Golden Plate Club

Golden Plate Club is an accolade given to restaurants for which each guest and host give a rating of 4 forks or higher.

Current Members

Golden Plate Club

800° AEW Dynamite backstage catering Alamo Drafthouse AMC Theatres Ample Hills Creamery Auntie Anne's bb.q chicken Ben's Chili Bowl Bojangles Buddy's Detroit-style Pizza Burgerville California Pizza Kitchen Cheba Hut Chili's Church's Chicken Cletus' Chicken Shack Cook Out Cornish Pasty Cracker Barrel Crown Burgers D'Angelo Dave's Hot Chicken Del Taco (not the Beyond Meat menu) Denny's (Solo menu) Dick's Drive-In Dog Haus Do-Rite Donuts Dunkin' Donuts Eataly El Torito endives Ezell's Fatburger Fazoli's Foster's Freeze Fuddruckers Golden Road Brewing Good Times Burgers Goop Kitchen Gray's Papaya Guisados Gus's Famous Fried Chicken Handel's Harold's Chicken Shack Hattie B's Hillstone Hokkaido Ramen Santouka Honeybee Burger Hot Dog On A Stick Howlin' Rays IHOP (overall) and (Minions Menu) Ike's In-N-Out Insomnia Cookies Irv's Burgers Japadog Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Jersey Mike's Jollibee KazuNori Krispy Kreme Kura L&L Hawaiian Barbecue LaSorted's Pizza Legal Sea Foods Little Caesars (not the Fantastic Four pizza) Loving Hut McDonald's (McPlant and Ice Cream only) Medieval Times Menchie's Mendocino Farms Mr. Charlie's Told Me So Mr. Slice's Bar Pizza National Coney Island Orange Julius Panera Bread (the soups) Pizano's Portillo's Pressed Juicery Randy's Donuts Rick's Drive In & Out Rita's Italian Ice Rubio's Ruth's Chris Steak House Salt & Straw Saved By The Max Shipley Do-Nuts Silverlake Ramen Sizzler Smoke's Poutinerie Souvla Spitz strawberries Sweet Chick sweet potatoes Sweetfin Poké Swiss Chalet Taco Bell The Butcher's Daughter The Capital Grille The Halal Guys The Hat The Varsity Top Round Roast Beef Torchy's Tacos Wawa Whataburger

