Tonight on FOP!

• Why Marc was actually happy to come home to Roch
• We bemoan the return of Pumpkin Spice Everything
• Rochester Schools start later because there's no risk of being too hot next spring
• NY State Fair celebrates charity and fights hunger by wasting 800 lb of food
• Cruise Ships landing in... Buffalo?
• New mini-segment: "Will Marc Eat It?"
• Olive Garden Life Hack
• Our town names and their unusual pronunciations
• What 3 things are required to make you a midsize city?
• Nonrochester construction projects being under time and under budget.
• The Skycoasters play at Lugia's (and all other venues)

Reviews:

• Char at Strathallan
• Pod Computers
• Centric Hots - tonight's featured food
• Trucchi's Cod Cakes
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Blu Wolf Bistro
• IRISH MAFIA
• MicGinny's

In Memoriam:

• The Niagara Tour Bus
• Carbone's Greece
• Pontillos' Greece Ridge (went out of business that day!)
• Staples in Middletown OH
• LDR Char Pit in Charlotte NY (pronounced differently)
• Scrantom's Stationery
• Altier's Shoes
• Burgundy Basin Inn (and its current state)
• Piehler Subaru-GMC
• Tent City

Festivals

• Lilac Fest (artichokes, turkey legs, and cinnamon roasted almonds)
• East End Fest
• Jazz Fest
• Egyptian Fest
• Polish Fest (best food ever)
• Insert Vegetable Name Here Fest
• Cari Fest
• Car Shows

As always, thanks for telling your fellow inmates and escapees!

Tonight on FOP! Put on your 1993 "Bud at the Glen" cutoff shirt and get ready to enjoy.

• Our buddy Jason joins us to give his take on Plates, life in Nonrochester, Wegmans, and more
• "What does the plate mean to you?"
• We memorialize Penfield Hots, a senseless loss
• Driving through middle IL
• Rochester Garages and Auxiliary Kitchens
• What foods are BETTER as leftovers?
• What constitutes a good breakfast sandwich?
• What is goetta?
• Wegmans introduces smart carts, and chaos will inevitably ensue
• Where Mike went to eat at 3AM
• 13 states have 9/11 memorial license plates, but not NY
• The impossible statistics about NY voters
• What the FDA said about Dairy Queen's treats
• Why a $30M budget hole was the least shocking thing we've ever reported
• Rochester's love for inoffensive soft rock radio stations
• Marc recounts a childhood tale of meeting a local celebrity
• The odd way Rochestarians say goodbye

Thanks for telling inmates and escapees about the show!

Tonight on FOP!

• Rochester flooding in June
• Mike reports on his Alaskan Cruise
• Why Marc thinks Alaskans are so happy and peaceful
• Restaurant reviews: Macadamia Nut Encrusted Chicken at The Hangar on the Wharf - Juneau, AK, Finger Lakes Casino Buffet Father's Day Buffet, Der Dutchman Amish Buffet, and in our feature photo, Forno Tony
• In Memoriam: Del Lago casino buffet
• Three "Unhealthy" Debates:
• -What are the top 10 fast food french fries? Mike and Marc discuss their takes on it.
• -Buffalo Wings: Drums vs. Flats? We compromise on that eternal NY conundrum.
• -How Rochester sauces stand up to condiments from other cities
• What is "animal style"?
• The Worst of the Worst: The Worst School Districts in NY, and where Rochester fits in
• "The Shooting du Jour" - what one local news station actually calls its morning news segment
• Nuke Plants: Why NYS has decided to blow more billions it doesn't have on something it used to consider dangerous
• Special license plates in NY - did ANY of that money go to saving the whales?

Thanks for telling other inmates and escapees about the show!!

Tonight on Flyover Plates! It's the Summer Fling Edition... Except Roch still hasn't been warm enough to wear shorts.

• Cousin Pasquale eats the plate of the month, the Genny Plate, and provides his expert critique (Marc's excited mainly because this saved him from having to shell out $20)
• Marc interviews superfan T-Bone about a pizzeria recommendation
• Every weekend for the past 6 months, Rochester has experienced...
• Don Alhart vs Bob Barker (probably not our first comparison of these heroes)
• New Yorkers who escape to FL
• NY's population loss is the size of what entire state?
• Dr. Mike reports on the Best & Worst rated American States
• Restaurant Review: Fry Brothers Turkey Farm, Perinton Hots, Ridge Donuts
• Where does NY rank in terms of economic opportunity?
• What's the hottest county in the US for real estate sales?
• Rochester Town Stereotypes - what's each town known for?
• Mike's Birthday Tour of Food

An hour and a half of Mike & Marc's snarky goodness, which will hopefully keep you nice and full until next month.

Tonight on FOP: Mike makes another traditional Easter plate, and wears his Rochester Red Wings Plates hat!

