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A Very English Christmas…in Rochester

Dec 29th, 2009 by

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13 Responses to “A Very English Christmas…in Rochester”

  1. Joe F. says:
    December 30, 2009 at 12:55 pm

    Looks like I’d stick with the figgy pudding and scrapies next time and avoid the Garbage Plate…woof!

  2. Jim F says:
    December 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    I hate to admit it, but I think I would like the Garbage Plate! Really enjoyed the read, Dave!

  3. Lex says:
    December 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Keep ’em coming! Glad I got to here about it, and to see it in action. Garbage Plate? One man’s garbage . . .

  4. David Flaherty says:
    December 31, 2009 at 10:11 am

    Joe, wise plan…but how very un-Rochester of you….perhaps they make a vegetarian garbage plate? Tofurkey smothered in hot pepper sauce over a bed of brussel-sprout saturated spinach covered in green-pepper infused leeks. (It wouldn’t be a true garbage plate without the GI tract overload at about 3 am while tossing and turning in bed in a feverish sweat)

  5. David Flaherty says:
    December 31, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Oh yes, Jim, you are quite right. You would definately like the Garbage Plate going IN…its more the aftereffects that make you rethink the decision. Sort of like one’s first experience with Tequila (“it’s just SO fun! Ah, what the hell, I’ll have another!!”)

  6. David Flaherty says:
    December 31, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Lex, interesting point…hmm….one man’s garbage…is another man’s colon blow?

  7. Katherine (The Misses) says:
    December 31, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    The best part was the we didn’t have to choose.
    We could have it all.
    And we did.

    And may I add that our Garbage Plate partner in crime was my dear friend Corey, a native Rochesterian who wins marathons and teaches second year med students at Harvard.*

    He examined Dave’s GI Tract in Stevie T’s parking Lot prior to the late night snack. There was a slight figgy pudding glut but with a quick jab to the gut, Corey cleared it and gave Dave the green Grabage Plate light.**

    *True
    **Not True

  8. David H. says:
    January 2, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    I could still smell it coming out of Dave on NYE. Made me hungry for those greasy, potatoey, meaty viddle piles in styrofoam.

  9. Kay says:
    January 6, 2010 at 8:45 am

    YES! I grew up in Rochester (now living in Boston for almost 8 years) and miss these. It’s working man food, the original Tahou (before it broke into Steve T’s) an immigrant looking to serve working man food that was filling and fast. Now I’m curious about two things … first, what did you get on yours? I find that what someone chooses can be very telling about the person. (I’m a cheeseburger plate, french fry, homefry and just sauce kind of person — all shouted very fast, of course)

    Second, did you try any of the other token Rochester foods / drinks? This includes Genny Cream Ale (it’s really not that bad, and brings back fond memories .. you can skip the Genny Lite) or Abbott’s Chocolate Almond Custard?

    Hope you had fun :) Even though I’m now a Bostonian and love every minute of it, I’ll always be a Rochester girl at heart.

    – K (and surprisingly, after my share of plates thru the years, still have a waistline) :)

  10. David Flaherty says:
    January 7, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Ha, nice Kay. Great to hear from a true Rochesterian who’s lived the trenches of their food and wine culture. So, I guess in terms of what type of mess I had on my plate, we slammed down a burger plate next to a hot dog plate. In all honesty, my naive ass was shunned from the ordering counter for fear of embarassment and waited nervously in the booth for its arrival. From what I could tell, there was home fries, oodles of hot meat sauce, a boatload of salt and an extra helping of colon destruction powder.

    I’ll have to go back for the Genny Cream Ale, but we did check out a great microbrew pub near Greece called Rohrbach’s. Anyone know it? Had a “Flaherty Irish Ale” which I was stoked to see (not even remotely my favorite though, sadly enough)

  11. Kyle says:
    January 7, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    I can only draw on what the misses said…every kid does dream of the day they have their first garbage plate. Although I must add, they are infinitly better at 3am after a solid night of drinking. I wonder how Dave felt a few hours after eating that virgin plate of his…after the food had a chance to make its way through his system…

  12. Kay says:
    January 13, 2010 at 9:37 am

    Ha! I know Rohrbach’s well. There are only a few decent brew pubs in Rochester, Rohrbach’s being one of the last that brew on site, and a few others like MacGregors and Acme that have solid selections. Decent German-American pub food too :)

    Glad you enjoyed your time in the Roch. It has a lot of charm, I’ll give it that much.

  13. Kay says:
    January 13, 2010 at 9:38 am

    p.s. you can also buy the meat hot sauce at wegmans … and boy that stuff is good 😉

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