Thank you Jim for sharing Rochester's wonderfully unhealthy creation. The number of places you can get a plate are actually in the hundreds, but Nick's is the true original and I'm glad you gave them props.
Thanks for putting us on the map, Jim! We love our Garbage Plates here!!! Don’t knock it ‘til you try it Conan. Btw Jim, we’re starting our own clinic for Garbage Plate related illnesses in Rochester. Next time you stop by you’ll have your own personal physician to check your vitals right after you finish your plate. lol And personally, for all those interested in trying it, I think the best garbage plate combination is cheeseburgers, home fries, Mac salad, meat sauce, onions, and ketchup. Enjoy!
I am from Rochester and I miss these dearly. What he doesnt tell you, is that you can change the meat out, some ppl do burger patties instead of hots. Some do baked beans and homefries or homefries and mac salad. So many combos.
"Garbage plate" was originally a nickname. Nick Tahou called it an "everything plate" and didn't like it when the food he served at his restaurant was referred to as "garbage". I imagine he got over it when they started to sell really well. They are much more appetizing after you've been drinking for a few hours.
Lol, love how he said he “still hasn’t recovered from it”. During College I went with some of my friends from SUNY Brockport to go on a pilgrimage to Rochester to the then originator of The Garbage Plate, Nick Tahoe’s. Nowadays in Brockport, Jimmy Z’s has won a local award 🥇 for theirs. I only had the one from Tahoe’s and it was ok. The guys in our crew enjoyed it. It seems built for guys inherent need for a lot of volume of food at a modest price. It feels like something concocted to address a hangover. Just a guess. Anyways, this was fun to watch play out in the local community as people were answering his questions about what to eat and where, etc on both the local press and Social media. He seems like a good guy. That fishing 🎣 in the pool 🏊 thing sounds odd, yet stranger things have happened. My first fishing was with my Dad near my grandpa’s place further downstate. A proper creek outdoors. Coffee Can of worms we searched for early that morning. Dad put the worms on the hook for me, I was maybe 7 or 8 max, he took a lot of the ick factor out of it for me which I always appreciated. Anyways, fun clip! Thanks for the morning laugh!
I live in Rochester, NY. It is amazing! I was not born here and moved here in late 20’s. It is typically served with home fries, mac salad, two cheeseburgers or hot dogs all smothered in a hot meat sauce. I add onions, ketchup (catsup for people who are always wrong), mustard.
Im from around the area of Rochester, often times things are substituted with whatever is on hand but jim got the basics right and its a lovely dish people pretend to be better than. Theres many places to get them, each a bit different.
I met Jim at Acme Comedy club many years ago in the twin cities - he was so cool and down to earth. Made me laugh until I cried, and truly a humble man. I remember it clearly over a decade later. Thanks Jim:)
That's how I describe a garbage plate to visitors of Rochester....a picnic on a plate. When you grow up there you learn to love it. Thx for visiting Jim.
Being from Buffalo... literally hours away from Rochester... the garbage plate is great! So is Jim’s new special which I saw in Buffalo yesterday! Good show!
The glorious garbage plate. I believe the venue remains indecently the same as "Henrietta Hots" definitely creates the classier and rosier couch potato, where over the years the ironing board is recycled into a LOTR reference crafted from Utah.
I clicked on here because I was expecting a story of Minnesota, but Andy, Jim, and Conan bantering together is a treat I crave far more than any garbage plate.
Jim got it SO close. The Garbage Plate originated at Nick Tahou’s 100 years ago, and there have been many delicious imitators since then. It’s your choice of two of the following: Mac salad, home fries, or baked beans; then choose a meat, typically two cheeseburgers or hot dogs, covered with mustard, chopped onions and meat hot sauce, and finished with Frank’s Red Hot sauce! Great at the end of a night of heavy drinking or anytime!
Highly recommended! Garbage plates can come with Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, white hots, red hots or steak. I miss not living in Rochester but have learned to replicate the "garbage plate". Also the meat sauce topping is a Rochester thing and not tied entirely to the garbage plate, a lot of burger places up there use it for burgers, hots and fries. Google Nick Tahous hot sauce for a recipe.
