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Garbage Plate in Rochester
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Garbage Plate in Rochester below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Garbage Plates in Rochester
Home fries + mac salad + hot sauce + onions + mustard, topped with hots/burgers/eggs/fish. Nick Tahou's invented it in 1918 (they own the 'Garbage Plate' trademark); everyone else calls theirs a 'plate' or 'junkyard.' Per ThisIsROC's community vote.
- #1
Dogtown
Monroe Avenue
“ThisIsROC community vote #1 (215 votes). Gourmet hot-dog focus with the "Junkyard Plate" as their plate variant. Recently named a top-10 U.S. hot dog joint.”
- #2
Nick Tahou Hots
West Main Street
“The originator since 1918 — trademarked "Garbage Plate." Every other plate in Rochester is a tribute or a rebellion. Start your pilgrimage here.”
- #3
Steve T. Hots & Potatoes
Henrietta
“Formerly Nick Tahou's II — same family-descended recipe, now its own thing. ThisIsROC community vote #5.”
- #4
Henrietta Hots
Henrietta
“A Henrietta-area suburban-diner plate — ThisIsROC top 10. The "Henny Hots" local shorthand.”
- #5
Bill Gray's Henrietta
Various
“Regional Western NY mini-chain that does the plate as a classic Rochester-format offering. ThisIsROC top 10.”