Oh my God!! You actually eat that??

Oh hell yeah we do!!  Anyone from Rochester, NY knows that there is nothing like a Garbage Plate from Nick Tahou Hots.  I make it a point to have one every time a go back for a visit.  The one shown is a hot dog plate with everything.  My order was always the cheese burger plate with everything, in addition I would add ketchup and Redhot.  A big hunk of bread is also included to help sop up the grease left on the plate after consumption.  It’s a taste of heaven. Or maybe it’s a quick way "to" heaven with the fat grams I’m sure well over a hundred and the calories pushing a thousand.  Oh, and the carbs you ask?  I’m not even going there.  Regardless, it’s just damn good!!

I was 16 when I lost my Garbage Plate virginity.  By the time I was 18 I was a regular, so much so the girl behind the counter knew my order and would push it ahead of other people waiting.  You might be saying, "Come on, how many people could be waiting?"  Well, on a weekend, at two in the morning, it wasn’t unusual to see the line out the door and having to wait 30 plus minutes for your order.  It became a regular after-hour hang-out, both with high school kids and college students.  

If it’s your first time make sure you don’t settle for one of the impostors that started showing up after Nick Tahou Hots became so popular.  Nick Tahou’s has two locations, one being downtown on Main St. and the other located on Lyell Avenue in the Gates (a suburb of Rochester).   The Main St. location closes at 8:00pm but the one in Gates is open 24 hours.  I would recommend going after a good night of drinking.  You might gain five pounds but you will wake up the next day feeling great!

 

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