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41 Planet of the Goats
Jun 18, 2026
1h 37m 31s
40 Mike's Mini Me - 2hr special!
May 31, 2026
1h 57m 05s
39 Take Your Date for a Plate
May 9, 2026
1h 26m 06s
38 State of the Plate
Apr 4, 2026
2h 11m 34s
37 Mike's Mt Rushmore of Fast Food
Mar 7, 2026
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| 6/18/26 |  41 Planet of the Goats | Tonight on FOP! Foodyseus takes us on a food odyssey through the midwest, where most restaurants are actually still in business.We discuss:Goats. Not the Greatest of all Time, but real live goats. Walking around our malls. Because there are no more businesses or human kids left here.What NY Knicks fans burned to celebrate a winThe TWO reasons Mike is bursting at the seamsEnglish soccer fan comes to Texas to try brisketScottish tourists drink Boston dryA Swede discovers ranch dressingFood is the common ground to peaceA new champion claims #1 in fast food customer satisfactionArticle: Top food chains#GhostTownLifeWe review:Battle of the Sub ShopsKFC BuffetPizza Hut BuffetPaneraCracker BarrelGolden CorralPast Times Arcade in Girard, OHVarious books we were assigned to read in school"Old Reliable"Then we dip our toes into the 8-page backlog of In Memoriams:TGI Friday's and Ruby Tuesday's in HenriettaExtreme Gifts Dispensary - how NY crushes even its darling industryAmiel Sr., founder of Amiel's Sub ShopJai Ho Indian CuisineLeonardo's PizzaSears Marketplace Mall - what did it become?Regal Cinemas Culver-Ridge - what two things did it become?Chase Bank, and Vape and Smoke, on Chili@Howard RdPizza Stop in PittsfordPittsford Eyewear - what did it becomeBrighton Vision 12 Corners & Lens Crafters Marketplace MallCam's Pizzeria East AveRebel Pi make-your-own pizzaTWO funeral homes on the same streetNew Aladdin's in Victor - just opened, but for how long?The Resurrection of Martusciello'sHart's Local Grocer - gone, againBravo and Gioia MacaroniLike all those businesses, this episode too was cut short! A tornado appeared in non-Rochester, so we had to call it quits. Thanks for listening and telling other inmates about the show! | 1h 37m 31s | ||||||
| 5/31/26 |  40 Mike's Mini Me - 2hr special!✨ | foodlocal culture+4 | Mike's Mini Me | CITY MAGAZINE | RochesterNY State+11 | chicken stripsRochester restaurants+5 | — | 1h 57m 05s | |
| 5/9/26 |  39 Take Your Date for a Plate✨ | local dininghigh school memories+4 | — | Flaherty'sFirehouse Subs+4 | RochHoneoye Falls+3 | Rochesterprom night+5 | — | 1h 26m 06s | |
| 4/4/26 |  38 State of the Plate✨ | foodtravel+5 | — | Garbage PlateShepherd's Pie+5 | New YorkFlorida+5 | Garbage PlateEaster+5 | — | 2h 11m 34s | |
| 3/7/26 |  37 Mike's Mt Rushmore of Fast Food✨ | fast foodfood chains+4 | — | Wegmans | AntarcticaRochester+7 | fast foodbrinner+5 | — | 1h 29m 45s | |
| 2/5/26 |  36 Tears of Joy✨ | foodlocal culture+4 | — | WROC-TV8Mister Food | RochesterFlorida+5 | Rochester foodShamrock Shake+7 | — | 1h 39m 03s | |
| 12/30/25 |  35 Christmas Special: The Straight Up Plate✨ | Christmas specialfood review+3 | — | Trash PlateArby's Secret Meat Mountain+4 | Ontario NYWebster+5 | Christmasfood+5 | — | 1h 21m 47s | |
| 12/6/25 |  34 FINALLY, The Italian Plate.✨ | ThanksgivingChristmas gifts+4 | — | Rubino's Italian Dinner PlateAbington Ale House+4 | RochesterNew Smyrna FL+1 | ThanksgivingChristmas+5 | — | 1h 30m 49s | |
| 11/20/25 |  33 Thanksgiving Flavored Oreos?✨ | Thanksgivingfood+4 | — | Thanksgiving-Flavored OreosPumpkin Spice+8 | Outer SpaceRochester+1 | ThanksgivingOreos+7 | — | 1h 40m 03s | |
| 10/29/25 |  32 What would you bring back?✨ | nostalgiafood+4 | — | Pumpkin spiceToll House Pie+6 | RochesterNorth Korea+1 | Rochesternostalgia+7 | — | 1h 39m 01s | |
