going to Hooters with a friend

EricInArlington
EricInArlington Posts: 531 Member
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
Im going to meet up with an old friend, and I just know hes going to buy me a beer ( Coors light 110) I wanted to know what would be a good choice in the food area?

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  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
    type in Hooters Nutrition into google and look at the nutrition on their menu items. That's what I do before I go out to eat.
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Check them out here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/hooters

    Grilled Chicken salad = 265cal

    or

    Double order of steamed shrimp = 180cal
  • doughick
    doughick Posts: 4 Member
    I would see if you can view their menu online. Sometimes restaurant chain restaurants also have nutritional info posted on their menu items. Going in with a plan is always the best strategy for me. If possible order before you drink as there is an inverse correlation between the amount of alcohol consumed and my will power. Have fun!
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Get a Guinness instead... much better tasting and better for you then Coors Light, and is only 10 more calories.

    Does hooters sell anything other then buffalo wings, because that is all I have ever gotten there. I would assume they have some sort of chicken wrap or chicken salad that might not be too bad.

    Just don't forget to tip well so the girls can keep your heartrate up
  • vayax
    vayax Posts: 152 Member
    I found this site...it has nutritional info for many restaurants:

    http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    I found this site...it has nutritional info for many restaurants:

    http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/

    i loooove this site :)
  • kjensen15
    kjensen15 Posts: 398 Member
    http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html

    This is another good sight I like to use when I'm going to eat out.
  • donbogi
    donbogi Posts: 175
    http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html

    This is another good sight I like to use when I'm going to eat out.

    I agree - this is a great website for restaurant nutritional information. I use it often - especially when I was on weight watchers!

    Cheers!
    Don
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    I hope their food is better than their service. Went about 6 years ago, they forgot my daughter's order. Sat there with a group of people for over an hour as they brought one plate at a time. After an hour, I asked where Holland's order was. "Oops. I didnt' get it. Want me to take it now?"

    Took her next door to Olive Garden. Never went back to Hooter's. Never will.
  • doughick
    doughick Posts: 4 Member
    ZebraHead

    Very cool!! How did you do that?
  • doughick
    doughick Posts: 4 Member
    I would see if you can view their menu online. Sometimes restaurant chain restaurants also have nutritional info posted on their menu items. Going in with a plan is always the best strategy for me. If possible order before you drink as there is an inverse correlation between the amount of alcohol consumed and my will power. Have fun!
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    ZebraHead

    Very cool!! How did you do that?

    I searched it on the web: type into Google (or other) - Myfitnesspal Hooters

    But you can get to the 'list' in Myfitnesspal by going to FOOD>Databases then scroll all the way to the bottom the page and click on Brands. Then you have to page through everything to get to the page in alpha order.

    Not just for restaraunts but for stuff like Oscar Meyer, Tyson's, etc...
  • superwmn
    superwmn Posts: 936
    Hot wings are roughly 70-100 calories/piece. You don't need to dip them because they're so flavorful on their own.

    ENJOY!!! Wings and beer are the best :)

    Charmagne
  • EricInArlington
    EricInArlington Posts: 531 Member
    just got back and I had the grill chicken salad with light vinaigrette and water just to hedge my bet :) thanks for all the info peeps, RoadDog- just remember to let them know how you feel by tip and tell the manager at the end of you meal, if you get your food..lol theirs always a few boneheads in all restaurants
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    just got back and I had the grill chicken salad with light vinaigrette and water just to hedge my bet :) thanks for all the info peeps, RoadDog- just remember to let them know how you feel by tip and tell the manager at the end of you meal, if you get your food..lol theirs always a few boneheads in all restaurants

    Glad to hear you had a good experience. Sounds like you did well on the clories too. good for you. I did tell the manager AND I sent them an email. They sent me a coupon for free appetizers. I gave it to my friends.
  • MisdemeanorM
    MisdemeanorM Posts: 3,493 Member
    sort of kind of related - I was shocked (well, not really... fast food / restaurant cals hardly shock me anymore...) at the counts for the bone out garlic parm wings at Pizza Hut - 110 cals per! And they are not big. Serves me right for impulse buying junk food and trying to justify it because it was chicken. :laugh: Now I know for the future though. I do usually try to look these things up in advance. They were GOOD though. I may have gone over my cals like 300 that day and the fat like... wow..., but I enjoyed it!
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    ... bone out garlic parm wings at Pizza Hut - 110 cals per!....

    i love Garlic Parm wings ...the Buffalo Wild wings are so good but haven't had any since Nov last year.
  • MisdemeanorM
    MisdemeanorM Posts: 3,493 Member
    I hope their food is better than their service. Went about 6 years ago, they forgot my daughter's order. Sat there with a group of people for over an hour as they brought one plate at a time. After an hour, I asked where Holland's order was. "Oops. I didnt' get it. Want me to take it now?"

    Took her next door to Olive Garden. Never went back to Hooter's. Never will.

    I served for years. There are always good days and bad days and good servers and bad servers and sometimes things out of your control. You probably could have (if you didn't) gotten your whole meal comped, which is appropriate mia culpa for a meal where nothing went right. Had you complained to a manager and received poor response that to me would be more cause for a personal boycott or letter of disapproval to corporate (which also prob would have landed you some free meals to make up) than bad experience with one server and maybe some kitchen issues out of their control.

    I had to go in to work a full shift only hours after my horse died. I was a wreck and probably did horribly, but I would have gotten fired if I did not show up (it was Christmas Eve so calling in sick would have gotten you fired too). I've also worked shifts where other servers did not show up and I had 10-12 active tables vs a typical 4. And where cooks have gone home sick and one guy is cooking for the whole restaurant until they can get someone in and the servers are trying to do all their own prep work and set up ... i'm just sayin'...
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