Appearances

Episode	Release date	notes
7. Chipotle	June 25, 2015	later removed (ep 118)
9. Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s	July 9, 2015	later removed (ep 44), reinstated (ep 103), and then removed again (ep 137).
12. Chick-fil-A	July 29, 2015	initially had the scores for the GPC, but was denied entry for political reasons. This would be changed in the very next episode. later removed (ep 131)
19. Buffalo Wild Wings	September 18, 2015	later removed (ep 265)
21. L&L Hawaiian Barbecue	October 1, 2015
27. Fuddruckers	November 12, 2015
28. Del Taco	November 19, 2015	a couple of years later, the Del Taco Beyond Meat menu did not make the Golden Plate Club, though the rest of the restaurant remains.
44. Minisode - Five Guys v. Shake Shack	March 23, 2016	Nick removes Carl's Jr. / Hardee's from the Golden Plate Club
47. Veggie Grill	April 7, 2016
49. Sweetgreen	April 21, 2016	later removed (in ep. 362)
57. Hokkaido Ramen Santouka	June 16, 2016
62. Fatburger	July 20, 2016
67. Hillstone	August 25, 2016	Hillstone had made the Platinum Plate Club in ep. 50. In this episode, Mitch drops his rating to 4.5 forks. Nick tries to talk him out of it, so it is unclear exactly where it still lands; but technically it now is Golden Plate Club.
79. Church's Chicken	November 17, 2016
86. Taco Bell 2	January 26, 2017	later removed
87. Taco Bell 3	February 2, 2017	confirming Taco Bell's place in the Golden Plate Club. (it will later be removed.)
90. In-N-Out Burger 2	February 23, 2017	only 2 ratings used
103. Carl's Jr. / Hardee's 2	May 11, 2017	reinstatement into the GPC, though it will be removed in a later episode
108. Sizzler	June 15, 2017
111. Shake Shack	July 6, 2017	later removed (ep. 314)
114. Dunkin' Donuts	July 27, 2017	later re-confirmed
118. Chipotle 2	August 17, 2017	removal from the Golden Plate Club
DD27. Pizano's	September 5, 2017	Pizano's mailed the Doughboys a couple of pizzas from Chicago. They rated them into the Golden Plate Club.
126. Medieval Times	October 19, 2017
130. Dick's Drive-In	November 16, 2017	live in Seattle
DD39. Japadog	November 27, 2017	live in Vancouver
131. Chick-fil-A	November 29, 2017	removal from the Golden Plate Club
132. Fosters Freeze	December 7, 2017
133. Torchy's Tacos	December 14, 2017	live in Austin
136. Shipley Do-Nuts	January 10, 2018	live in Houston
137. Carl's Jr. / Hardee's	January 17, 2018	removal from the Golden Plate Club
138. Whataburger	January 25, 2018	live in Dallas
139. The Halal Guys	February 1, 2018	Didn't initially make it; but Nick upgraded his rating on following episode (140).
142. Ike's	February 22, 2018	live in San Francisco
153. Ruth's Chris Steak House	May 10, 2018
155. Denny's Solo Menu	May 25, 2018	Golden Vest Club; not the whole restaurant.
DD. Saved by the Max	May 29, 2018
157. Gus's Famous Fried Chicken	June 7, 2018
172. Menchie's	September 20, 2018
176. Loving Hut	October 18, 2018	Golden Collection Plate Club (for Octdoughberblessed)
177. Cracker Barrel	October 25, 2018	Golden Collection Plate Club (for Octdoughberblessed)
179. Top Round Roast Beef	November 8, 2018
180. El Torito	November 15, 2018
182. Rubio's	December 6, 2018	live in San Diego
187. The Hat	January 24, 2019	live in Brea
188. Cheba Hut	January 31, 2019	live in Phoenix; Golden Dank Club
190. Smoke's Poutinerie	February 14, 2019	live in Saskatoon
191. Little Caesars	February 21, 2019	later removed (ep. 317)
198. Portillo's	April 11, 2019	live in Chicago
202. Sweetfin Poké	May 9, 2019
203. Waffle House	May 16, 2019	live in Hunstville; upgraded to the Platinum Plate Club two episodes later.
204. Hattie B's	May 23, 2019	live in Nashville
215. Del Taco Beyond Menu	August 8, 2019	removal of the Beyond Meat menu from the Golden Plate Club; the restaurant itself remains.
218. Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen 2	August 29, 2019	later removed (ep. 284)
219. Ben's Chili Bowl	September 5, 2019	Feast Coast Tour 2019 live in DC
DD. Wawa	September 17, 2019	Feast Coast Tour 2019 live in Philadelphia
222. Rita's Italian Ice	September 26, 2019	Feast Coast Tour 2019 live in Philadelphia
223. The Flying Biscuit Cafe	October 3, 2019	Octdoughberfest 2019: The Ate-TL. In the following episode one week later, this was removed from the Golden Plate Club due to Mary Lynn Rajskub adding a 3 fork rating to the restaurant.
225. The Varsity	October 17, 2019	Octdoughberfest 2019: The Ate-TL.
227. Cook Out	October 31, 2019	Octdoughberfest 2019: The Ate-TL.
232. Ample Hills Creamery	December 12, 2019	Creamsmen: The Golden Circle
234. Harold's Chicken Shack	January 16, 2020
DD. National Coney Island	January 28, 2020	live in Detroit, MI
238. Ezell's	February 13, 2020	live in Seattle, WA
245. Crown Burgers	April 2, 2020	live in Salt Lake City, UT
246. Good Times Burgers	April 9, 2020	live in Denver, CO
250. Tombstone (the pizza)	May 7, 2020	Frozen Plate Club for frozen foods. Removed a few episodes later (ep 252) for not offering Mitch free pizza.
257. Dog Haus	June 25, 2020
265. Buffalo Wild Wings 2	August 20, 2020	2nd visit; removal from the Golden Plate Club
