Editing Rochester, New York (section)

===Cuisine===
{{See also|History of brewing in Rochester, New York}}
[[File:Nick Tahou's Garbage Plate.JPG|thumb|A white hot [[Garbage Plate]] from [[Nick Tahou Hots]]]]
One food product Rochester calls its own is the "[[white hot]]", a variant of the [[hot dog]] or smoked [[bratwurst]] made by the local [[Zweigle's]] company and other companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zweigles.com/recipes|title=Zweigle's - Recipes using our products|website=www.zweigles.com|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620014354/http://www.zweigles.com/recipes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/expert-advice/20-must-try-hot-dogs-in-america-20140623/boardwalk-hot-dog-brooklyn|title=Boardwalk Hot Dog (Brooklyn)|website=Men's Journal|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122305/http://www.mensjournal.com/expert-advice/20-must-try-hot-dogs-in-america-20140623/boardwalk-hot-dog-brooklyn|url-status=live}}</ref> Another local specialty is the [[Garbage Plate]], a trademark of [[Nick Tahou Hots]] that traditionally includes macaroni salad, home fries, and two hot dogs or cheeseburgers topped with mustard, onions, and their famous meat hot sauce. Many area restaurants feature copies or variations with the word "plate" commonly used as a general term.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Memmott |first1=Jim |title=How the Garbage Plate surpassed Kodak as Rochester's signature thing |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/01/23/garbage-plate-rochester-ny-signature-dish-gets-props-jim-gaffigan-conan-obrien-nick-tahou-hots/4540227002/ |website=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=23 January 2020}}</ref> [[Chicken Francese]] was first popularized by Rochester's Italian American community.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Memmott |first1=Jim |title=Memmott: In Rochester, chicken French rules the roost |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2014/12/02/rochester-chicken-french-rules-roost/19787107/ |access-date=15 January 2024 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=2 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926172058/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2014/12/02/rochester-chicken-french-rules-roost/19787107/ |archive-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>

The [[Genesee Brewing Company]] is headquartered in Rochester, where it holds an annual December tradition of assembling a tower of beer kegs in the shape of a Christmas tree.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Marcia |title=Genesee Brewery keg tree lighting 2023: What to know about the event this year |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2023/11/03/genesee-brewery-keg-tree-lighting-2023-rochester-ny-what-to-know/71435268007/ |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]] |date=3 November 2023}}</ref> Other local franchises include [[Abbott's Frozen Custard]], [[Bill Gray's]], [[DiBella's]], and [[Tom Wahl's]]. [[Dinosaur Bar-B-Que]], which originated in Syracuse, also operates its second franchise downtown in the former [[Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (Rochester, New York)|Lehigh Valley Railroad station]] on the Genesee River. The [[Ragú]] brand of pasta sauce used to be produced in Rochester. Some of the original facility still exists and produces products for other labels (including Newman's Own) as Private Label Foods.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morrell|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2015/05/30/whatever-happened-ragu/28079047/|title=Whatever Happened to ... Ragu?|date=May 30, 2015|work=[[Democrat and Chronicle]]|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510223933/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2015/05/30/whatever-happened-ragu/28079047/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rochester was also the original home of [[French's]] Mustard, whose address was 1 Mustard Street.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2015/10/16/whatever-happened-frenchs/73860638/|title=Whatever Happened To ... French's?|work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124003727/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2015/10/16/whatever-happened-frenchs/73860638/|url-status=live}}</ref>