In every Eat This, Not That book, the authors rate various restaurants based on nutritional information, or lack thereof. The Best & Worst Foods in America! gave the following grades...

Applebee's: F
We've tried repeatedly to get Applebee's to cough up the nutritional info on their menu items, but they won't deliver. Without full disclosure, we have no choice but to give them a flunking grade. (And while Applebee's takes its sweet time coming clean, we took advantage of New York legislation requiring chain restaurants to publish calorie counts to find out what they're hiding.)
SURVIVAL STRATEGY
The saving grace here is the handful of items created in partnership with Weight Watchers, the only items for which the restaurant offers any nutritional information at all. That doesn't leave you much to choose from, but unless you want to play nutritional Russian roulette, you're better off sticking to this menu.
Best: Garlic Herb Chicken
Worst: Oriental Chicken Rollup

Burger King: C
We got word from Burger King in October 2008 that they were finally removing the trans fat from their deep fryer. Excellent news, but don't think that means BK's menu is completely sans trans fat. The burgers and Whoppers are still sullied with the dangerous oils. Plus BK likes to smear 160 calories' worth of mayonnaise on just about everything, so you'd better get used to asking for your sandwich without. The unhealthiest of the Big Three burger joints.
SURVIVAL STRATEGY
For breakfast, pick the Ham Omelet Sandwich. For lunch, match the regular hamburger, the Whopper Jr., or the Tendergrill Sandwich with Apple Fries and water and you'll escape for less than 500 calories.
Best: Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich without Mayo
Worst: Triple Whopper Sandwich with Cheese

To be continued...