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| 9/30/25 |  31 The Second Homecoming✨ | food reviewslocal restaurants+4 | Cousin Dom | Chik Fil ACountry Sweet+1 | Omaha AirportRochester+9 | Pumpkin SpiceRochester+7 | — | 1h 16m 33s | |
| 8/23/25 |  30 Hazardous Summer Festivals✨ | summer festivalsfood reviews+5 | — | Pumpkin Spice EverythingTrucchi's Cod Cakes+15 | RochNY State+7 | summer festivalsRochester+5 | — | 1h 29m 55s | |
| 7/25/25 |  29 Auxiliary Kitchens✨ | foodlocal culture+5 | Jason | WegmansFDA+1 | NonrochesterPenfield Hots+3 | leftoversbreakfast sandwich+6 | — | 1h 21m 15s | |
| 6/26/25 |  28 Unhealthy Debates | Tonight on FOP!Rochester flooding in JuneMike reports on his Alaskan CruiseWhy Marc thinks Alaskans are so happy and peacefulRestaurant 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 TonyIn Memoriam: Del Lago casino buffetThree "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 citiesWhat 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 segmentNuke Plants: Why NYS has decided to blow more billions it doesn't have on something it used to consider dangerousSpecial license plates in NY - did ANY of that money go to saving the whales?Thanks for telling other inmates and escapees about the show!! | 1h 29m 39s | ||||||
| 5/31/25 |  27 Rochy Stereotypes | Tonight on Flyover Plates! It's the Summer Fling Edition... Except Roch still hasn't been warm enough to wear shorts.Cousin Pasquale eats the plate of the month, the Genny Plate, and provides his expert critique (Marc's excited mainly because this saved him from having to shell out $20)Marc interviews superfan T-Bone about a pizzeria recommendationEvery weekend for the past 6 months, Rochester has experienced...Don Alhart vs Bob Barker (probably not our first comparison of these heroes)New Yorkers who escape to FLNY's population loss is the size of what entire state?Dr. Mike reports on the Best & Worst rated American StatesRestaurant Review: Fry Brothers Turkey Farm, Perinton Hots, Ridge DonutsWhere does NY rank in terms of economic opportunity?What's the hottest county in the US for real estate sales?Rochester Town Stereotypes - what's each town known for?Mike's Birthday Tour of FoodAn hour and a half of Mike & Marc's snarky goodness, which will hopefully keep you nice and full until next month. | 1h 26m 28s | ||||||
| 4/23/25 |  26 Easter Confessions, Pizza, and Pool Supplies | Tonight on FOP: Mike makes another traditional Easter plate, and wears his Rochester Red Wings Plates hat!Huge apologies for the sound quality - all technology is complicated garbage!Controversies:Waffle House Delivery?Rochester and Buffalo are in the hottest housing markets, but it's recovery not growthRestaurant reviews:J&E Rootbeer Stand, Middletown, OHSavoia CookiesWhat's on the the Roch Food Guide Pyramid?Thanksgiving in the Springtime?Meat Hot Sauce is Rochester's HopeConfessions from the McQ Chapel:Marc ate Mark's Pizza and Dunkin' DonutsMike eats HOW MANY coneys?Tangent: 90s MinivansTangent of a tangent: Reminiscing about old cell phonesTurning malls into apartment buildings: How the rest of the world does it, and how Rochester managed to botch itGuns, cash, and drugs - Normally that's a tagline for an action movie, but for Roc, it's our Mayor's house.3 governors (and 1 atty gen) in a row fired for, em, misconductThe may 2024 protest that disrupted the kite event for poor kidsI Leave New York t-shirtsPizza, Carryout, and Pool Supplies!Thanks for telling your fellow inmates and escapees about the show! | 1h 33m 22s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 |  25 From Awful to Waffle | Tonight on FOP: It's a very special Season 3 Premiere!WE RECORD LIVE IN