C&C Market; East River Rd.

How’s this for dedication. Your hero’s, the Plate Debate Team, was so astonished by the last trip to C&C’s that we felt it needed a return visit just to verify. If you remember, we expected this one to be the worst and it ended up exceeding expectations. Prior to having this plate, I wouldn’t have even bought a Coke in this place but looks can be deceiving. C&C’s is the Mid-major Cinderella team that somehow winds up in the final 4 (ala George Mason University in 2006). Nobody felt comfortable picking it in their bracket but just like GMU, it works as a team and the sum is greater than the parts. Speaking of those parts, there’s an extra one! That’s right people… 3 SIDES. This is like a garbage plate power play! We got homefries, mac salad and french fires. The two burgers on top were good, cooked well but not overdone. The homefries were the small, square kind that surely came frozen in a large bag. They were good though. The frieswere steak-cut and delicious, the mac salad was really good too. Drawbacks to this one? The meat sauce was very typical; nothing spectacular just your run-of-the-mill sauce. Also, they gave us about a tablespoon full of it so there wasn’t enough. The other drawback… no bread.

Overall, C&C’s delivers a good plate. The best part about it is its size. It’s freakin huge. It could feed Cecil and Prince Fielder for a day. But like so many Cinderella teams, it’s going to get trounced in the final four by a Kansas or UNC. In the mean time, enjoy this underdog of a plate and don’t be afraid to stop at C&C’s, it’s on East River Rd across from the RIT side entrance. Tell ‘em Large Marge sent ya. (Cost – $8.05)