APPLEBEES LA PAZ

There goes another neighborhood(literally)

Are these type of big corporate restaurants becoming a famiar scene in your area? I shopped at the Mall up there and was amazed how few were in the big department store.
After looking around for some household items we did make a couple purchaces but paid U.S. prices(at least).
What a shame the people of Mexico have to be subjected to this type of restaurant. Along with mass-produced food items on the menu comes the fat laden and nutrient depleted meals which people eat more and more.
Don't be fooled, what you don't know about the manufacture and production of your dinner is probably something you don't really want to know.

I could expound on this subject more but hey, everyone knows what they are doing to themselves with corporate fast food.

Right?

It's all about the bottom line Comitan, not your fine bottom!

.............and it's messing up society after society!

To what extent?

We were "Shoppers" for AppleBees for 4 years....
Can you imagine getting PAID to eat????

It's bland, pedestrian, American food....
Nothing Special....
I could never explaine why it was ALWAYS full of people.

We used to hate to "have" to go....isn't that terrible?

http://www.dietfacts.com/search.asp?searchKey=applebees

Actually they have many lowfat items on the menu...this site tells all...

My confession-----------

I was a "shopper" for Jack-In-The-Box for 6 years, and I loved it. Never gained a pound. This was between marriages, and it sure saved me a lot of time----no cooking!! I litterally ate at J-box 5 out of 7 nights a week.

Great food!!!!!!

Applebees here in Redding is as David K says-----pretty nice place.

Not exactly all.....

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Originally posted by Cincodemayo http://www.dietfacts.com/search.asp?searchKey=applebees Actually they have many lowfat items on the menu...this site tells all...

I don't consider a 14 gr fat per serving "low fat" and that is a chicken entree. I'm sure they are probably better nutritionally than others.

I don't think that by offering a meal of "non-fat" cheese ingredients is the correct route in dietary balance. WTF is that anyway? I didn't read much of the menu but it's like I said , they print positives and avoid negatives. Look who provides the limited data. Why is everything all labled low fat and how can you do that with a fat based recipe?
Consider the sodium amounts and the MSG and other flavor masking/enhancing ingredients. Also consider the transfats that are used extensively in corp kitchens. There has been a swing towards better nutrition but what is done to accomplish these feats is more rocket science than ordinary cooking.

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja What a shame the people of Mexico have to be subjected to this type of restaurant. Along with mass-produced food items on the menu comes the fat laden and nutrient depleted meals which people eat more and more. Don't be fooled, what you don't know about the manufacture and production of your dinner is probably something you don't really want to know.

Subjected to?

I guess they will force people to eat there and force them to pay for the privilige.

Applebees will do well.

<As long as they include lots of jalapenos and a big bowl of mayo with every order>

Mexicans adore American fast food. Not because it's fast or even food but because it's American.

Yep, and Wal-mart has a wide assortment of electronics. Too bad the little guy can't compete. But then we're talkin' value here are we not? .

Isn't that the idea?

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja Quote: Originally posted by Bruce R Leech at least Burger Kink blends in with the local architecture a little. APPLEBEES sticks out like a sore thumb in La Paz. Isn't that the idea?

for them I guess your right