I'm live in Rochester NY!! it's actually from Nick Tahoe's when he first opened and college kids or people that were coming from the club wanted something to eat and he put whole bunch of stuff on a plate and someone called it a garbage plate and it suck . 🤓🤓🤓 The best thing out there !!!
Conan you must come to Rochester! You can start a comedic food skit for your show. Start it off with a small tour of the garbage plate stops in Rochester NY!
Home fries, mac salad, double cheeseburgers, heavy everything (onions, mustard, hot sauce). Swimming in grease. Crusty, 5-minutes-til-doorstop stale bread, pulled from a large black plastic bag. If you go for the hots, they MUST be Zweigles, and preferably the white hots. I prefer a Styrofoam take out tray, even if eating within the restaurant. I am a Tahou's orginalist. Rest in peace Nick, you beautiful monster you.
My parents had that menu item once when they were in college in Rochester, NY in the mid 1980’s. It was a cheap menu item that college students could afford. They apparently haven’t been the same since.
Grew up in rochester and I want to add a few things, it is usually home fries, (cold) mac salad, 2 cheeseburgers and meat hot sauce. Now a garbage plate can be any combination of things depending on where your getting it from. Almost every restaurant you go to in rochester will have this dish on their menu. Fun fact is only one place can call it the garbage plate because they literally trademarked the name. So it's generally referred to here as just a "plate"
Garbage Plates are AWESOME!!!! Also the origin was simply if I'm not mistaken is that someone came into (which ever place invited the Garbage plate) right after a huge rush and wanted some food. The place only had what goes into a garbage plate left in the kitchen, threw it on a plate, and served it the guy and the rest is history.
I was born and raised in Rochester. After a night of heavy drinking (most Hots joints are open after the bars close) there's nothing better than a Plate! You can ask for warm beans and they'll throw them on the grill for a minute, but the standard plate is just mac/homefries with 2 dogs or cheeseburgers (no buns), mustard - onions - meat hot sauce.
Brings back memories...Nick Tahoe's in Rochester was our (Syracuse Univ) destination after ever rugby match between either SUNY-Brockport or Rochester Institute of Technology. My body still is recovering 20 years later from the grade D ground beef, beans and mystery cheese. No regrets however. 👍
Ahhh how I miss the garbage plate. I moved out to San Diego from Rochester years ago and its one of the things I miss the most. Hey @Team Coco, next time you go to Speckles you should bring one for me!
Roc native here...A true Garbage plate has a base of mac salad + home fries, top with 2 hots/2 burgers, a meat hot sauce (a hot sauce with ground beef), ketchup mustard onions.
Actually the Garbage Plate was made by a man named Nick Tahoue (sp) to please the late night bar crowds, people would come in all loaded and ask for a plate with "all the garbage" on it, so he threw it all together and it was a hit. I dont know how he developed the meat sauce, but its not a garbage plate without it. There are a ton of places in Rochester that have perfected the plate, and some that shouldnt ever make another one in their lifetime, but it is a must have after a late night out drinking. The most popular variation is the cheeseburger plate, it comes with 2 bunless cheeseburgers, mac salad and home fries with meat sauce, mustard and fresh onions all over the top.
Dogtown is the place to get it. My usual rout is Dogtown for lunch and Di Bella for second lunch, get an extra large sub from Di Bella and drive back home for the word's most delicious semi-soggy cold sub.
Home Fries, Mac Salad, Onions, Meat Sauce, Burger or Red/White Hot - Add Ketchup / Mustard / Frank's Hot Sauce & viola! (I went to school in Rochester, NY & had more than my fair share of these amazing concoctions)
I'm from Rochester NY and the Garbage Plate is a big deal. It is similar to having a Cheeseburger or Hot Dog with all the toppings and side of French Fries, but just mixed together casserole style. Freakin Delicious!
When Bill Burr was talking about shooting burned out cars Conan's line was "You can't just say it was the 80s" Waiting for the other decades to get their props.
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I’ve never been more proud to be from Rochester NY than this exact moment, and I probably never will be again
I’m from Rochester, NY and live in Rochester, MN (and even more coincidentally, work at Mayo Clinic). My worlds just collided all over the place
“At least 12 places have them” as a rochestarian, I can guarantee there at least 35-40
Had a garbage plate last time I was in Rochester and Ive thought about them once a week since. That was six years ago.
