the 20 worst restaurants foods in america

hahaha i have eaten about 7 of these

heroin injection (gotta have it size)

I have had two of these - the Five Guys fries, and Sbarro stuffed pepperoni.

I will not be trying to complete this list. Ever.

p.f. chang's crispy honey shrimp

ftr these are awesome

Five Guys fries should really only be shared between five actual guys

Taco Town!

how do u even make a 2000 calorie omelette

how do u even make a 2000 calorie salad!

gotta have it size is brilliant. I really do gotta have it!

p.f. chang's crispy honey shrimp

ftr these are awesome

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I second that.

I mean, they look awesome. I haven't tried them.

I heard that they look awesome. But I'm pretty sure I was just reading something that said that.

I'm surprised nothing from Claim Jumper is on that list.

I once dreamed of someone who may have read that they were awesome.

never had any of these things. had half a small 5 guys fries once, which was delicious, but huge. so that.

god this thread is making me hungry. wtf?!??!

The thing about Five Guys fries is, the first ten or twenty you eat are great; but once they're even the tiniest bit short of piping hot they're heavy masses of do not want. A size 1/4 as big as the current small would be perfect. Or the current small size would be OK if they brought it to you ten fries at a time.

i couldn't get through. by #11 i felt sick and wanted to cry just from looking at those items :(

Cheesecake Factory is so great. I imagine that NBA players love it for the gigantic portions (there's some guys in the NBA on daily 7k calorie diets).

They also have a new chain called the Grand Lux cafe that's even better. There's a couple in Vegas.

I like that decadent food like this exists, although some of the food on this list is obviously disgusting (the quesadilla burger looks like something from jack in the box). But as an occasional indulgence (like... once a year), I don't really mind if it's an insanely high calorie number.

Based on the pictures, the Thai salad thing looks the most delicious.

I can't believe that BBQ chicken wrap already filled with mayo and ranch comes with a bowl of ranch to dip it in

this wrap is not ranchy enough, is the problem

I'm only on the second item and already full of Tuomas levels of questions. Like, what is that unidentifiable shredded meat product in the Colorado omelette? And what the hell is in that dripping buttery/maple sauce for the French toast to add up to 1900 calories when the only other contents are apparently 6 half-slices of white bread (about 300 calories) and a couple of rashers of BACON! (200 calories)?

(disclaimer: I am a fat bastard and would probably happily eat any of these w/o realising how bad they were and then be hungry and back to eating stuff again 2 hours later. the Nutrition Nazi thread makes me weep tears of blood at my own inadequacy every time I open it and see that apparently every other ILXor is happily on the NN wagon)

cheesecake factory is FUCKED UP. i went once while visiting my sister in boston (only other experience is gawking at the amazing line of uh interesting-looking people waiting to get into the downtown seattle one) and it was friggin horrific.

first, it's this monstrous barn done up melting dale chihuly 90-year-old hooker trinkets, stuffed to the gills with screaming morons. then the food is grotesque. ordered some fish tacos cuz one of my dinner companions - a regular - recommended them and i typically can love some fish tacos. they tasted like old seaweed leather. otoh service was incredibly nice, amenable and prompt, so i give em points for that, especially under the hellish circumstances.

also went to chili's once, while waiting for inglourious basterds to start. again was unimaginably horrible, stuffed to the rafters, endless shrieking human stew. weirdest part was that fully half the patrons were under five years of age. baby city, and it's not like they have anything interesting to scream about at that age which doesn't stop them from screaming anyway at which their wretched parents bat their eyes and coo. had some sort of hamburger because that's what they "do" and it wasn't horrible, i guess, but it wasn't any better than what you can get at any lousy bar or diner for half the price. plus WEAK-ASS cocktails of which i didn't have one, but still.

i could also tell you about the time i went to olive garden, but you've suffered enough.

i kind of want to eat all of these. no, the fried fish looks like it came out of one plastic box in a freezer. and the steak where you can't actually see the 'steak' are losers. but the gross fish tacos look perversely appealing. likewise the burger patty that comes served in two quesadillas.

how do you work out your calorie requirements?

i don't think you do. you just eat the shit, feel regretful and gassy, and then go to the gym the next day. or maybe stay home and watch tv.

hey, mine are 3,000+ o_o — if only i lived in america and ate meat i could totally go for that disgusting yet appealing rack of ribs rite now

I am so glad that barely any of these chains exist in the UK that I know of.

omg yes. i thought mcdonalds was gross and indulgent and then you read teh blurbs and it is like 'this is the equiv of 7 big macs' for each one

I guess that the closest we get in the UK are those "restaurants" in the middle of theme parks that have menu items called "Pirate Burger" or "Pieces of Eight Milkshake" or whatever, simply because the park has a pirates theme. And then the burger is just a regular grey looking UK style limp and flacid burger that looks like it's been sat on.

