garbage plate
Dialect
- Meaning
- A Rochester pile-up of meat, beans, mac salad, fries, and hot sauce.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Rochester, New York
What does “garbage plate” mean
A Rochester, NY late-night specialty: home fries OR mac salad on the bottom, two cheeseburgers or red/white hots on top, then meaty hot sauce, mustard, and onions. Originated at Nick Tahou Hots in 1918. Trademarked, so other diners call theirs "plates," "trash plates," or "wreckage plates."
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