Tonight, the Prodigal Doctor comes HOME! Luckily for him, it's just for a visit.

We drove along Empire Boulevard, looking for a Plate place that would let us record a live episode in the dining room. Eventually, Webster Hots said "come on in!"

• We ordered some very unique plates - shredded Philly cheesesteak plate and a house-made breaded chicken sandwich plate - and review them. Spoiler alert: BOY were they good.
• We memorialize: Holiday Inn Airport & Conf. Center, Golden Dynasty, Cottage Sanibel, MacGregor's Webster, Beale Street, Barry's Pub, Zebb's, Greece Sports Complex, and Mike's dad's old office.
• Mike reviews the 2 other plates he ate whilst at home - one at Bill Gray's and one at Abe's
• We drive by the Rochester Trifecta of businesses
• Mike gets "grease drunk"
• The average age of a Rochestarian
• What anti-improvements have been done to our city lately?
• What is "Plate Terroir"?
• A little Rochester TV Trivia

We hope you love this monumental episode!!! Tell your fellow inmates and escapees about the show!

TONIGHT on FLYOVER PLATES!

We discuss:

• A recap of Don Alhart's final news broadcast in all its classiness
• The nightmare of dating in Roch
• Emus wandering the suburbs of Cincinnati
• Church summer festivals
• Rochester Radio Stations and the 6 songs they play on repeat
• Who is Brother Wease?
• Steve T------'s Hats and Pataytas
• Dr. Mike's childhood stories of eating there
• (I just went to stevethots.com and apparently they have apple pie logs?)
• A Fish Fry Plate?
• 1983 Televisions

They're fallin' faster than we can memorialize them, so tonight we remember:

• D'Mangu and El Sabor de la Isla
• Bathtub Billy's
• Allen's Cobblestone Deli (We hardly knew ye)
• ROC Communications (Installed 80s car phones w. curly antennae)

As always, thanks for telling your fellow Rochestarians about the show! Tell normal people about it too so they can get a taste of the madness!

He's the tie that binds all Rochestarians together.

He's one of the few things that East-siders and West-siders agree on.

He's on Rochester's Mount Rushmore, alongside George Eastman, Walter The Accordion Man, and Brother Wease.

He's about to retire after a record-smashing career.

He's Don Alhart.

Tonight we give tribute to The Don, the greatest newscaster of all time.

We start out with some fun facts about him, such as:

• How they deduced how long his career was via carbon dating
• His interview with King Solomon
• His coverage of The Battle of Hastings
• His political party of choice
• and so much more.

We reminisce about his 1982 TV special with Wanda Miller as they inaugurate the then-prosperous Marketplace Mall, replete with egg contests and raffles that truly built a sense of community.

Tonight we ask the tough questions:

• Will people still watch Channel 13 without The Don?
• Who will take his place at the newsdesk of honor?
• Who are these other flunkies they just hired?
• If a Dunkin Donuts goes out of business, does it become another Dunkin Donuts?

And the tangents continue as we explore:

• What Mike did with a month's worth of leftover Rochester Hot Meat Sauce
• What is Portillo's and how Marc wants to sample their sandwiches
• The Schaeller's Plate
• (Editor's note: There was SO much hot meat sauce on it, I forgot to mention the curly fries!)

Finally, tonight we memorialize:

• Kodak Park
• Krispy Kreme
• Buckman's Donuts
• Panzari's

It's another festival of food and fun you won't want to miss! (Doesn't that sound like an 80s TV commercial?) Thanks for telling your fellow inmates and escapees (and restaurateurs) about the show!

Tonight commences Season 2 of Flyover Plates!

First, we look back on the past year and discuss such highlights as:

• The Great Debate: Do baked beans belong on a garbage plate?
• The Flying Alharts
• Our explanation of Chicken French
• Wood Paneling in Basements
• and so much more!

Then we discuss:

• Marc getting sucked into The Rochester Eternal Surgery Vortex
• The Pittsford Wegmans Shooting and its implications
• Rochestarians are even pitied by people from Cleveland!
• Who was Don Alhart's College Roommate?
• Memorializing our HS gym teacher
• You'll also get some restaurant reviews of: Lipman's and Fattoush
• And the moment you've been waiting for: Marc's review of The Polska Chata Polish Plate

Finally: Every business in Rochester goes out of business every day. Afterward, they become one of three things:

A Dispensary, a Dunkin' Donuts, or a satellite surgery center.

