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Be A Healthy Hero
You can go out to eat and still be a Healthy Hero! It just takes planning ahead, to make sure where you're headed offers nutritious options. Click here to find healthy restaurants for your family!

Healthy Hero Restaurant Program

Current Restaurants

*Hyjea in Penfield

* Keenan's Restaurant in Rochester

* Rohrbach's Brewing Co. in Rochester

* Simply Crepes in Rochester and Pittsford

*Flaherty's 3 Flags Inn in Webster

*Altobelli’s Deli at Frontier Field

Objective: An opportunity for restaurants in Monroe County to be recognized for offering healthy menu options for kids

Guidelines:

Low fat milk/fat free milk will be offered as a drink option for all kids’ meals

Fruit and/or vegetables will be offered as a side dish for all kids’ meals

25% of kids’ entrees OR at least 3 kids’ entrees must be considered “healthy”

“Healthy” Definition:

Grilled, baked or broiled meats/fish/poultry

Entrees that contain vegetables (e.g., soups, stir fries, salads)

Low fat yogurt, milk

Process of Designating Healthy Hero Restaurant:

Interested restaurants will submit their kids’ menus to the Greater Rochester Health Foundation for consideration to be part of the Healthy Hero Restaurant Program

Once accepted, restaurants will receive promotional “Healthy Hero” items

Examples of Tactics for “Healthy Hero” designated restaurants

“Healthy Hero” posters, kids stickers, placemats and crayons, and buttons for servers

Servers to encourage the promotion of “Healthy Hero” options by:

Informing customers of “Healthy Hero” entrees, low fat milk and fruit & vegetable offerings for kids’ menus

Wearing “Healthy Hero” buttons

Passing out “Healthy Hero” stickers to kids after they have ordered (praise those that chose healthy / encourage those that did not make a healthy choice to choose healthy the next time – It’s cool to make healthy choices!)

When did the “Healthy Hero” Restaurant Program begin?

April 2009

Be A Healthy HeroYou can go out to eat and still be a Healthy Hero! It just takes planning ahead, to make sure where you're headed offers nutritious options. Click here to find healthy restaurants for your family!

Be A Healthy Hero
You can go out to eat and still be a Healthy Hero! It just takes planning ahead, to make sure where you're headed offers nutritious options. Click here to find healthy restaurants for your family!