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Tips for Eating Healthy While Dining Out

Eating at restaurants can be one of the most damaging activities for your diet if you don’t know how to handle it. Healthy choices and options are available if you avoid fast food establishments. Knowing how to lower the bad effects of exceptionally tasting food is important for both enjoying your life and maintaining your fitness goals. Don’t bite your nails…make the right choices! Most restaurants cook for taste and price while ignoring the health needs of their customers. A growing trend in healthy and organic eating is pushing many restaurants to both label their calories but also their ingredients. Offerings are slowly but surely changing to be healthier but yet are not consistent enough across the country.  Delicious bread, creamy pasta, and butter packed potatoes. Tastes great….more filling! It is also filling out your pants. Look for options and choosing alternatives will help you dine in style, enjoy your offering, and avoid gaining weight.  Taking a few ste

Historical Oceanfront Dining at Brockton Villa

Dining in style isn’t hard at the Brockton Villa. Towering over the cliffs you get a great view of the bay, sounds and smells of the ocean, and the fresh outdoor air while toasting the great times. As a historical landmark it is one of those places that offers more than just great food. It is a local icon with its own charm and history. Tourists flock to the restaurant as they walk along the coast and cove.  The barren site was bought by Dr. Joseph Rodes in 1894 for $165. A great ocean front site with access to the cove and the beach. It was a vacationing home in the bungalow style. Over the years it was inhabited by the “turtle lady” who entertained President Truman and bought by Pannikin coffee to turn into a restaurant. It became a historical landmark and local attraction.  Seating occurs on the deck, terrace or inside. Within the ancient building is a warm fireplace and table seating. The terrace affords a great view of the oceanfront while the deck has a little more

Sahara-A Taste of the Middle East

Sahara-A Taste of the Middle East nestled in the downtown area of El Cajon offers authentic ethnic food for a low price. Two people can eat with tax for under $21. That is a great price for California. Soups, salads, sandwiches and shawarma are on the menu. Customers rave about the community of food that swirls around the place. Families appear to come back on a regular basis. Sahara’s has indoor and outdoor seating. It maintains a cafeteria style design where people make an order in the line and then are issued a number to take to their table. Drinks are offered in a fountain fashion. Think of a Middle Eastern Ponderosa.  The restaurant is very busy and seems to have a huge ethnic following. It is generally busy with people coming in and out throughout the day. The owner has started a successful business and appears to be actively engage in making sure everything runs smoothly.  Many people think of only high end restaurants being successful. Each market carries cer