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Nick Tahou Hots

Tahou's is the origin of Rochester's authentic cuisine, the garbage plate. For a few dollars, the plates come with your choice of meat, macaroni salad, home fries, onions and special sauce. The most common plate can be ordered by as quickly as possible saying "Cheeseburger plate, mac salad, home fries, everything!".

Address: 320 W Main St
Hours: Mon-Sat 8AM-8PM
Price: $3-9
Website: garbageplate.com (opens in a new tab)

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