New Atkins Menu at TGI FRidays

[Tiawyn]

But no desserts.

here (http://www.tgifridays.com/menu/healthymenu.htm)

What a disappointment - while I applaud their efforts in making it easier to order, all of these items were already available on their menu (I think - with the exception of the plate of veggies with the spinach + artichoke dip). The carb counts seem awfully high too - the chicken and broccoli has 17g carbs - if you take away the onions and peppers that drops down to 12g - so that means a piece of chicken and cheese with a side of broccoli has 12g of carbs! Do they marinate the chicken in Sugar perhaps? (And those are NET carbs - so that's with the fiber in the broccoli already removed!)

And no dessert - that's the best thing about the new Ruby Tuesday menu - that I can go into a restaurant and actually order dessert, which is something I can NEVER do anywhere else (including Fridays). Oh well, I'll be skipping Friday's, I guess. (My favorite foods there are the fried foods, which are a nono for me anyway)

[MyJourney]

The selection isnt that great and the carb count seems dissapointing. I cant understant whats in some of those things to make the carb count so high.

I can make chicken and cheese for 1g

I didnt see any other sides other than the broccoli.

Why does a cheeseburger have so many carbs?

I dont even think I want to know.

Oh well its a start I guess but nothing I couldnt have ordered anyway really.

It isnt that hard to say Hold the rice or bun or something and give me some broccoli instead.

[HogarthNH]

I'm a little surprised no dessert either.

You would think with a big Atkins-partnership that they could at least stock Endulge ice cream!

[BlitzedAng]

Exactly Hogarth...Even a Carvel ice cream by my house carries Atkins..Maybe with enough complaints they MAY concider.. Wouldn't that be nice :)

[Hilary M]

I had the sizzlin' chicken and cheese just a few weeks ago, before the whole low-carb menu debuted, and I never would have estimated it at 17 grams. That's just crazy. There aren't that many peppers and onions on it anyway. Weird.

[Angel66668]

That sucks, Ruby Tuesday's is much better.

[Jade74]

I'm so happy that you guys posted that Ruby Tuesday's has an lc menu... I just checked out their website, and now I know where I'm going for my birthday dinner when I'm in Minneapolis!! I can't wait!
I sure hope that they open up in Canada, or one of the chains that's up here already follows their lead!

Jenn

[black57]

Oh I think that this is a great start. There are more things on the horizon. This concept is new to this type of corporation and this kind of effort deserves our support. When In and Out Burger came out with their protein burger we gave them praise and support. All they had was the bloomin' protein burger. I think they should start making cauliflower fries.

[Hilary M]

black57 has a good point about supporting them even though it's not perfect. At least they're trying, and I'd rather support a restaurant that's trying to accommodate low-carber than one that could care less.

I'm still confused about the high carb counts, though. Anyone here energetic enough to e-mail the Atkins people about it and ask why they're so high? I assume Atkins set the net carb counts in the first place.

[gary]

Never eat on an empty stomach! I went into a Fridays recently and asked if they have Michelob Ultracarb? They said they just discontinued it! I could not believe it. Ultracarb beer is exploding at every bar I go to. They can barely keep it in stock. Two places I go to have it on tap. How can Fridays discontinue a product that is booming in demand? :confused:

[tasche]

Well I think the carb count is so high on someof them is bc they really FILL the plate. I would find it hard to eat all of that

Side they probably decided to overestimate the carbs so they wouldn't be sued if one chef makes it diff

[Tiawyn]

Well I think the carb count is so high on someof them is bc they really FILL the plate. I would find it hard to eat all of that

Side they probably decided to overestimate the carbs so they wouldn't be sued if one chef makes it diff

I dunno - take a look at the sizziling chicken dish - 17g carbs. They say take away the onions and peppers to save 5g carbs - so we're left with 12g net carbs (they specifically state NET carbs) - Chicken has 0, the cheese has maybe 2g - to get 10g net carbs from whats left on the plate (which is BROCCOLI!) you have to eat 5 CUPS of broccoli - they may fill the plate, but there is no way they are providing 5 cups as a side.

