this might gross you out

while we were back in Rochester this weekend (which was great! more deeeets lata.),

we headed to Empire Hots for

Garbage Plates.

huh what?

i know most of you are reading this and are ultra-confused/grossed out.

yes, a garbage plate is food. that you buy. at a restaurant.


what am i talking about? i know you must think i'm nutso.
if you didn't already.

a garbage plate is.... this:

mac salad and home fries covered in hamburger patties, onions, ketchup, mustard, and meaty hot sauce.

it sounds ridiculous, and it totally is.

but it's such a traditional food of Rochester.

originally created by Nick Tahou's, it's a staple at every Hots restaurant around Rochester.

when I was in high school, we used to get garbage plates in the middle of the night,

and you bet your bottom that i could down one all my myself.

now i can't even finish half of one.

did i mention that it's the fattiest food in New York?

oops.

chin's finished plate