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67490945A plate from Gitsis Texas Hots (by Flickr user andrewc) 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 hot sauce. Some restaurants will charge for extra 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 (Trademarked 1) 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.

Places to get a "Garbage Plate"

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Nutrition Facts1
Total Fat 3%
- Saturated Fat 0g 0%
-Trans Fat 0g
-Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
-Monosaturated Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 210mg 9%
Potassium 200mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 22g 7%
-Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
-Soluble Fiber 1g
-Sugars 1g
-Other Carbohydrate 18g
Protein 3g


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2006-01-04 23:51:43   Is that garbage plate spoiled? Look really nasty. I love plates and that one just looks harsh. —MichaelComet

2006-06-08 16:56:02   Yeah, that picture was bad. Replaced it with a CC Lic pic from Flickr for now. The Plate is from Rochester and we should represent it properly! —RickUrwin

2006-06-25 20:56:16   Eastridge Diner's plate gets my vote. It's all about the mac salad... —ChrisConchelos

2007-01-10 19:59:31   Some interesting trivia: Just watched an episode of "Unwrapped" on Food Network, where the theme centered around "funny foods"... and Nick Tahou's and the garbage plate were featured. After watching the guys at Nick's make one, I now have a huge craving... :) —CatherineConnolly

2007-03-29 12:23:19   I had a plate yesterday at Bay Hots in webster. Good stuff. —KimBee

2007-04-10 08:21:45   Just tried the Cheeseburger Plate at Steve T's Hots and Potatoes. BIG disappointment. Very wet on the bottom, not sure if the hot sauce is too watery or the mac salad is. Biggest let down was the lack of flavor. Whimpy's Burger Basket on Buffalo Rd. has a very good plate. Sorry Steve, Nick would be disappointed. —ScottPieken

2007-04-14 13:31:18   the klassy kat calls their plates "kitty litter plates"? now that's nasty! —GrahamSaathoff

2007-11-26 12:22:15   If a garbage plate only has .5 grams of fat I will eat my shoes. —DarrenKemp

2008-01-17 11:08:30   In my opinion Henrietta Hots has the best plate from the ones I've tried. —JoeLee

2008-01-19 02:07:49   it'd be a gram of fat, .5g +.5g=1g. They must have done it without the hot sauce, I imagine my double or triple sauce plates have a lot more fat than that. —JohnJoseph

2008-07-15 08:01:25   The new place in Pittsford called Hungry's has a damn good plate...i love their hot sauce. As well as Charlie's makes a pretty good plate.
But my vote is all about Hungry's in Pittsford (where Village Hots used to be). —Piper

2008-07-20 14:44:13   Red hot plate, mac salad homefry, with extra EVERYTHING.

Psst... Hank's Ice Cream & Roast Beef Sandwiches. —ZachSmalt

2008-07-21 17:46:43   My personal favorite is definitely Mark's (Texas Hots) plates ... when living on Rowley (which ends at Monroe, roughly near Mark's), we always called it the 'Mark's Texas Hot-obahn'. Heh, we thought we were clever. —BrendonTroy

2008-08-21 20:49:13   "Ah, supper," said Rincewind, as realization dawned. "This is one of those late-night, after-the-pub foods, right? And what kind of meat is in it? No, forget I asked, it's a stupid question. I know this sort of food. If you have to ask 'What kind of meat is in it?', you're too sober." — Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent —RyanTucker

2008-11-07 14:18:20   Now why in the world would we use an inferior Mark's plate for the Garbage Plates home page? —MattDana

2008-12-30 19:31:40   Gotta find some other old biker guys to talk about Nick's. In the late 60's and 70's after a night of drinking and bike riding we would end up at Nick's for a bite to cut the alcohol.
It was fun hanging outside Nick's talking trash with the Ladies Of The Night and watching the dealers hustling. Food on the grill that was getting old and ready for the garbage could be had by the heaping plate for cheap.
Cheap, no choices and whatever was left. That's the Nick's garbage plate I remember.
Then the cops chased the ladies away and the dealers moved on and the bikers got tickets for loud mufflers. The Garbage Plate got a capital G and P and became something it never was.
I do miss those days. —HenriettaRob