[TarHeel]

Off topic, but WOW. I just noticed Hogarth's current avatar. You look like somebody stuck you in the wrong wash cycle and the high heat dryer cycle and you shrunk about 5 sizes! Way to go....

[tasche]

I went to TGI Fridays for dinner tonight since today was the first day they started with atkins and I kid you not they give you nearly 3 cups of brocoli its crazy. They probably add some kind of seasoning to it to make it that high but its nicer that they ahve some dishes that are slightly higher in carbs but a little more intresting for when you can have more carbs like when your on 30-50 carbs a day

I ordered the Cheeseburger cheeseburger with mushroom and my hubbie got the blue cheese steak. The burger was a bargain at $7.99 but for $16.99 for the steak I thought a salad would be included though the steak is HUGE.

We ordered the spinach dip bc we love that so its cool that they include a variety of vegetables such as snow peas and peppers.

I'm pretty sure the cheese they use is regular processed american that tends to have 2 carbs an ounce as opposed to 1

But anyways lets not look a gifthorse in the mouth y know

[tasche]

Michelob Ultra is nasty btw for .4 carbs more most of the ppl I know on atkins drink miller light instead.

Oh btw the ppl at fridays say the response sofar has been huge

[RuthJaneen]

I saw a segment on the news last night regarding TGIF's low carb menu. They (TGIF) said for now the low carb selection is very basic. They are teaming up with Atkins Nutritionalist to add more LC options to their menu effective Jan 1. Perhaps then there will be a dessert or two to choose from on their menu.
They are still working on it, which is a good thing.


;)

Ruth Janeen

[Wenzday]

I AGREE!!! When I looked at that menu, I thought... "yuck, no reason to go there"

I'll be htting Ruby Tuesdays tonight for the first time though ;)

[tasche]

Well for me its excellent since I do have to eat out alot and I like things simple and its yummy so I am grateful

[deneen]

Although this was brought up a while ago, I just wanted to mention that I went to TGIFridays at lunch today and had the Sizzling Chicken and Broccoli. It was SO good. But it did say 17g carbs. I didn't eat any of the peppers, so perhaps it was not that high. But either way, it was a fantastic meal.

~Kelly Deneen :)

[LadyBelle]

I think I'll stick toRuby Tuesday's. Well we don't have a TGIF here anyway. I just got the email with the menu included though. Most of the things were around 17g carbs. That seems a tad high to me. Also I pretty much just saw sides of veggies. It looked like regular menu items with no carby sides included. Ruby's at least made an attempt with the cauliflowered potatos and cheesecake to make LC substatutes instead of just putting out what we typicaly order, meats and veggies :)

For those wanting to look at the menu
http://www.tgifridays.com/menu/healthymenu.htm

[sonnofa]

I had the Bleu Cheese Steak today for lunch. It comes served on a sizzling platter with a generous helping of bleu cheese on it. The steak was fairly tasty, although the piece I had was not trimmed as well as it could have been. The broccoli was very dry and I asked for some butter to give it back some life. I think it is too pricey, but was not overly disappointed. I am happy to see they are making an effort in the WOE and will go back to try some of the other dishes.

[PilotGal]

FYI: applebee's will remove any starch off your plate and replace it with steamed broccoli. And the Cheesecake factory will remove any starch off your plate and replace it with steamed broccoli also....
There ARE other restaurants out there ready to accomadate us.

[Barnacle]

I went to TGIF yesterday for lunch. I had the Garlic Chicken with the red tomatoes, squash, and zucinni medley. It was VERY good! It had 6 or 7 carbs. I would have it again. There were 2 pretty good sized chicken breasts.

I too was disappointed that they didn't have a low carb desert choice and that there were Atkins items that just have too many carbs in them. I would have thought that they (Atkins and TGIF) could have done a much better in putting this menu together!