ROCHESTER!!! That’s my home city! Best place for a garbage plate in Rochester: Dogtown. Cozy spot off Monroe Ave
Rochester NY: at least we're not Syracuse
Thank you Jim for sharing Rochester's wonderfully unhealthy creation. The number of places you can get a plate are actually in the hundreds, but Nick's is the true original and I'm glad you gave them props.
"I really like it when you act in movies" - Conan, 2020
Lived in Rochester NY for over 8 years .... best drunk food ever!!!
Always smile when Rochester makes it mainstream every now and then
Thanks for putting us on the map, Jim! We love our Garbage Plates here!!! Don’t knock it ‘til you try it Conan. Btw Jim, we’re starting our own clinic for Garbage Plate related illnesses in Rochester. Next time you stop by you’ll have your own personal physician to check your vitals right after you finish your plate. lol And personally, for all those interested in trying it, I think the best garbage plate combination is cheeseburgers, home fries, Mac salad, meat sauce, onions, and ketchup. Enjoy!
"Have you ever heard of this, Andy?"
"Just when he tells about it."
Lol.
I am from Rochester and I miss these dearly. What he doesnt tell you, is that you can change the meat out, some ppl do burger patties instead of hots. Some do baked beans and homefries or homefries and mac salad. So many combos.
"Garbage plate" was originally a nickname. Nick Tahou called it an "everything plate" and didn't like it when the food he served at his restaurant was referred to as "garbage". I imagine he got over it when they started to sell really well.
They are much more appetizing after you've been drinking for a few hours.
As one who lives in Rochester I can confirm every word of this is true. Garbage Plates: the glory and the shame of the Flower City!
Lol, love how he said he “still hasn’t recovered from it”. During College I went with some of my friends from SUNY Brockport to go on a pilgrimage to Rochester to the then originator of The Garbage Plate, Nick Tahoe’s. Nowadays in Brockport, Jimmy Z’s has won a local award 🥇 for theirs. I only had the one from Tahoe’s and it was ok. The guys in our crew enjoyed it. It seems built for guys inherent need for a lot of volume of food at a modest price. It feels like something concocted to address a hangover. Just a guess. Anyways, this was fun to watch play out in the local community as people were answering his questions about what to eat and where, etc on both the local press and Social media. He seems like a good guy.
That fishing 🎣 in the pool 🏊 thing sounds odd, yet stranger things have happened. My first fishing was with my Dad near my grandpa’s place further downstate. A proper creek outdoors. Coffee Can of worms we searched for early that morning. Dad put the worms on the hook for me, I was maybe 7 or 8 max, he took a lot of the ick factor out of it for me which I always appreciated. Anyways, fun clip! Thanks for the morning laugh!
He’s not lying. My sister went to college in Rochester and I had many of those as hangover food. Worked well! And it’s delicious!
I live in Rochester, NY. It is amazing! I was not born here and moved here in late 20’s. It is typically served with home fries, mac salad, two cheeseburgers or hot dogs all smothered in a hot meat sauce. I add onions, ketchup (catsup for people who are always wrong), mustard.
I remember one of those back in '91, drunk on a Friday night/Saturday morning as a student at U of R. I haven't recovered yet either.
Lol I live in Rochester and anytime I see something about in I’m outside media 9 times out of 10 they are talking about garbage plates
“Fancy cheese” 😂😂😂
Im from around the area of Rochester, often times things are substituted with whatever is on hand but jim got the basics right and its a lovely dish people pretend to be better than. Theres many places to get them, each a bit different.
Conan is my favorite comedian/late night/overall talk show host and it makes me so happy to know that he know my city exists now. YAY ROCHESTER
I met Jim at Acme Comedy club many years ago in the twin cities - he was so cool and down to earth. Made me laugh until I cried, and truly a humble man. I remember it clearly over a decade later. Thanks Jim:)
“Have you heard of this Andy?” “Only when he talks about it.”
“It was the 70s!” 😂
That's how I describe a garbage plate to visitors of Rochester....a picnic on a plate. When you grow up there you learn to love it. Thx for visiting Jim.
Being from Buffalo... literally hours away from Rochester... the garbage plate is great! So is Jim’s new special which I saw in Buffalo yesterday! Good show!
