Since i'm really paying attention lately, for any chain restuarant I go to, I usually check the nutrition info before I go, or at least whenI get back so I know what I've eaten or what are the better choices.. .(you can't always tell from reading the menu)

there are tons of sites out there that contain this info - but I'm also noticing that a lot of restaurants, including the one i had lunch at today, do not provide nutrition info - I suppose if you have to ask... you can't afford the calories...

Does it make a difference to you if a restuarant does or doesn' provide the info... Starbucks I know never used to, and it was customer requests that got them to provide the info, do you ever call a restaurant to ask for approxiamates, or do you just not care for the evening.

One site I found today, lists all the restuarnts that currently do provide the info, and also lists restaurants that do not... which is helpful...
http://www.elviradarknight.com/diabetes/restaurant.html

maleficent, I'm with you it really bugs me that not all places give the calories. Then again if we don't know the calories don't count.

Chip

All too often I check after the fact.....I'm trying to change that habit. It is really hard if you don't go to a chain. I have not come across any individually owned restaurants that have any information available.

that's true, but in individually owned restuarants you can ask how sometihng is prepared and make special requests... chains the chefs tend to follow a specific recipe that they don't deviate from...

Troutman, it's also true that it's OK to eat broken cookies. When the cookie breaks all the calories fall out.

lol . I normally ask for the nutritional information. If they don't have it, then I ask why not??? LOL

I always do. And it frustrates me to no end when it is not readily available. I really appreciate places like Applebees, Subway, etc that have a lot of nutritional info right in the open without having to ask for it. I think that was a really smart move on their part.

I find it slightly embarrasing to ask for nutritional info. I am sure that others feel this way too. So...why in the world wouldn't a restaurant of any type have it readily available without having to ask for it???

The only places I don't check are at local resturants. For them, I usually try to order something that is very similar to resturants that I can find information for. If I'm not sure what to go with because of the nutritional info, I stick with a big salad and have something small on the side, like soup or maybe a piece of bread (no butter of course!)