Steve T Hots & Potatoes

what the fuck I am pregnant and i spent 55 $ for 4 weeks of dog food what the fuck. this is the worst place i been to. my dog bark at the dam food, i am going to tell everybody don’t eat their its dog food. even chuck cheese is better then this bullshit. my family is going their tomorrow and we are going to eat really food.

Best: open 24 hours!
Not so best: Consistently soggy and smaller portion than most plates.

Great place for a quick plate! Run in late night to get a plate after the bars close. Always good and filling.

The food is excellent here. The hot sauce is amazing and you can’t beat the prices!!! A must for all.

Garbage plates! I like them just as much as the rest of you, but I could do without the protein. I’m not a big fan of burgers or hotdogs but I love their mac salad and their fries smothered with hot sauce, mustard and onions. It’s a very large portion and they give you bread and butter on the side. If I don’t share it, I always have at least half of it for the next day. Yes, I think there are some better garbage plates out there but this is a staple of Rochester and I’m happy to support them

We got a cheeseburger plate, a hot dog and potatoes plate, and a burger + pork sausage plate. The mac salad is good but a little bland. Meat sauce is decent.
The interior isn’t fancy. The bathroom is mildly concerning. If you prefer light or clean eating, don’t look here. If you want a pile of food that’ll fill you up and comes with bread on the side, this is it.

They sell all kinds of merch here because it’s become so popular and so legendary within the 585. You can get Steve Mugs, Steve Baseball Caps, and of course, Steve T’s.
What to get: White Hot if you’re not too hungry, Garbage Plate if you are, either way get extra meat sauce.
What else: Your mother.
If they sold drugs here, it’d be «Steve E’s» or «Steve LSD’s.» Wait a minute, they probably do.
This is the place to go if Wimpy (just down the road) is closed and you want a Garbage Plate, because they’re open super crazy late. They used to be 24 hours, I’m not sure if they still are, I’d ask Steve, but he’s busy working at his other business, a porn studio, named «Steve D’s.»
It’s one of the better garbage plates in town, largely because it’s modeled after the Nick Tahou’s version, because Steve T is himself a Tahou. In fact this place used to be called Nick’s but the real Nick sued Steve, and then it was Steve Tahou’s I think, but Nick wouldn’t let that one stand either, so eventually they settled on Steve T’s. It’s a shame when families fight like that, but certainly I wish both places well. I think Nick T’s tastes better, by a short distance, but Steve T’s is open much, much later.
If they were connected to the legal system, they’d be Steve QC’s.
A GP is not a doctor, but you will need one after you eat one. It is probably the worst thing in the world that you could eat in health terms, but if you’re into late night drunk college food, it’s absolutely delicious. A Garbage Plate basically combines hamburger patties and/​or hot dogs with any combination of mac salad, hash browns, beans, coleslaw, you name it. And it covers the whole thing with delicious spiced wet meat sauce — the more, the better. It’s greasy and it’s enough to stop your heart. Some people love it, a lot of people hate it. Few are indifferent to it. I personally love them, though I never eat them.
Speaking of which, if they prescribed medicine for heartburn, cholesterol, etc, caused by their own food, they’d be Steve GP’s.
So… Definitely one of the top 5 GPs in the home town of GPs, but lagging just a little behind Wimpy, Nick’s, and maybe Taci’s in terms of taste. Mentioning Tacis implies Tacit complicity which is completely false.
If they were selling old Vinyl records, they’d be Steve’s LP’s.
Edit: just found out they are, apparently, still open 24 hours. A lot of former 24 hour places have stopped doing the 24 hour thing of late. Really glad that this one has not.
And if you want a discount, go in here late at night (like 3am), and show Steve your T’s. How do you think the place really got its name? Duh.

Tastiest pile of mess on earth. Best when drunk at 3am. The bread is awesome and the sauce is even awesomer. Do it.
A must eat on this earth. It’s an experience.

Order a garbage plate, they’re the best… anywhere! And get everything on it, no-​one likes a Nancy!

I am a 6 year customer. They continually raise rates and the product, sudo Garbage plate, is not better. At $ 10 per plate — there are BETTER options!
Do not go there. I WON’T.

Anyone who grew up on the west side knows this place is essentially Nick Tahou’s. It was called Nick Tahou’s in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and up until 2007. Ran by then and now independently owned and operated by Nicks Nephew, Steve. Hence the «T». The food taste exactly the same only better if you get a hotdog plate because Steve uses zweigles. Also The place Never closes. Which is great for those late night cravings. Always ask for extra Hotsauce.