So tonight we debut our modified In Memoriam Segment. We now ask: What did they become?

• Mendon Wok
• Quimby's
• Spy Outlet
• Taste of China
• JB Smokehouse
• Bad to the Bone
• Hick's & McCarthy

Thanks for telling other Rochester escapees and inmates about the show!

Tonight on Flyover Plates!

• Marc comes back refreshed from his trip to NonRochester! The plane back to Roch was less than packed, and people were less than thrilled to be on it.
• The Plate makes it all the way to Nairobi!
• Dr. Mike makes himself an Easter Plate! The base ingredient was bacon grease, and the burgers were shaped like eggs. We'll see if he survives.
• What does Dr. Mike look for in a plate?
• The Roc Remote: A program that pays remote workers to move to Rochester - and a subtle admission that you have to bring your own job because you won't find one here!
• Total hours of sunshine in Roch for Jan 2024 (Yes, it's even less than you think)
• Marc's Special Report on the Rochester Economy
• In Memoriam Segment: "It Is" and Six50 Black Oven Cooking
• Ceramic Horses: Why everyone got on that bandwagon.
• Kodak is hiring for the first time since the 80s!
• What Rochester celebrity has announced his retirement? (Hint: "We all know Father Time is undefeated, but this man gave him a run for his money.")

Keep telling other Roch escapees about the show!

Tonight! On Flyover Plates!

• Mike obtains a secret family recipe for Rochester hot meat sauce
• He conjures up the Jurassic Plate and promises to make it on a future episode
• People obsessed with Charlie Sheen vs People obsessed with Don Alhart
• Where Marc wants to be buried and why
• Is there ANYWHERE worse than Rochester?
• 18% Gray: The official color of Rochester's skies patented by Kodak photographers
• Game of... Plates?
• A rescue shelter for homeless TVs & VCRs facing extinction
• How to properly watch The Godfather
• The dish known as Waffle Heaven
• Tom Wahl's 55 Junker Plate: A simple, less-greasy way to initiate kids into the hobby
• New Roch restaurant reviews: Bada Sushi and Royal of India
• We receive a letter from a coach
• Marc's Google review of a popcorn brand

As always, thanks for telling other escapees about the show!

It's the tenth episode of Flyover Plates!

You get to hear:

Dr. Mike's experience with pork tenderloin in IA

(and what condiment from east of the Mississippi might've worked with it)

What happens when you refrigerate homemade Rochester hot sauce

His encounter with a Rochester sports team down in FL (and what he tried to rename them to)

Marc mailing Bill Gray's hot sauce to cousins on the west and east coast

Mailing the Pope a garbage plate??

Waxing nostalgic about mid-90s Packard Bell PCs and RCA TVs (Get this: they did what YOU wanted them to do, instead of the other way around!)

This month's Rochester Plate was the DogTown Junkyard Plate. It had what on it? Wait... so, it was healthy?

For our In Memoriam Segment, we remember Henrietta Outback, Boston Market, and DeliSandro's

All this and a lot of laughs on tonight's Flyover Plates! Keep telling your fellow Rochester escapees about the show!

Tonight we enjoy a post-Christmas discussion, with requisite leftover Italian cookies.

Mike makes his own homemade Plate - not his first rodeo, but it's the first time he EATS it on the air. Will he finish the whole thing by the end of the show?

What's the most important (mostly inedible) ingredient in a Plate?

New segment: "Confession from the McQuaid Chapel"

Marc reports on his experience with the Jeremiah Plate.

What are Bonus Burgers?

Marc gives a Monroe Ave Manhattan Gridlock traffic update.

What is Nick's Italian Feast?

Where's the only place outside of Roch that you can find Chicken French aka Francese?

What do the American Girl 1990s Throwback Dolls include that may or may not have been influenced by The Flyover Plates Podcast?

Mike Sings The 12 Days of Rochester Christmas

What's the best place to get a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza?

Where in Roch can you find chocolate covered everything?

And we finish off the show by memorializing two legendary Rochester businesses and what local institutions have taken over their buildings.

Thanks for telling your fellow escapees about the show!!!