What’s for Lunch? Bar 145º can be a Healthy Choice

This restaurant is unique to the area and offers its customers the ability to stack their own burger or to purchase a sandwich already designed. Customers are given a menu full of options to stack a burger in addition to the regular menu. Despite being a burger restaurant, Bar 145º does have some healthy options to select from.

Some of the Do’s are as follows:

• Try a veggie patty, smoked salmon, chicken, or turkey for lower fat options.
• Order your sandwich on the multigrain ciabatta or skip the bread all together.
• Skip the cheese – but if not, pick a lower fat cheese such as feta, brie or mozzarella.
• Select any of the fresh additions except fried spinach. Keep with more of the fresh ingredients such as onion, lettuces, arugula, and bean sprouts (remember that pickles are high in sodium).
• In the premium topping section stick with the avocado, heirloom tomatoes, or grilled pineapple.
• Top it all off by using a sauce that is not mayonnaise based or filled with added sugars. A couple of great suggestions are pesto, spicy bourbon mustard and oven-dried tomato vinaigrette.

Here are some items to avoid or have sparingly when stacking a burger:

• Ground beef is not as lean as other options.
• Caramelized onion roll and soft pretzel roll pack on more calories.
• High fat cheeses such as goat, white cheddar and American.
• Anything fried or sautéed: This would indicate the use of fat when cooking and an increase in calories.
• Creamy sauces and BBQ sauces: Both have increased fat and sugar contents.

Niman Ranch: Your hamburger meat comes from Niman Ranch, where the animals are not given hormones or antibiotics and eat 100 percent vegetarian diets.

Food Safety: Bar 145º claims that the ideal cooking temperature for a burger is 145º. However, it is recommended by the USDA that ground beef be cooked to 160º.

Here is the menu

Visit Bar 145º company website.