Now I'm going to have to reconsider Rochester and the 70's.
Always a treat to see Conan interview Jim Gaffigan.
Can't wait to see Jim this year, always wanted to go to a live show :D
Agreed about cheddar cheese being called fancy. And yes I caught fish in pools post-70s. The Midwest is great.. but Jim is truly wonderful
The glorious garbage plate. I believe the venue remains indecently the same as "Henrietta Hots" definitely creates the classier and rosier couch potato, where over the years the ironing board is recycled into a LOTR reference crafted from Utah.
I clicked on here because I was expecting a story of Minnesota, but Andy, Jim, and Conan bantering together is a treat I crave far more than any garbage plate.
Jim got it SO close. The Garbage Plate originated at Nick Tahou’s 100 years ago, and there have been many delicious imitators since then. It’s your choice of two of the following: Mac salad, home fries, or baked beans; then choose a meat, typically two cheeseburgers or hot dogs, covered with mustard, chopped onions and meat hot sauce, and finished with Frank’s Red Hot sauce! Great at the end of a night of heavy drinking or anytime!
This brother is hilarious. Him and Andy would riff off each other extremely well.
“I am white trash”
Lmao!!😂😂😂
Highly recommended! Garbage plates can come with Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, white hots, red hots or steak. I miss not living in Rochester but have learned to replicate the "garbage plate". Also the meat sauce topping is a Rochester thing and not tied entirely to the garbage plate, a lot of burger places up there use it for burgers, hots and fries. Google Nick Tahous hot sauce for a recipe.
I’m from Rochester, NY, and the fact that it is known for the garbage plate is pretty appropriate. Glad to be living elsewhere now!
Jim Gaffigan is Andy in everyway possible.
It's like having 2 Andy's on Conan
3:50 I live for the small moments when Andy does a chuckle :D
I'm live in Rochester NY!! it's actually from Nick Tahoe's when he first opened and college kids or people that were coming from the club wanted something to eat and he put whole bunch of stuff on a plate and someone called it a garbage plate and it suck . 🤓🤓🤓 The best thing out there !!!
Conan you must come to Rochester! You can start a comedic food skit for your show. Start it off with a small tour of the garbage plate stops in Rochester NY!
His best role was as Roy in That 70's Show.
Home fries, mac salad, double cheeseburgers, heavy everything (onions, mustard, hot sauce). Swimming in grease. Crusty, 5-minutes-til-doorstop stale bread, pulled from a large black plastic bag.
If you go for the hots, they MUST be Zweigles, and preferably the white hots.
I prefer a Styrofoam take out tray, even if eating within the restaurant.
I am a Tahou's orginalist. Rest in peace Nick, you beautiful monster you.
Three of the greatest comedians sitting together. This is the best thing ever
My parents had that menu item once when they were in college in Rochester, NY in the mid 1980’s. It was a cheap menu item that college students could afford.
They apparently haven’t been the same since.
It's like watching 2 Andy Richter and 1 Conan
Gaffigan is hilarious. Having two epic comedians in one room is a sight to see.
Jim and Andy look and sound like brothers lmao
Jim & Andy look like brothers 😄
sweet! Rochester NY made Conan via Jim Gaffigan! Conan, YOU NEED TO TRY IT....just had one today!
I could listen to them for hours
Grew up in rochester and I want to add a few things, it is usually home fries, (cold) mac salad, 2 cheeseburgers and meat hot sauce. Now a garbage plate can be any combination of things depending on where your getting it from. Almost every restaurant you go to in rochester will have this dish on their menu. Fun fact is only one place can call it the garbage plate because they literally trademarked the name. So it's generally referred to here as just a "plate"
3:53 was that Andy’s subtle Evil ass laugh? lol
I love the Rochester, Minnesota reference. I live in Minneapolis and "Mayo Clinic," is every person's answer for what's in Rochester? LOL
Jim is hilarious in his story telling.
Garbage Plates are AWESOME!!!!
Also the origin was simply if I'm not mistaken is that someone came into (which ever place invited the Garbage plate) right after a huge rush and wanted some food.
The place only had what goes into a garbage plate left in the kitchen, threw it on a plate, and served it the guy and the rest is history.
