A garbage plate is a big plate of food that started in a city called Rochester in a place called Nick Tahou Hots. The plate has a whole bunch of different foods all mixed together, like a big crazy pile of food. It has things like hamburgers or hot dogs, French fries, macaroni salad, beans, onions, and spicy meat sauce. The idea is to mix it all up and eat it all together! Some people like to add other things like cheese, ketchup, or mustard to make it taste even better. It might look like a mess, but it's actually really tasty!