Comments on: The Garbage Truck Brings Rochester Trash Plates to L.A.

By: D-Roc Roc

D-Roc Roc — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:16:15 +0000

Note to anyone purchasing one of these, be it in L.A. or anywhere else, please be aware that you are also required to consume at least a six-pack of Genny Cream Ale while enjoying said Garbage Plate.

By: Justinian585

Justinian585 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:29:22 +0000

A garbage plate should NOT be finished with onions, they should be included in the MEAT SAUCE (not chili sauce like this article suggests is used). Also, you people are getting robbed! Almost $11 for a regular sized cheeseburger plate? WHAT!? I can go up to the corner from my house (in Rochester, mind you) and buy a plate fuller than the one pictured for $7.

I wish this garbage truck thing the best. Other regions should know the taste of a plate, it’s out of this world! One thing I do like is how they call their soft drinks “pop.” They must be from WNY.

By: Jimweb

Jimweb — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:51:04 +0000

Nice try, LA, but it ain’t a garbage plate. First, it’s not a chili-ish meat sauce. It’s an authentic Rochester-style HOT sauce. Seconds, onions are part of the deal, not an add-on. Third, mustard, and only if it’s French’s, is an option. Fourth, the original was with 2 grounds. If you want hots, they gotta be Zwiegle’s Pop-Opens, which LA probably has never seen.
Finally, you never, ever eat one unless it’s from Nick’s, it’s well after midnight, and you have a very strong stomach.
Geez, I miss those days.

By: TJNevis

TJNevis — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:28:40 +0000

I’m from Rochester. My wife has a food blog and if you want to make your own garbage plates at home, check out this post! My wife was skeptical and she hates her food to touch, but even she loves garbage plates!!

http://3minutekitchen.blogspot.com/2012/06/garbage-plates.html

By: pb1316

pb1316 — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:30:47 +0000

I lived in Rochester for many years and the Garbage Plate is legend. There is no right or wrong to it as long as it has 2 sides, hot dogs and or hamburgs (the hots of course have to be Zwiegles nothing else will work). Onions, home fries and Nicks chili hot dog sauce. The name actually came from some college kids that helped to create the dish. Oh almost forgot you really need to eat this after midnight after a night out on the town. Tradition.

By: Joeman7890

Joeman7890 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:36:40 +0000

Garbage plates don’t have any Chili of any kind. Chili is disgusting and the meat hot sauce is delicious. Western New York is known for their hot sauces and in other parts of the country they don’t even come close with hot sauces. There really isn’t anything similar to the hot sauce on a garbage to compare it to. It definitely not Chili though!

The hot dogs and burgers on the same plate seems interesting to me, I usually just get the one with 2 cheeseburgers or sometimes a half plate with one burger.

I agree that this might be tough to break through in LA. NYC is overdue for one bad. Carb-wise though there’s no bread so it may be close to a chipotle burrito but a plate is far from organic. Also the garbage truck might be a huge turn off for someone who has never heard of it before. I hope this can succeed and it is the best drunk food in the world.

By: RedfromRoc

RedfromRoc — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:20:46 +0000

Please keep in mind that the plate is originally and always closing-time drunk food. It serves the same role on the frozen north coast that vindaloo and kebabs do for fog-shrouded Londoners.

Honestly, I love me some Skyline and Gold Star, but if you’re getting Rochester-style hot sauce that you can mistake for something on a four-way, you’re getting REALLY BAD hot sauce.

The real thing is thinner, quite a bit spicier, entirely lacks the sweet-bitter taste of the Cinci chocolate, had has quite a bit of Kimmelweck-style savor from the caraway.

Dogtown’s pretty good in their own way, but they’ve spent a lot of time trying to appeal to an upscale customer, and wandered rather far afield in their sauce.

The canonical sauce used to come form the the old Don&Bob’s in Brighton. Now that they’re gone, try the LDR Char Pit’s probably best,and Don’s (both locations) is getting better. Nick’s and Steve T’s both make decent stuff, of course, but theirs is really meant more to go on a plate than a dog or a burger, so it’s more focused on meat and heat, rather than the subtler spices of something not meant to compete with so many other flavors

By: niamhagain

niamhagain — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:52:26 +0000

I have spent most of my life in the Rochester area.

It is a “meat hot sauce” but it has a lot in common with Cincinnati Chili and is even called that by some of the Rochester restaurants including my favorite local Garbage Plate maker, Dogtown Hots. The stuff in this picture does look awfully thick though.

I have got to agree with gooniegoogoo about the bread too. If it doesn’t come with cheap junk, “french” bread and butter it isn’t a garbage plate.

I am really curious to read a review from someone who is familiar with the original because it is impossible to tell from the pictures if the meat sauce and dogs taste right.

By: Cyph911x

Cyph911x — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:35:17 +0000

This Looks good. NOTE TO THE AUTHOR, its NOT CHILI. its called MEAT HOT SAUCE.. And Im a fan of DogTown’s garbage plates, because they have Seasoned homefries, that are crispy. This is a 1 every 3 weeks meal for me. Its not good for you, but its SO GOOD. (this needs more onions, less mustard, and THE BREAD. MY GOD THE BREAD!!!! Good stuff though.

By: Kraezy Nana

Kraezy Nana — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:47:10 +0000

The hot dogs must be Zweigles and the sauce is a hot meat sauce (not a chili sauce) and not thick.The original formula comes from Nick Tahou”s on West Main St. Ask some of the celebrities in La that have visited Rochester, NY and they will tell you about it. One of the places to visit. LA truck must be authentic recipe in order to give the true taste test. Tahou’s rocks!