THE BOOTH AT WAFFLE HOUSE!Cousin RG joins us for his first WH experience, and the waffle he ordered arrived in less than 40 seconds.We discuss an article called "What not to order at Cracker Barrel", and then an article on Rochester's I-Squared scandalRestaurant reviews: McDonald's HEADQUARTERS, Ming Hin Chicago, Amiel's Subs RochesterMarc is a whole different person in non-RochesterWhy we love Waffle House, its food, and its peopleWould WH survive in Rochester?What would a McDonald's garbage plate look like?School Lunches then and nowThanks to our friends at Waffle House for letting us eat there and keep telling your friends about the show! | 1h 17m 45s | ||||||
| 2/13/25 |  24 Date Plates | Tonight on FOP! This Valentine's Day, Dr. Mike is here to get you in the mood... for food.What is the Raaachester Eaccent? How do we pronounce werds?We realize Rochester never emerged from The Great DepressionMike travels to a resort in Mexico, and reviews the only part that matters, the buffet.While most magazines discuss retirement and estate planning, Rochestarians discuss what happens to all their debt when they die.The Waffle House Egg Surcharge: Will we stand by them?Charlie's Sloppy Plate - Indecisive Marc has a Janus moment and orders his with 2 chicken parm cutlets (one marinara one with Roch hot sauce), Square Potatoes (good ones), baked beans, raw onions, and fried cauliflower.That one time when Roch unleashed a robocop on 490 that sent out 25k surprise speeding ticketsRestaurant Review: Honshu Greece RidgeHow Rochester people utilize their dashboard navigation systemsMike's March Madness - The Shamrock ShakeWhat's a typical late 90s meal?Marc's Reluctant List of Rochester Hidden GemsSpam on Sushi?In Memoriam:Bada KoreanWegmans Taj Mahal's Tea BarMacy's at Greece RidgeThis marks the conclusion of our second year on the air, er, grease waves! Stay tuned next month as we begin Season 3! | 1h 16m 18s | ||||||
| 1/16/25 |  23 The 500 Download Celebration! | Tonight on FOP!We celebrate the milestone of 500 total downloads! Do we have a lot of fans, or just two dedicated loyalists who listen over and over?We take a boat ride to Tangent City tonight, going down memory lane with printed TV Guides, the mystique of Syracuse and Buffalo TV stations and Canadian radio stations, handheld TVs, and more.Our AIM names, our 90s computers and video games, and how new and fun they were.What's Marc wearing in his bedroom?Does Rochester have a dress code?What's the hottest real estate market right now?What Rochester company is buying up an OH competitor, much to Mike's chagrin?Rochester Real Estate - what one listing actually said about living downtown.What classic Roch food did the Norks ban?What Rochester cola is making a comeback?Marc reviews Thali of India buffet, and makes his own (very healthy) Indian plateWhat are the top cuisines in the world, according to pea-brained journalists? (We set the record straight afterward, and Mike explores which ones bring him joy.)Marc asks: What are Midwest Noodles??? Delve into their mystical world as Mike explains their variants.Where do we say we're from when we are traveling?Tonight's hilarious comedy segment: A 2012 D&C article claiming Kodak and Roch have some life left in them! We also discuss HOW Rochester companies do business, which is like a combination of a gambler on his last penny, and a bunch of crabs in a bucket.Finally, we have a combo Restaurant Review and In Memoriam segment - Yes, an incredible Korean restaurant called Bada went out of business BEFORE Marc could even review it on the show.Thanks for telling other escapees about the show! | 1h 27m 02s | ||||||
