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!!