Study Says Pasta Chain Restaurants Not So Healthy

Food Network Fan · 11-01-2007, 10:10 PM

Study Says Pasta Chain Restaurants Not So Healthy

If you're watching your weight, stay away from pasta palaces such as the Olive Garden and Romano's Macaroni Grill.
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I don't look to chain restaurants for healthy choices. To me that's an occasional treat.

BerryBaby · 11-02-2007, 11:52 AM

Honestly, I don't think people go to either restaurant because they are looking for 'healthy, low calorie' food. Anyone with any knowledge of calories would know Alfredo is loaded with them!

Think I may go to Olive Garden once a year, if that. Macaroni Grill I have been to once. The food was not heated through, sent it back, again, not heated, sent it back, end of story.

I tend to go to more independently owned establishments that are more upscale. That is more of a treat for me, especially in the Northwest. The cuisine is second to none!

Food Network Fan · 11-02-2007, 11:54 AM

I wish we had those kind of places here.

BerryBaby · 11-02-2007, 11:58 AM

You need to come out and visit!

Food Network Fan · 11-02-2007, 12:23 PM

Yeah, I am missing too much.

Maybe someday I will make it back out that way again. I have been to San Francisco and Palm Springs. While in Palm Springs we drove out to LA. I have been to New Mexico also. But that's the extent of my travels to that side of the map so far.