Map: Where to Find (or Avoid) the Unhealthiest Chain Restaurant Meals

Do you know where to find the unhealthiest chain restaurant food around Downers Grove? More importantly, do you know how to avoid it?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently put out a list of high-calorie, fat-packed meals served up at national restaurant chains. We’ve plotted the nearby locations on a map to make them easier to spot.

The diet sabotaging dishes have been highlighted in their Xtreme Eating Awards. Most of the meals exceed the recommended daily calorie intake for the average person.

Steak ‘n’ Shake’s 7X7 Steakburger ‘n Fries:
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This plate has 47 grams of saturated fat and 4,570 mg of sodium. But with the 960-calorie Chocolate Fudge Brownie Milkshake, the meal hits 2,530 calories, plus 68 grams of saturated fat and 5,060 mg of sodium and 26 teaspoons of sugar.

Dickey’s Barbecue’s 3 Meat Plate:
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The Polish sausage, pork ribs and beef brisket with fried onion tanglers and mac and cheese sides, along with a free roll, pickles and onions and a Big Yellow Cup of Miss Ollie Dickey’s Famous Southern Sweet Tea, with half a cup of free ice cream in a cone, comes to roughly 2,500 calories, 49 grams of sat fat and 4,700 mg of sodium, plus 29 teaspoons of (mostly added) sugar.

Outback Steakhouse’s Prime Rib:
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The Herb Roasted Prime Rib dinner is 16 oz. of meat with over 1,400 calories. Add a dressed baked potato and the classic blue cheese wedge side salad, a few slices of bread with a light smear of butter and the meal racks up more than 2,400 calories, 71 grams of sat fat and 3,560 mg. of sodium.

The Cheesecake Factory’s Louisiana Chicken Pasta:
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Topped with four slices of heavily breaded chicken, this dish comes drenched in New Orleans sauce consisting of butter and heavy cream, putting this meal at more than 2,370 calories, plus a few more, depending on how many endless salad and breadsticks you eat.

Red Lobster’s Create Your Own Combination:
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With three shrimp dishes — Parrot Isle Jumbo Coconut, Walt’s Favorite, and Linguine Alfredo — a side of fries, a Caesar salad and one Cheddar Bay Biscuit, this combination totaled 2,710 calories. Add a 24 oz. Traditional Lobsterita margarita and the meal is up to 3,600 calories.

Uno Pizzeria & Grill’s 2 For $12 Pick & Choose:
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The Baked Ziti & Sausage Pasta with a small Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza comes to 2,190 calories.

Sonic’s Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast:
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Vanilla ice cream mixed with pineapple, salted caramel and pie crust pieces in a 32 oz. cup topped with several inches of whipped cream totals 2,020 calories, 61 grams of saturated fat and 4½ grams of trans fat.

IHOP’s Omelette:
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The Chorizo Fiesta Omelette, a 1,300-calorie sausage omelette that comes with three buttermilk pancakes, with the addition of four tablespoons of syrup comes to 1,990 calories.

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