Are the "eat this instead!" suggestions for other less bad things you can order at the same restaurant, or are they "hey dummy, cook for yourself instead of going out and eating some really fatty thing, but we're not going to tell you how, so even if you do make something up the nutritional information is meaningless"?

I think they're for other less bad things.

I do not think the UK would be made worse by the introduction of more of these chains.

http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jul2009/3/3/taybarns-pic-newsteam-878046930.jpg
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jul2009/9/3/food-from-taybarns-pic-newsteam-853999190.jpg

that is what i imagine a chain smokers insides to look like on a plate

I do not think the UK would be made worse by the introduction of more of these chains.

― thomp, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 12:35 (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

really? we are obese enough as is, no need to add 20 different chains in every town where you can get yr weekly nutritional count in 1 sitting

I think they're for other less bad things.

That would make sense and be helpful, but it seems totally o_O to me that, say, one Cheesecake Factory kids' pasta main course would have 1800 calories and another would have only 500, or that ordering the shrimp taco instead of the fish taco at the same chain taqueria could save you 1800 calories (!).

Wd be terrified but fascinated to see something similar for Britisher chain restaurants + pubs - I'd love to hope they're better, but I'm not sure...
(plus, less surveyably, local takeaways - ever get the leftovers out of the fridge the next morning and find the sauce has set into a slab of congealed lard?)

Beefeater's highest-calorie item is a rather unpromising sounding plate of sausages and mash, with 1074 calories.

Harvester have a 'sharing' nachos which approaches 1700 calories; the 'plantation platter' (?) is 2,475 kcal; the 'personal plantation' is 1,402 kcal; their full rack of ribs is a disappointingly healthy 1,194 calories, although it does at least push you over your acceptable daily saturated fat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7852168.stm

Study reveals 'shocking' kebabs

Researchers uncovered significant regional variations, with the average kebab in the north-west of England containing 1,101 calories, compared with 1,084 in Scotland, 1,055 in Wales and 1,066 in England's south-east.

The worst doners inspectors came across contained 1,990 calories before salad and sauces.

tbh 'kebabs r bad 4 u' not even one of the ten most shocking things i have heard today

something with 1k calories you have occasionally when drunk v. "Americans today eat out more than four times per week, and when it comes to gauging the nutrition of these meals, we are demonstrably ill equipped for the task. The point is that it’s easier to bite off more than you think you’re chewing. Some of the meals on this list can skyrocket your day’s caloric intake 1,500 calories beyond what you should be eating."

yeah ok

i meant 'importing these chains would probably not damage any of the actually half decent eating options we possess, and would likely replace some of the more gross options we do have'; not 'importing these chains would have a negligable dietary impact'

i dunno what the british equivalent really is. is there a u.s. chain with market share like giraffe or rainforest café? how about yo sushi? wagamama's are international, right?

Study reveals 'shocking' kebabs

lolled hard at this

"I guess that the closest we get in the UK..."

Isnt the UK the home of the deep-fried candy bar?

often forget scotland exists tbh

yes, we often walk into the chip shop and go "one deep-fried candy bar please my fine sir"

iirc queen victoria invented the deep-fried candy bar

Hey man, i would too.

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The problwm with this list is it assumes we're all going to be eating the entirety of these 300-calorie monster portions. You think I can scarf down all that bistro shrimp pasta?? I'll just eat 1/4th of it and I'll be fine. What I want to see is a list of worst restaurant foods per calorie.

3000 calorie, I mean.

Well yeah, the pasta which comes in a giant bowl made of bread seemed a bit unfair in one way because the text said that the actual pasta+sauce was a reasonable-ish 600 calories but the bread would add another 800 calories - on the one hand, I figure most people only eat maybe a quarter of the bread, but on the other hand, uh, it is pretty wasteful and maybe irresponsible to serve up 3000 calories to people like "oh, we thought you'd only eat 700 calories of it and we'd throw the rest out, fattey"

(I don't know how many of these are takeout meals where you might split them w/ other people, eat some the next day, etc)

I think it's neat they can make bowls outta bread now, I am waiting for when they can do the same with my knife and fork, and the can my beer comes in too