Garbage Plates: Rochester's Best-Kept Secret || Food/Groups

People are shocked to hear that Rochester, a one-time boomtown on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, is actually the third-biggest city in the Empire State. It might not have New York City’s international cachet, or Buffalo’s diehard sports traditions, but Rochester has something arguably even better: the garbage plate.

It’s a glorious, 3000-calorie gutbuster of greasy lunch counter staples, from macaroni salad to cheeseburgers, and it brings this Rust Belt city together across lines of class, race, and generation.

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Guests
Chris Clemens: exploringupstate.com
Linh Phillips: sirrochasays.com
Pete Wayner: boomtowntable.com

Locations
Nick Tahou Hots: http://www.garbageplate.com/
Stingray Fusion Food Truck: http://www.stingraysushifusion.com/
Rochester Red Wings - http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t534

Special thanks
Eric Vilas-Boas:   / e_vb_  
Leah Stacy:   / leahstacy  

Music Credits

"Attracted 2" by Myriam Ba/Aleksandra Plavsic
0:00

"Catch Us" by David Nathan
1:11

"Gold Light Gold Love" by Altidore/Chance
3:33

"Breeze" by Nicolas Boscovic
5:47

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