The dish can be garnished with mustard, chopped onions, ketchup[2] and the venue's signature hot sauce, and is served with bread and butter.

The Mount Hope Family Center is the recipient of all proceeds collected during the event, including sponsor funds and contestant's entry fees.

[9] Steve Tahou returned to using Rochester-based Zweigle's hot dogs and Italian sausages, which were used in the original garbage plates at Nick's.

[13] On the November 16, 2009, episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart told the people of Rochester to "get their heads out of their Garbage Plates.

"[14] On February 23, 2011, the Food Network filmed a segment for the show The Best Thing I Ever Ate on the recommendation of pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini.

In the 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines, Garbage Plates are mentioned as a "must have" for Bradley Cooper's character Avery when he travels through Rochester, New York.

Another YouTuber and Rochester native, Andrew Rea of Binging with Babish, recreated the Garbage Plate in one of his weekly episodes, inspired by the mention of the dish in The Place Beyond the Pines.