Garbage Plate is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Rochester. Rochester's most defining dish: two starches (home fries and macaroni salad), two proteins (white hots are canonical), meat sauce, mustard, and raw onions. Start with where to eat Garbage Plate in Rochester.
Garbage Plate · Rochester
Rochester's most defining dish: two starches (home fries and macaroni salad), two proteins (white hots are canonical), meat sauce, mustard, and raw onions. Nick Tahou Hots trademarked the name in 1991.
Nick Tahou opened his hots stand at 320 W. Main St in 1918. The plate that would become the Garbage Plate took shape over decades as workers requested everything combined on one dish. Tahou trademarked the name Garbage Plate in 1991 (USPTO registration 1708448). The version served today remains the standard: two starches, two proteins, house meat sauce, yellow mustard, and chopped white onion.
Where to eat in Rochester:
- Nick Tahou Hots
- Dogtown
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