If you're ever in Rochester, NY and you want to try the greasiest, greatest thing in the world, go to Nick Tahou's, home of the "Garbage Plate" It's not in a safe part of town, yet everybody goes there late. Before midnight there are no lines, but at 2 am, you can wait forever. Get a Cheesburger [garbage] Plate with everything. YOU MUST GET THE ONIONS, THEY'RE DEADLY, BUT NECESSRY "Everything" DOES NOT INCLUDE BEANS, DO NOT GET THE BEANS, EVER!!!! NO BEANS Did I make myself clear? Also, the bathrooms are dangerous. DO NOT EVER ATTEMPT TO USE THE BATHROOMS. This is infinitely more important than the beans. Some say you have to be drunk to go to Nick's, but I've eaten many a sober meal there. By the way, the clientel of Nick's exist in three groups 1) cops 2) prostitutes, drug dealers, bums, drug addicts, etc. 3) College students Others sometimes show up, too: one night just after the 11:00 news one of the local sportscasters showed up. Also, on the way in and out, people WILL ask you for money. It's up to you. They live in the parking lot. I guess I might as well tell you the address: 320 W. Main St. Rochester, NY So-called Nick's II is at 2260 Lyell Ave., but I understand the experience is not at all the same...I've never been there and I don't plan to go. Character is 80 percent of what Nick's *is.* Seth Cohen University of Rochester [email removed]
Rochester, NY