• Huge apologies for the sound quality - all technology is complicated garbage!
• Controversies:
• Waffle House Delivery?
• Rochester and Buffalo are in the hottest housing markets, but it's recovery not growth
• Restaurant reviews:
• J&E Rootbeer Stand, Middletown, OH
• Savoia Cookies
• What's on the the Roch Food Guide Pyramid?
• Thanksgiving in the Springtime?
• Meat Hot Sauce is Rochester's Hope
• Confessions from the McQ Chapel:
• Marc ate Mark's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts
• Mike eats HOW MANY coneys?
• Tangent: 90s Minivans
• Tangent of a tangent: Reminiscing about old cell phones
• Turning malls into apartment buildings: How the rest of the world does it, and how Rochester managed to botch it
• Guns, cash, and drugs - Normally that's a tagline for an action movie, but for Roc, it's our Mayor's house.
• 3 governors (and 1 atty gen) in a row fired for, em, misconduct
• The may 2024 protest that disrupted the kite event for poor kids
• I Leave New York t-shirts
• Pizza, Carryout, and Pool Supplies!

Thanks for telling your fellow inmates and escapees about the show!

Tonight on FOP: It's a very special Season 3 Premiere!

• WE RECORD LIVE IN THE BOOTH AT WAFFLE HOUSE!
• Cousin RG joins us for his first WH experience, and the waffle he ordered arrived in less than 40 seconds.
• We discuss an article called "What not to order at Cracker Barrel", and then an article on Rochester's I-Squared scandal
• Restaurant reviews: McDonald's HEADQUARTERS, Ming Hin Chicago, Amiel's Subs Rochester
• Marc is a whole different person in non-Rochester
• Why we love Waffle House, its food, and its people
• Would WH survive in Rochester?
• What would a McDonald's garbage plate look like?
• School Lunches then and now

Thanks to our friends at Waffle House for letting us eat there and keep telling your friends about the show!

Tonight on FOP! This Valentine's Day, Dr. Mike is here to get you in the mood... for food.

• What is the Raaachester Eaccent? How do we pronounce werds?
• We realize Rochester never emerged from The Great Depression
• Mike travels to a resort in Mexico, and reviews the only part that matters, the buffet.
• While most magazines discuss retirement and estate planning, Rochestarians discuss what happens to all their debt when they die.
• The Waffle House Egg Surcharge: Will we stand by them?
• Charlie's Sloppy Plate - Indecisive Marc has a Janus moment and orders his with 2 chicken parm cutlets (one marinara one with Roch hot sauce), Square Potatoes (good ones), baked beans, raw onions, and fried cauliflower.
• That one time when Roch unleashed a robocop on 490 that sent out 25k surprise speeding tickets
• Restaurant Review: Honshu Greece Ridge
• How Rochester people utilize their dashboard navigation systems
• Mike's March Madness - The Shamrock Shake
• What's a typical late 90s meal?
• Marc's Reluctant List of Rochester Hidden Gems
• Spam on Sushi?

In Memoriam:

• Bada Korean
• Wegmans Taj Mahal's Tea Bar
• Macy's at Greece Ridge

This marks the conclusion of our second year on the air, er, grease waves! Stay tuned next month as we begin Season 3!

Tonight on FOP!

• We celebrate the milestone of 500 total downloads! Do we have a lot of fans, or just two dedicated loyalists who listen over and over?
• We take a boat ride to Tangent City tonight, going down memory lane with printed TV Guides, the mystique of Syracuse and Buffalo TV stations and Canadian radio stations, handheld TVs, and more.
• Our AIM names, our 90s computers and video games, and how new and fun they were.
• What's Marc wearing in his bedroom?
• Does Rochester have a dress code?
• What's the hottest real estate market right now?
• What Rochester company is buying up an OH competitor, much to Mike's chagrin?
• Rochester Real Estate - what one listing actually said about living downtown.
• What classic Roch food did the Norks ban?
• What Rochester cola is making a comeback?
• Marc reviews Thali of India buffet, and makes his own (very healthy) Indian plate
• What are the top cuisines in the world, according to pea-brained journalists? (We set the record straight afterward, and Mike explores which ones bring him joy.)
• Marc asks: What are Midwest Noodles??? Delve into their mystical world as Mike explains their variants.
• Where do we say we're from when we are traveling?
• Tonight's hilarious comedy segment: A 2012 D&C article claiming Kodak and Roch have some life left in them! We also discuss HOW Rochester companies do business, which is like a combination of a gambler on his last penny, and a bunch of crabs in a bucket.
• Finally, we have a combo Restaurant Review and In Memoriam segment - Yes, an incredible Korean restaurant called Bada went out of business BEFORE Marc could even review it on the show.

Thanks for telling other escapees about the show!