I am an American and I Eat Hot Dogs

2 x coneys with everything

So this place is literally right next to another hot dog joint that sells pretty much exactly the same sort of stuff, but apparently people choose their allegiance and stick with it. So much so that our friend Brian claims that he’s never even set foot in the other spot. It’s a kind of committment and allegiance that you have to admire.

The dogs themselves were OK. I’ll be totally honest, if we’re talking about coneys, the best I’ve had thus far was at a Skyline outside of Cincinnati. Skyline’s coneys had a much more robust flavor, with the strong presence of chocolate and cinnamon in the chili. Don’t get me wrong, these were still plenty delicious. And there isn’t anything that’s really more satisfying than slamming a couple of these at like 11:30 at night and then maybe ordering a third just because you feel like it. No, wait, there are plenty of things that are more satisfying than that. But few are available for only $2 and change.

1 x white hot garbage plate, $6.05

Holy shit! There ain’t no better eatin’ in Rochacha than garbage plates! This was an amazing victory of a meal. We rolled into Rochester and met our friends Sarah and Mark. We asked them if there were any local delicacies that we should try while in town, and they sort of giggled to themselves and then described to us the glory of the garbage place.

A garbage plate is basically a whole pile of unhealthy stuff all mixed up together. Hot dogs, baked beans, French fries, homefries, meat sauce, onions, mustard – pretty much any sort of greasy stuff you can imagine. It probably sounds overwhelming. Overwhelmingly delicious! It’s like extreme comfort food.

I got a white hot garbage plate with the local white hot dogs on top of French fries and the baked beans. I experimented with adding some of the pickle slices to this, but it didn’t really work for me. It was perfectly fine as served in its lovely styrofoam container.

Pretty much immediately after consuming, we headed straight to the pharmacy and picked up a bottle of Pepto Bismol. That made things better. I didn’t eat again for 18 hours.