Trying to find healthy food can be aggravating; especially when there are so many chain restaurants around saying they serve healthy food. But what most people don’t realize is that those restaurants healthy foods are high in calories. The servings are too big and contain a lot of calories that end up hurting rather than helping. I have a phone application that lets me look up size and item,  it is called "calorie count fat secret" on the iPhone, this has helped me to accurately calculate the calories in my meals.

This article appears in the May 2011 issue of LouisvilleMagazine. To subscribe, please visit loumag.com.

Written by Jack Welch

  The NuLu neighborhood is known as a trendy part of town marked with boutiques and upscale restaurants, a strong ‘green’ movement, and being, well, new.  After all, NuLu means New Louisville. As the area continues to blossom, even in these winter months, new ventures are embracing the old Louisville with some help from a known face.

While it seems that these days the trend has shifted from clubby spots serving overpriced drinks and watered down entertainment, The Zeppelin flies under the weak sauce radar, and stays true to what is both good and great about neighborhood bars that still double as a cafe, serve a stiff drink, and provide that home away from home feeling.  There's only a couple of them left in Germantown, and as you venture out into the surrounding zip codes, fewer and fewer still stand strong between the four walls that once held the roof above their patrons.