Garbage Plates

Nick Tahou's Jan 2010, BradMandell A Garbage Plate is a true Rochester delicacy. It is a disorganized combination of either cheeseburger, hamburger, Italian sausages, steak, chicken, white or red hots, a grilled cheese sandwich, fried fish, or eggs, served on top of one or two of the following: home fries, fries, beans, and mac salad. A plate is always made to order. Then, the plate is adorned with optional mustard, onions and Rochester's version of hot sauce.

Some restaurants will charge for extra helpings of hot sauce, and the hot sauce varies widely in flavor and spiciness. A plate is usually served with a side of white bread and butter, though some restaurants charge extra for bread. It is said that the purpose of the bread is to soak up the grease left after you've eaten the garbage plate. Also, some restaurants offer multiple meat plates.

For example, you can choose two, three, or four meats to top your plate. The original (Trademarked1) Garbage Plate is from Nick Tahou's but you can get a plate from tons of places. Even Horizons at the Lodge at Woodcliff, an upscale suburban hotel, has added a knockoff to their menu. It is called the Plat De Refuse, available to diners at a price of $15.75 per plate.

The burger is made from elk and topped by Vermont Cheddar, the hot dog bison, the macaroni flecked with grape tomatoes, the beans homemade, and the hot sauce is actually a wild game chili. Plates of Rochester is a site where comprehensive reviews of Garbage Plates at various locations are hosted.

1US Patent and Trademark from 1992, renewed in 2002 Places to get a Garbage Plate City of Rochester A plate from the former Gitsis Texas Hots (by Flickr user andrewc license info) Center City Hotts - "Trash Plates" Checker Flag Pizza - "Dinner Plate" Culver Hots - "Culver Plates" Dogtown Hots - "Junkyard Plate" Elmwood Inn - "Elmwood Plate" Flour City Pizza Forklift Cafe - "18-Wheeler Plate" The Frog Pond on Park - "Pond Plate" Furoshiki "Plate Lunch" (atop rice and cold ramen) Harbor Hots Lina's Mark's Texas Hots - "Sloppy Plate" Marvin Mozzeroni's - "Sloppy Plate" Nathaniel Square Corner Store - "Nate Plate" Nick Tahou's - "The Garbage Plate" (original) Park Ave Paninoteca - "Plate Panino" The Red Fern - "Compost Plate" (vegan) Salvatore's Old Fashioned Pizzeria - "Salvie Plate" South Wedge Hots & Subs - Various kinds named for Rochester streets. Turcott's Vasko's on Park West Ridge

Hots - "Hot Plate" Regional Arthur Jaxon Slice & Scoop Atlantic Family Restaurant - "Sloppy Plate" Bill Gray's - "Great Plates" Burger Shack Grill Burger Stop Caraglio's Pizza - "Sloppy Plate" Carmine's Family Restaurant Charlie Riedel's Code 7 Burgers & Beans Don's Original - "Don's Big Plate" (made with ground steak) Durf's Family Restaurant - "A.M.

Perinton Landfill" (breakfast plate) Empire Hots - "Trash Plate" Fairport Hots - "Hummer Plate" Greece Hots - "Rubbish Plate" Henrietta Hots - "Bada Boom Plate" Hungry's Grill - "Hungry's Plate" Jay's Diner - "Heartburn Special" Kendall Inn - "Farmer's Plate" Long Pond Family Restaurant - "Pond Plate" Mac's Philly Steaks - "Philly Plate" MacGregor's - "Ali G Plate" Marvin Mozzeroni's - "Sloppy Plate" MicGinny's Bar & Grill Minnehan's Fun Center - "Trash Plate" Paradiso Pizza - "Trash Plate" Patty Shack Penfield Pub Pino's Deli - "Pino's Platter" Salvatore's Old Fashioned Pizzeria - "Salvie Plate" Schallers - "Schaller Plate" Sharks Ice Cream - "Shark Attack" Silver Lake Drive-In - "Dumpster Platter" Steve T's Hots and Potatoes - Formerly a second location of Nick Tahou's Sullivan's Charbroil - "Sully Plate" Tom Wahl's - "55 Junker Plate" Wimpy's Burger Basket "Wimpy Plate" Webster Hots

Elsewhere Nicky Doodles - "Doodle Dumpster" (Rome, Verona, and Utica) PJ's BAR-B-QSA - "Slop Bucket" (Saratoga Springs, NY) River City Diner in Richmond, VA, as documented on r/RIT The Ugly American in Philadelphia serves a version, which earned a story on food blog Slashfood Links Wikipedia Brunch Trip to Nick Tahou's documented with some additional background material. Dude, you're pretty sober.

Drive us to Nick's! - A MetaFilter thread from July 2010. Garbage Plate Famous on About.com Garbage Plate Group on Flickr - Dedicated to the plate in photos. Garbage plate makes its way to Florida How to Eat a Garbage Plate from the Ambrosia Times (Nov.

1997) The Plate Debate - Boomtown Table (2016-01-18) RoadFood.com 100% Review YouTube video with interviews from the Food Network - Great 2+ minute documentary Nutrition Facts Scott Stelick of Cornell_University compilation - Dietary Analysis of the Garbage Plate - an unofficial nutritional analysis, if you dare. (Mirrored on Vallie.com) 1This is actually the nutrition information for Cheerios, but we hope it made you feel better in some small way.