"El Pollo Loco strongly supports Healthy Dining. Their program materials, coupled with their staff's expertise, enable us to extend our communication around the healthy dishes we serve."

- Julie Weeks, Director of Communications, El Pollo Loco, Inc.

Overview

What is this website about?

HealthyDiningFinder.com matches diners interested in watching what they eat with restaurants that can meet their needs. Visitors to the website search for participating restaurants by specifying one or any combination of the following criteria:

  • location (full address, zip code or city/state)
  • type of cuisine (coming soon)
  • price range
  • availability of take-out, delivery, and catering

Participating restaurants are also listed alphabetically by name.

For each participating restaurant, nutrition information (fat, calories, sodium, carbohydrates, etc.) is displayed for up to 10 featured dishes.

The website also includes information about nutrition, health and nutrition-related resources, and an invitation to subscribe to a monthly e-newsletter and a recipe-of-the-month from a participating restaurant.

Who's behind HealthyDiningFinder.com?

The HEALTHY DINING Program, in collaboration with the National Restaurant Association, is coordinating HealthyDiningFinder.com. Preliminary funding for the development of the website was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The HEALTHY DINING Program has been in the forefront of restaurant nutrition in Southern California since 1990. HEALTHY DINING's team of culinary nutrition professionals is dedicated to:

  • providing the restaurant industry with nutrition guidance, expertise and analysis services;
  • providing recognition, promotion, and 'bottom line benefits' for restaurants that offer a selection of dishes that meet HEALTHY DINING’s nutrition criteria; and
  • offering consumers nutrition information and specific guidelines for 'ordering healthier' at restaurants.

For more information about HEALTHY DINING, see About Us.