{"id":12333,"date":"2009-09-22T09:31:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=12333"},"modified":"2009-09-22T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T14:34:14","slug":"fast-food-nightmares-red-robins-wise-guy-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/fast-food-nightmares-red-robins-wise-guy-burger\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Food Nightmares: Red Robin’s Wise Guy Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Robin restaurants aren’t as much a household name as McDonald’s<\/a> or KFC<\/a>, but with their new burger, the Wise Guy Burger, they sure are making a name for themselves. And not a pretty one.\"red<\/a><\/p>\n

Red Robin is known for the gourmet burgers that you can personalize –\u00a0Pineapple slices, french fries, fried eggs, guacamole, bacon strips, fried onions – the options are just as endless as the calories.<\/p>\n

In this particular\u00a0nutritional nightmare, the Wise Guy Burger\u00a0is part burger, part appetizer. And not the good appetizers like fresh\u00a0crudites – we’re talking fried mozzarella cheese sticks on top of a burger patty. But that’s not all! Try pepperoni slices, banana peppers, marinara sauce and tomatoes all smothered on top of each other. Fat on top of fat on top of more fat. Oh, and on top of a veggie. It’s no wonder we’re becoming more obese<\/a> by the meal.<\/p>\n

Red Robin isn’t readily sharing the nutrition stats on this burger, so we played with their on-site menu calculator and came up with our closest assessment of the calories, fat and sodium.<\/p>\n

The burger loaded with everything except the cheese sticks and banana peppers comes out to:<\/p>\n