The legendary Garbage Plate. Having married a Rochester native, I’m very familiar and actually anticipate all of our trips up to ROC so I can get my hands on a plate! I don’t know if I have a sophisticated enough of a garbage plate palette to be able to tell the difference between different restaurants’ plates, but I can tell you the one I had at Steve T. Hots and Potatoes definitely hit the spot! It was a great balance of macaroni salad, onions and potatoes with a cheeseburger on top. Just like any plate spot, the staff are all business and don’t want you to take more than a nano-​second to order your food, so come in knowing what you want or you’ll get some dirty looks. I guess that’s all part of the charm? The place is kind of divey, but I think that’s what you expect from most plate joints… you don’t go for the ambiance. You go to gorge yourself on a mish-​mash of goodness on a plate.

If you are new to Rochester and somebody tells you to try a garbage plate it is safe to say this formerly known as Lyell ave tahous. Now Steve T’s. May he RIP… Gasp. Is the legit choice of plate if you ask me and I have tried every plate in Monroe county, bring cash and an appetite and don’t listen to any of these negative reviews, you’d have to be an absolute sh*t head to say a g plate is any bit short of satisfying. My last meal would be this place. Don’t make me prove it!

My father and my 2 boys finally got to try a garbage plate. They were very excited. This was my 1^st time here. We tried it out based upon other reviews. Service at the counter was great. Food was excellent. Will definitely make it a point to stop next time we’re in town. Not in a bad area either as some of the other places out there.

Now I’m all for the garbage plate and have been here many of times after late nights of fun. This particular occasion ended with my mouth and stomach frowning. Now we all know the plate is a greasy pile of stoof but this time was a little absurd. I began eating my plate realizing it was literally in a pool of grease and was super spicy. I tried to fight through due to delicious flavor but ended up getting a bowl and a wire pasta strainer and yes you guessed it… on goes my plate.
So yes as I oddly ate my plate off a pasta strainer my mouth coated in grease and nose watering from heat I looked into the bowl and then looked away in denial. In disgust put what had left in the fridge (I couldn’t throw it away. At the moment I wanted nothing more to do with it but knew the next day in a hungry stooper I would regret such a decision). Left the bowl on the counter.
The next morning the oil had solidified a bit. YUM! in curiosity I scooped it into a measuring cup (look below) (or in pic folder) …I wasn’t surprised then wondered how much had actually made it into my body. I guess my stomach also wondered due to its clear unhappiness It was making me feel.

Hots, home fries, mac salad, «meat sauce”(?!), mustard… all piled up in a styrofoam box. Surprisingly tasty for all its lack of visual appeal! I do think this would be great late night, after hours, post-​libation fare. I think everyone should try at least once!

Order hots & potatoes.
I’ve pass this place daily and finally decided to give it a try. The fact that is a ²⁴⁄₇ is already a winner and a hard find in Roc. So now I have a place to visit late at night. I ordered the hots & potatoes name sake dish. Had no idea what I was getting. Delicious plate of franks, choice of potato & another side dish, I got mac salad. I ate 3 meals out of it.
They have sandwiches, several other plates. Next time a new try.

I think the entire review can be summed up as follows: Nick Tahou’s is way better. But this is great for the western suburbs.
If I had to gripe, it’s that you have to ask for extra toppings (mustard, onions, meat sauce) just to get an acceptable amount. I ate through my toppings in no time. You also don’t get as much here as you do at Nick’s. Then again, this place is open 24 hours. Simple, straightforward, if you like garbage plates, this works.

When you say plates, I say Gates. Steve T’s is where it’s at.
Sometimes a phantom whiff of meat sauce will take my nostrils on a late-​night fantasy to this 24-​hour greasy ladle of delight.

People of Rochester: What is the matter with you? Are you out of your cotton-​picking* minds? How else did you come up with a Garbage Plate?
Two cheeseburger patties, slapped on top of macaroni salad, onions, and homefries, covered in spicy meat sauce. Served with bread. Why? «So you can keep it down.»
You people are crazy… like a FOX. That shit is delicious. One of the tastiest, most disgustingly satisfying thing you can eat when drunk.
Emphasis on the disgusting. I fear that if I was sober, I would know better.
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*I like this expression. I’m not sure why, exactly.