of most of the veggies for free! It ends up being basically a full sized salad, if not bigger, for the price of the you pick two. Then you also get your half sandwhich or soup. You can also upgrade soup to a bowl for a dollar more. So for a full sized soup and a full salad, it's a dollar more than the listed price of the you pick two!(: I think the only items that cost extra to add to the salad are kale, avocado, and edamame. But everything else like tomatoes, romaine, onions, cucumbers, carrots, pickles...etc are free!(: go Check it out

Wow!! Thanks so much for the tip!

kirstinethornburg

Culvers, cracker barrel , chilis , panera or Zaxby's

kirstinethornburg