When I first read the menu for The Ugly American, I was beyond ecstatic that The Garbage Plate was on there. Over the past year and a half, this dish has mystified me. You see, I’ve never visited Rochester, New York — birthplace of The Garbage Plate — but of the two Rochester folks I know, one simply refuse to talk about it; the other won’t discuss anything but The Garbage Plate. The dish, of course, started in Rochester at Nick Tahou Hots’ fast-food restaurant when late night college kids started asking for a dish with “all the garbage” on it, and has since grown into something of a phenom. Some consider it “disgusting,” others consider it a “rite of passage,” but The Ugly American considers it a “sandwich” on their menu. Just like the original, The Ugly American Garbage Plate has two beef patties, macaroni salad, fries and raw onions, but with a mustard pan sauce as a substitution for ketchup and hot sauce. Take that, Rochester!
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I’m going to the Ugly American tonight. I may have to order this.
Take that!? The ketchup up is the best part! Yours is like having a hot fudge sundae and replacing the hot fudge with a pan mustard sauce. Not the same. If you’re going to bring the Garbage Plate to Philly, do it justice.
Ketchup isn’t part of the Garbage Plate, unless you put it on yourself from the bottle at your table. Mustard is, as is “hot sauce” (which is more a garlicky, meat-paste grease). I think a mustard reduction is an interesting take on the mustard and “hot sauce” standards.
This has been on my list to try for a while. Plates used to be part of my standard diet, probably 3-4 of them a week.
The Ugly American’s Garbage Plate looks more delicious than the photo above. Try it, you’ll LOVE it!
Good luck with the Ugly American Garbage Plate….NOTHING will ever come close the real Rochester, NY Garbage Place…try all you like…wont happen.
Seriously? Come up with something more original at least. I expected more from you Philadelphia.
We here in Rochester do not go around ordering “Philly Style Cheesesteaks”. Why? Because we know nothing can beat a Philly original.
What’s next? The Ugly American selling Poutine just like in Canada! The Ugly American selling Baltimore Blue Crabs steamed with old bay and a crappy beer?
If you want a real garbage plate, drive up to Rochester. And I don’t recommend that you go to Nick’s. Ask around, try a few.
Nobody makes Cheesesteaks like Philly, NYC Pizza is best in NYC, and Lobster Rolls are fantastic on the Northeast Shore. Same goes for the garbage plate - if you want an imitation, go to Philly - but all you’ll get is an imitation.
BTW… Fairport Hots has a fantastic Garbage plate.
M
i’m from Rochester and this is the best news i’ve heard in… forever.