| 12/26/24 |  22 The Pathetic, Poetic Christmas of Crime | It's Christmas Night, and guess who has nothing better to do - us!There's no room for FOP at the inn, so here we go:Topics we lambaste:The Rochester indoor heating dilemmaMarc's Incident (Rochester crime affects us all, directly)Christmas Eve Church Car break-in spree (16 cars at one church alone)Is NC part of The South?Mike's hero enters the Guinness Book of World RecordsFan MailA funeral home that sells what?What makes a good or a bad onion ringUnbeknownst to each other, we each brought Christmas poemsRestaurants we review:The science of eating a Waffle House All Star SpecialBuffet City, St Petersburg, FLIron Chef II, Mason, OHSushi585Kocina Stingray Sushifusion's OG TrashplateEmpire Hots Trash PlateJ&E's Rootbeer Stand, Middletown, OHSkyline Chili DogsGreat Wolf Lodge Christmas BuffetPonderosa, Somewhere, OHOnce all three of our fans download this episode, we'll have broken past the 500 download mark!!!! | 1h 13m 42s | ||||||
| 12/5/24 |  21 A Thanksgiving Resurrection? | It's our second annual Thanksgiving episode!Where did Marc go to eat for his birthday?Our Thanksgiving ReportsThanksgiving pizza?Why Celery Sucks - ended up doing that segment twiceConfessions from the McQuaid CafeteriaPlate of the Month: Italian American Community Center Thanksgiving Luncheon (with pasta and what Mike calls Italian Pillows!)Emotional Support Ponies - how they're treated at Wegmans vs how they're treated at TopsThe Rochester Train Station is called what???Make Rochester Great Again?Our New Year's Resolutions"We're teetering on the edge here, people""Fat Guys: They know what's up"Restaurants We Review:Stockholder's BostonSchooner's BostonBello Valentino's New SmyrnaWe Memorialize:East Roch funeral homes (there's nobody even left to die!)Sticky Lips BBQChappy's HotsBertucci's Corner ChicagoPizza Mafia in FairportDemocrat & Chronicle printing press in GreeceCombo Shutdown: Ken's Pizza Corner and Brownstein's BagelsGolden Fox Diner on Culverand a special surprise business Resurrection!As always, thanks for telling your friends about the show! | 1h 27m 55s | ||||||
| 10/30/24 |  20 The 2 Hour Halloween Marathon! | Tonight on Flyover Plates! Marc's recording software crashed, so we lost track of time and ended up doing an inadvertent 2-hour marathon mega-episode! We discuss:The long-awaited Tribute to Coach Mike. Marc expresses gratitude for our driver's ed (and tennis) coach who taught us defensive driving. He then spends around half an hour outlining the ways Rochester drivers are clueless: None of them have ever heard of turning on your inside lane when turning onto a four-lane road. Also, when turning off of a main road, most of them slam on the brakes, make their turn, then signal afterward, not realizing the purpose of signaling.Dr. Mike goes to New Orleans to sample its cuisines. Baked Alaska at Antoine's, Po Boys, Gumbos, and a surprising connection to Rochester.Fox's and House of Guitars achieve well-earned listings in a historic registry.We lambaste CNN's "Top 10 American Foods" which should be titled "Top 10 of the most obscure non-American foods you've never heard of".Mike discusses the food-related Project 2025, calling for the resurrection of Pizza Hut Buffets, Blockbusters, 1987 airline breakfasts, Salisbury steak, and more.Restaurant Reviews: Fairfield's Chicken French Sandwich, CoreLifeTonight's Plate: The Olympia Barnyard Plate. Scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped raw onions, mac salad, Roch hot sauce, and buttered rye toast. Delicate and delectable.Mike makes homemade Philly Cheesesteaks for his familyIn Memoriam: Canalside Jewelers, Bamboo House, Benucci's, The Diplomat, Big Boy (Roc and OH), and the resurrection of FYE!We finish up by discussing our FOPpy plans for Halloween.As always, thanks for listening and telling inmates and escapees! | 1h 57m 54s | ||||||
