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
• ER's cursed building: 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.

TONIGHT ON FOP!

• Thanksgiving - where we went, what we ate.
• What's the most annoying Christmas gift?
• What passes for salad in Rochester
• Are Mac & Cheese and Green Bean Casserole appropriate for Thanksgiving?
• Mike eats stuffing... by itself?
• Italian barbers having cookie trays at Christmastime
• What exercise Mike logged in his FitBit this week
• Mexican and Irish Traffic Lights
• Kegs & Eggs
• WNY Raccoon moms
• Meet the HENRYS
• A nationwide network of junkyards
• Rochester's famous Tom the "Conehead"
• Willy Wonka
• An Olde Timey Newspaper's opinion of Rochester in 1812
• For the first times in their lives, Mike and Marc were both at a loss for words tonight.
• State Senator Jeremy Cooney's flier welcoming you to Rochester
• Another Christmas poem from Dr. Mike!

Reviews:

• Abington Ale House, MA
• Merc's and Wakeup Cafe in New Smyrna FL
• Sweet Tomatoes SOUP BUFFET
• The wait is over. Marc finally ate a Rubino's Italian Dinner Plate and reviews it for all both of you listeners.
• Apple Country Spirits aka Rootstock in Williamson, NY

From ALL of us at Flyover Plates, Happy Holidays and eat well!

Tonight on FOP!

• Italian contact lenses
• Mike attempts TV repair in honor of Marc's bday
• Bills fans are now spreading their ruckus across the country
• What's the common secret ingredient in Jewish and Italian food?
• Thanksgiving-Flavored Oreos? Find out which flavors they offer.
• A Pumpkin Spice radio channel?
• Britney Spears is now considered soft rock?
• BBQ in Outer Space
• Zubaz pants popping up everywhere
• How Rochester ruined modern mallpartment life with one stupid placement decision
• HoHoHos holiday treats
• The World Series of Cheese
• The most difficult Italian dishes to make
• Why regional chains should stay regional
• Featured food: Gia's Chicken Parm

In Memoriam

• Marketplace Mall
• Most stores in SouthTown Plaza
• Pep Boys N Greece Rd
• Log Cabin in Macedon - best brinner award
• Bob Evans in Batavia
• JimmyJohn's Henrietta
• Food at Fishers Station
• ChitChat Cafe Victor
• Pier1 Imports Victor (and what it became)
• The Springhouse
• The Princess and The Dutchess diners
• Niagara Falls, ON
• Cheeburger Cheeburger
• All Quizno's in Rochester
• BigLots (nooooo!)
• Pizza Uno in Victor and Chase in Gates
• Two M's
• Woolworth's Pittsford
• Lindburger's
• The Como, Niagara Falls, NY (soon to be resurrected!)
• The Sizzler - resurrected!

They're goin under faster than we can memorialize them! Thanks for being a fan, and why not have a listening party to get your friends into FOP!

Tonight on FOP! It's a tangent-filled nostalgia fest filled with the usual food and folly.

Scandals

• What two high-ticket items Rochester people throw away every fall
• Pumpkin spice... pumpkins?
• Buffalo Bills uniforms and logos in church
• UofR tries to anti-improve its brand
• Savastano's & Papa Joe's robbed
• Rochester, North Korea, or Gaza: Which is worse?

Reviews

• Top 10 Italian restaurants
• Top 10 delis
• Japanese centenarians vs. Rochester workers
• Wegmans saving leftovers for UofR students
• Mike's IA trip, including BBQ BUFFET
• Toll House Pie
• Sibley the Christmas Mouse
• Shen Yun: Rochester Edition
• We forgot to review a plate, so we review Mark's Pizzeria's latest not-totally-original innovation
• Cedar's Lebanese restaurant, Monroe Ave.

Reminiscing

• Portable CD players
• Lou Gramm and Foreigner entering the Natl Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
• Metallica and Gary the Happy Pirate started... where?
• Mike waxes poetic about Wegmans and their video dept
• The Cookie Monster Club
• The Sunday Morning Showcase of Homes on local TV
• What glorious 80s institution would you bring back?

In Memoriam

• The Stereo Shop (one location still exists)
• Happy Joe's Pizza in Iowa
• Kinko's
• Toys R Us is back!
• Schaeller's West Henrietta Rd
• Sibley's, McCurdy's, B. Forman Company

Thanks for telling inmates and escapees about the show!!

Tonight, on the long-awaited Sept episode of Flyover Plates, we review:

• Pumpkin Spice flavored... WHAT?
• NY State does the most ironic thing in history
• Mike actually likes keeping some foods from mixing
• Flaherty's
• Nick's Italian Feast Buffet
• Great American Ballpark's Doctor Appreciation Buffet
• Frontier Field
• The Flagship Friendly's Restaurant
• Chik Fil A + Country Sweet: A Match Made in Heaven?
• GenericBurger, Omaha Airport
• Mike's Christmas Present to Himself
• Chester Cab Pizza

Mike's Trip to Rochester

• Holiday Inn Express
• Strong National Museum of Play
• Tully's Good Times
• LuGia's Ice Cream
• Gia's Pizza Kitchen
• Clubhouse Minigolf
• Abe's: An Honest Meal (Featured Plate of the Month!)

We Memorialize

• Silver Stadium
• Paetec Park
• anyone who was shot outside of Paetec Park
• The Rochester Rhinos

New Mini Interview!

• Cousin Dom gives us his hot take on Vasko's plate, a new place on Park Ave
• We then have a hearty debate about Mark's Pizzeria

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!