Welcome Back, Coco!!! I was eagerly waiting for you to come back!!! Was getting bored & jealous of other talk show coming back:)
I was born and raised in Rochester. After a night of heavy drinking (most Hots joints are open after the bars close) there's nothing better than a Plate! You can ask for warm beans and they'll throw them on the grill for a minute, but the standard plate is just mac/homefries with 2 dogs or cheeseburgers (no buns), mustard - onions - meat hot sauce.
**Nixon's presidency**
*_"iT wAs ThE 70's"_*
Looks like food they served in the 1980s US Army chow hall...
11B 1985-2009 11Z Retired Sky Soldier...
“I still haven’t recovered really”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone from Rochester I can attest that it's very good
Rochester Native here. It’s tasty. Gotta try it.
I'm from that area and I LOVE garbage plates.
I live in South Carolina now and we have a local place that serves them and they're fantastic.
Jim looks great! Like he just looks happier and his hair looks great and I love his glasses.
The 70s were dark times.
Andy and Jim look like brothers
I love Jim Gaffigan. Truly a funny man.
Brings back memories...Nick Tahoe's in Rochester was our (Syracuse Univ) destination after ever rugby match between either SUNY-Brockport or Rochester Institute of Technology. My body still is recovering 20 years later from the grade D ground beef, beans and mystery cheese. No regrets however. 👍
Rochester, MN mentioned on Conan ...never thought I'd see that.
Gaffigan is filling the void left by Phillip Seymour Hoffman!
I can confirm the garbage plate is amazing
Remote with Conan and Jim getting a garbage plate, please.
Jim and Andy are SO similar 😂😂😂
Ok finally my two favorite people in one video thank you so much
Ahhh how I miss the garbage plate. I moved out to San Diego from Rochester years ago and its one of the things I miss the most. Hey @Team Coco, next time you go to Speckles you should bring one for me!
Garbage Plate connoisseur here. I can confirm they are amazing!
Come on up to Rochester & try one, Conan!!!!
We’ve seen Conan anywhere from South Korea to Ghana to Haiti. Is Conan Rochester, NY next?
I cant wait to start using "it was the 70s" as an excuse for everything.
Roc native here...A true Garbage plate has a base of mac salad + home fries, top with 2 hots/2 burgers, a meat hot sauce (a hot sauce with ground beef), ketchup mustard onions.
It was a great show in Rochester!
Best birthday present ever!
Actually the Garbage Plate was made by a man named Nick Tahoue (sp) to please the late night bar crowds, people would come in all loaded and ask for a plate with "all the garbage" on it, so he threw it all together and it was a hit. I dont know how he developed the meat sauce, but its not a garbage plate without it. There are a ton of places in Rochester that have perfected the plate, and some that shouldnt ever make another one in their lifetime, but it is a must have after a late night out drinking. The most popular variation is the cheeseburger plate, it comes with 2 bunless cheeseburgers, mac salad and home fries with meat sauce, mustard and fresh onions all over the top.
Jim Gaffigan is the man. hes funny as hell
I lived in the same town as him! Love his comedy.
Garbage Plate is like an entire summer cookout on one plate
"No" my favorite word in the English language.
Went to RIT for college but moved away years ago. This makes me want a garbage plate so bad. Steve T's or Henrietta hots were my go to places.
Well, now, someone in Rochester needs to invite Conan over
I went to RIT... been here, many times!
Andy is always fast with the comeback roast.
That was really funny interview. What a great guest Jim is..
Jim is a national treasure
Dogtown is the place to get it. My usual rout is Dogtown for lunch and Di Bella for second lunch, get an extra large sub from Di Bella and drive back home for the word's most delicious semi-soggy cold sub.
Home Fries, Mac Salad, Onions, Meat Sauce, Burger or Red/White Hot - Add Ketchup / Mustard / Frank's Hot Sauce & viola!
(I went to school in Rochester, NY & had more than my fair share of these amazing concoctions)
I'm from Rochester NY and the Garbage Plate is a big deal. It is similar to having a Cheeseburger or Hot Dog with all the toppings and side of French Fries, but just mixed together casserole style. Freakin Delicious!
Conan The Legend
When Bill Burr was talking about shooting burned out cars Conan's line was "You can't just say it was the 80s" Waiting for the other decades to get their props.
Yes!! Love the garbage plate!!