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35 Christmas Special: The Straight Up Plate

35 Christmas Special: The Straight Up Plate

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Tonight on FOP! A surprise episode where we clear our consciences and cleanse our palettes in anticipation of a new year.

We Remember

  • Bad 2 the Bone BBQ, Ontario NY
  • QDOBA Webster
  • #Snap Burger in Greece
  • ER Sweetland
  • Odyssey/New Yorker/CornER Diner/Broken Yolk - currently El Greco
  • Big Lots all across Rochester - where else can you go to buy a couch, cereal, mouthwash, and foot lotion?
  • Boxcar Donuts - Roch Public Market
  • Gates cursed building: Fatso's XL, Tony Rigatoni, Yianni's, Cucina 21, Dinemore, currently Fazools
  • OTB on West Ridge - and what it became
  • Crystal Barn - a classic for high-end 80s events - and what it became
  • Quaker Steak & Lube Gates NY - the glorious meal and the tragic timing
  • Donuts Delite (just the one on the west side)
  • Pizza Oven Niagara Falls
  • Long Pond Meats in Greece - and what it became
  • Valley Cadillac, and most other car dealerships - and who took them over


We Celebrate

  • Pane Vino on Monroe
  • Basin Pub
  • Tonight's Featured Plate: Empire Hots Trash Plate
  • Arby's Secret Meat Mountain
  • Sheet Pizzas


We Believe

  • Confessions from the McQuaid and LeMoyne Chapels
  • Mike makes French Toast... in bacon grease.
  • Philly Steak sandwiches with bacon?
  • Do plate establishments advertise, or is it more like, IYKYK?
  • Best ways to cook Brussels sprouts
  • What does Don Alhart eat for Christmas?
  • What are most of the pictures on Mike's phone?


(bonus points if you get the three category names)

So from all of us here at Flyover Plates: Happy Holidays, Prosperous New Year, and fill your soul with food.

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