Rochester Landmark Article

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Nick Tahou

By staff writer

Ethan Gresko

Nick Tahou is a burger joint established in 1918 in Rochester, NY. Nick Tahou is a notable landmark because it is one of a kind. Tahou serves hots and burgers, chicken and sausage, and their famous garbage plate, which brings in the population of customers it has. Nick Tahou gives Rochester one more reason to visit this town.

            Nick Tahou was founded by Alex Tahou in 1918. The name, Nick Tahou, came from the founder’s son, Nick Tahou, who later died in 1997.  Currently, Nick Tahou’s son, Alex Tahou, runs the famous restaurant.

            Nick Tahou Hots is notably famous for their invention, the garbage plate.  The garbage plate consists of a selection of cheeseburger, hamburger, red or white hots, Italian sausage, chicken tenders, haddock, fried ham, grilled cheese or eggs. Then there are the two sides of home fries, French fries, baked beans, or mac salad. In even more addition, a diner can top their garbage plate with mustard and onions, and Nick’s famous hot sauce, which consists of spices and slow simmered ground beef. The garbage plate was named New York State’s fattiest food by Health.com.

            The Nick Tahou on West Main street at Oak street was formerly a station for the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh railway in 1881. The building served as a depot and hotel. It is also stationed near the Rochester abandoned subway.

            Nick Tahou has been featured on the Food Network’s Unwrapped, a Rochester based Monopoly, and the June 2007 issue of US Airways in-flight magazine. Nick Tahou has also been seen twice on the Travel Channel, once on Chowdown Countdown where it ranked 81 out of 101 locations. A second time on Man v. Food Nation.

            There are many reasons why Nick  Tahou is so famous, and it’s media and historical reasons are just a few. Every Rochester tourist should stop there at least once when in town to experience the full delight of history and good food.
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This project was interesting to do because it introduced us to article writing. We had to research a landmark, mine being Nick Tohou, and find out why it was an important Rochester landmark. The information I learned plus the experience gained from the project made this a fun thing to do.