 "Eat this quickly or all the fat will gel the ingredients together!" - Stephen Rushmore Jr.  "This is probably one of the greasiest cheeseburgers I have ever eaten. It is ladeled heavy with chili sauce." - Stephen Rushmore Jr.  "Jane prepares to enter the Main Street Nick Tahou Hots circa. 1989." - Michael Stern  "Not every city has a single dish that attracts foodies from afar." - Michael Stern Secret Recipe Here |
Monday, August 29, 2005
The Hobo Plate
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HEY! I invented the garbage plate!
It's just my Hobo Stew, beans, potatoes and wieners!
Wing Wing
Founder Nick Tahou died in 1997 after more than fifty years running Rochester’s premier hot dog joint (actually two joints – on West Main and at 2260 Lyell). His culinary legacy remains the amazing dish known as a garbage plate. It is up to each customer to choose the foundation of his or her garbage plate. It can be based on Texas hot wieners, hamburgers (with or without cheese), Italian sausage, or steak. The meatstuff of your choice is plated with piles of baked beans and home-fried potatoes, a scoop of cool macaroni salad, a dollop of spicy chili sauce, a squirt of two of mustard, and a sprinkle of chopped raw onions. It comes with plastic fork and knife, a bottle of Ketchup, some hot sauce, and white bread with butter.
As befits its menu, Nick Tahou is an unruly dog house, with chairs and tables scattered around and plenty of noise as customers call out for red hots and white hots with the works. Of course Nick Tahou is open all night. You never know when the craving for a garbage plate will strike.
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