Any eating out experience can be made healthy, order your favorite dish but ask the waiter to grill the meat or fish. For sides always order fresh steamed vegetables or raw vegetables. Another favorite low calorie at restaurants are the salads, make sure the meat is grilled and leave the dressing off.
They add salads.
Restaurants have menus not programs.
The website Ted X Manhattan offers an entire list of healthy places to eat in New York. The website also offers each restaurants menus and nutrition facts.
I would assume that most restaurants would menus would contain items suitable for a diabetic diet. Portion control is the most important factor for this particular diet.
Many menus in restaurants have recently begun to add icons such as "organic, low calorie, vegan, diabetic-safe, and no preservatives." It is a new thing that can greatly guide people with eating disorders.
There are restaurants in Old Town that serve that on their menus.
There are indeed. This website link contains a list of such restaurants that have menus of this kind. http://www.elviradarknight.com/diabetes/restaurantssu.html
Many restaurants have gluten free menus.
Many restaurants offer diet menus! Restaurants such as Panera Bread, McDonalds, Applebee's, and On The Border all offer diet menus! Usually whenever you go into a restaurant, you can ask the waiter for a diet menu if one is not already provided to you!
Unfortunately most restaurants do not offer calorie totals on their menus (though some fast food restaurants have calorie charts on their walls these days). However many restaurants do have sections on their menus dedicated to vegetarians and healthy eaters. Your best bet ultimately is to do some research on what you might be ordering before you go to the restaurant.
If you go and type in heart healthy diets you will be referred to different websites. A good website is The American Heart Association. You can also go to Heart Healthy Diet Recipes and menus. There are many menus and recipes.
One can find a good Houston's Restaurant Dining Guide on HoustonPress. It has a wide variety of guides on restaurants and reviews on them too. It also has menus of these restaurants.