| 9/26/24 |  19 Fantasy Football Plate | After two hours of fighting with his new-to-him computer, Marc cobbled things together enough to start recording. Tonight:We lament new pumpkin spice "innovations"What's your ideal Plate? Tonight we debut a new segment called Fantasy Football Plate:For Rosh Hashanah, we let our imaginations run (very) wild as we describe our ideal Jewish food plate.Marc reviews the food at Whiskey River and WHY YOU NEED TO GOMike reviewsThe unbeatable $1.38 hot dog combo at Sam's ClubOreo Coke ZeroMom Jeans RadioHow you can score a hamburger dinner for only $1... at most restaurants.Restaurants discussed:Friendly'sDahlia'sSicilian DelightPizza buffets & white pizzaWe memorialize:James Earl JonesAlpha & Omega (just Penfield)Kenny Rogers RoastersCici's Pizza (just Rochester)and we also anti-memorialize a nonRochester business that's actually GROWING!Amazon, which is struggling in western NY because it has no employeesWe Debate:Paying your bill in cash vs creditWhat flavors "take over" a meal?So, come find the joy in life with Flyover Plates. Thanks for telling other escapees about the show! | 1h 24m 58s | ||||||
| 8/31/24 |  18 A Flight of... Hot Dogs? | Tonight, on FOP!Mike drops off his family at the airport, just so he can go down in the basement and record an episode.Marc enjoys his new back deck before the snow flies next week.Sampling a flight of... hot dogs? (Where else besides FOP would you hear that?)It's Mike's turn to review a plate, and it's a good one. The Amber Rose Hungarian-Lithuanian plate includes pork schnitzel with cream sauce, a delectable-looking potato pancake, and the only sauerkraut he considers worthy.Culver's is a consolation prize for escapees who miss Bill Gray'sPonderosa vs. Old Country Buffet vs. Golden CorralMt. Hope Diner - good food, but also good SamaritansMemorializing Phil DonahueWhen to get FREE hot tubs in RochesterThey're droppin' like flies, so we spend the second half of the show catching up on the MANY businesses in Rochester that have gone under lately:Bar LouieRuby TuesdayMacaroni GrillRED LOBSTERMt Hope Garage - went out of business a few days before Marc's car broke down behind itCOSIMOS PIZZA - NOOOOOOWest Webster Furniture StrippersGrinnell's - Allegedly Roch's best Chicken FrenchRuby Gordon Furniture HenriettaTHE NUT HOUSE BRIGHTON: A great story about them, and what the building is nowScotch&SirloinJoe's Crab ShackThanks as always for sharing the show with other Rochestarians near and far! | 1h 16m 00s | ||||||
| 7/31/24 |  17 Flyover Debates | It'll be hard to live up to the last episode, but we'll try.Tonight we welcome our first special guest! Cousin RG is our biggest fan and has a lot to say about Rochester - its crime, its food, its mystique.We discuss:A Rochester Legend: Red Fedele's Brook HouseWhat's the best part about visiting Rochester?The legality of Boneless WingsWhat's missing in this episode?Confessions from the McQuaid... CafeteriaRG's definition of the ideal PlateWe review:Mike's kids give their opinion on Roch burgersOrbaker's Rte 104 Plate (pictured above)The Winfield's Boneless Buffalo PlateGia's PizzaBeck's WingsCiaccia's DeliWe Memorialize:Bamboo House Chinese & Thai RestaurantBulldog's Alehouse Chicago - AYCA FISH FRYWe Debate:Ranch vs Bleu CheeseRaw vs Sauteed OnionsWhat's the best sub shop in Rochester?Crispy or soggy fries on your Plate?Wegmans vs TopsWhat's the best flavor of wing sauce?As always, thanks for telling inmates and escapees about the show! | 1h 28m 11s | ||||||
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