Omnivore Atlanta

YUM/YIKES: Good news and bad news for The Cheesecake Factory this month.

The Cheesecake Factory has shown up on two interesting lists this month: the 2009 Zagat Fast-Food Survey and the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s 2009 Xtreme Eating Awards.

The Zagat reader feedback survey gives Cheesecake Factory the top spot in five out of 11 categories under the “Full-Service Chains” section (a sweep of almost 50 percent!). The restaurant wins in Best Salads, Best Coffee, Best Appetizers, Best Desserts, and Best Value.

Cheesecake Factory also takes it home in three out of nine categories in the Xtreme Eating Awards, but this recognition is of a different sort. The CSPI is on the lookout for the most fattening, most caloric meals available. The Cheesecake Factory wins for its over three day’s of recommended saturated fat in their Fried Macaroni and Cheese, for the 2,500 calories in their Chicken and Biscuits, and for the three day supply of sodium in the Philly Style Charbroiled Flat Iron Steak with fries.

The Cheesecake Factory has four locations in Atlanta.

(Photo by TriviaKing via Wikimedia Commons)

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Hey, guess what. You’ll never guess. It seems that chain restaurants advertising healthy dining choices may be stretching the truth.

A Seattle resident has filed two class-action suits against Applebee’s and three chains owned by Brinker International.

We’re not talking marginal differences:

An independent laboratory tested the dishes, according to a Scripps Howard News Service article. “Dishes targeted to health-conscious consumers a popular chains like Chili’s, Taco Bell and Applebee’s contained as much as twice the calories and eight times the grams of fat than the restaurants claimed in their published nutrition information,” the article said.

And those discrepancies include Applebee’s “Weight Watchers” menu. Read the full story here. Read the original story that prompted the class action suits here.

And read a very funny blog post about dining at Applebee’s here.

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