275. Dunkin' 2	October 29, 2020	2nd visit; still in the Golden Plate Club.
283. Jersey Mike's 2	January 14, 2021
284. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 3	January 21, 2021	removal from the Golden Plate Club
294. Wendy's 2	April 1, 2021	removal from Platinum Plate Club, but joining the Golden Plate Club (does not include the breakfast menu) (later removed from GPC - ep. 493)
302. Taco Bell 5	May 27, 2021	5th visit, returns to the Golden Plate Club. (recorded live during Doughathon 2021) (will be removed later in the Doughathon - also ep. 309).
303. Auntie Anne's	June 3, 2021
305. Taco Bell 7	June 17, 2021	removal of Taco Bell from the Golden Plate Club (tho technically had actually been removed in Taco Bell 6)
307. Burger King 5	July 1, 2021	BK finally makes it!
308. Golden Road Brewing	July 8, 2021
309. Taco Bell 6	July 15, 2021	removal of Taco Bell from the Golden Plate Club. (recorded live during Doughathon 2021)
313. Mendocino Farms	August 12, 2021
314. Shake Shack 2	August 19, 2021	removal of Shake Shack from the Golden Plate Club (from ep. 111)
DD. Mr. Slice's Bar Pizza	August 24, 2021
315. Einstein Bros. Bagels	August 26, 2021	initially made the Golden Plate Club, but in the following episode (ep 316), Nick adjusts his score and it is removed.
317. Little Caesars 2	September 9, 2021	removal of Little Caesars from the Golden Plate Club (from ep. 191)
320. Insomnia Cookies	September 30, 2021
323. AMC Theatres	October 21, 2021
325. 800 Degrees	November 4, 2021
327. The Capital Grille	November 18, 2021
329. McPlant	December 9, 2021	just the McPlant burger at McDonald's has made the Golden Plate Club
334. Sweet Chick	January 27, 2022
344. Veggie Grill	April 7, 2022	removal from the Golden Plate Club
347. Bojangles	April 28, 2022	live from Nashville, TN
348. Cornish Pasty	May 5, 2022	live from Phoenix, AZ
349. Burgerville	May 12, 2022	live from Portland, OR
350. D'Angelo	May 19, 2022	live from Ledyard, CT
353. Dave's Hot Chicken	June 9, 2022
358. Burger King	July 14, 2022	removal from the Golden Plate Club
359. IHOP 5: Minions Menu	July 21, 2022	Golden Gru's Lab Club; just the Minions Menu, though the full restaurant will make it later (ep. 448).
362. Sweetgreen 2	August 11, 2022	removal from the Golden Plate Club
363. Kopp's Frozen Custard	August 18, 2022	live in Milwaukee, WI Mitch revised his score to 0 forks via tweet on October 3rd, 2022 in response to the Kopps "National Pro-Life Cupcake Day" controversy, leaving its official Golden Plate Club status in question.
364. Buddy's Detroit-Style Pizza	August 25, 2022	live in Detroit, MI
366. Hot Dog On A Stick	September 8, 2022
367. Pressed	September 15, 2022
369. Fazoli's	September 29, 2022
374. The Butcher's Daughter	November 3, 2022
376. Eataly	November 17, 2022
377. Krispy Kreme 2	December 1, 2022	rare six-fork rating
DD. All Elite Podcasting: Tuesday Night Dynabite	February 21, 2023	AEW Dynamite's backstage catering
386. Spitz	February 23, 2023
392. Honeybee Burger	April 6, 2023
395. Orange Julius	April 27, 2023
397. Kura	May 11, 2023
398. Fatburger 2	May 18, 2023	maintains its place in the Golden Plate Club
401. Jollibee 2	June 8, 2023
402. KazuNori	June 15, 2023
404. Gray's Papaya	June 29, 2023	live in New York City
409. Do-Rite Donuts	August 3, 2023	live in Chicago, IL
410. Rick's Drive In & Out	August 10, 2023
411. Howlin' Rays	August 17, 2023
416. Guisados	September 19, 2023
426. Salt & Straw	December 7, 2023
430. Del Taco 3	January 25, 2024	remains in the Golden Plate Club
431. Goop Kitchen	February 1, 2024	Goolden Plate Club
442. Mr. Charlie's Told Me So	April 18, 2024
443. California Pizza Kitchen 2	April 25, 2024
445. Irv's Burgers	May 9, 2024
448. IHOP 6: Sonic Menu	May 30, 2024	IHOP overall makes the Golden Plate Club, but the Sonic menu did not.
452. Silverlake Ramen	June 27, 2024
455. Cletus' Chicken Shack	July 18, 2024	Yellow Plate Club (just for Simpsons restaurants) (Krusty Burger did not make it though).
456. bb.q chicken	July 25, 2024
DD. Strawberries	August 6, 2024	Golden Cornucopia
458. Endives	August 8, 2024	Green Goddess Club
460. Sweet Potatoes	August 22, 2024	Green Goddess Club
462. Popeyes Wings	September 5. 2024	later removed and promoted to Platinum Plate Club (ep. 494).
464. Alamo Drafthouse	September 19, 2024
468. Swiss Chalet	October 17, 2024	Toront-Dough: Dough Canada: The Great Bite North
477. Little Caesars 3	January 9, 2025	back in the Golden Plate Club after having been removed
479. Krispy Kreme	January 23, 2025	remaining in the Golden Plate Club after making it in ep. 377
479. LaSorted's Pizza	January 23, 2025
480. Handel's	January 30, 2025
DD. Souvla	February 4, 2025	live in San Francisco, CA
493. Wendy's 4	May 1, 2025	removal from the Golden Plate Club
498. Randy's Donuts	June 5, 2025
500. Chili's 3	June 19, 2025
502. Taco Bell IX	July 3, 2025
503. Little Caesars 4	July 10, 2025	Little Caesars is in the Golden Plate Club, but the Fantastic Four pizza does not make it
DD. Legal Sea Foods	July 29, 2025	live in Boston, MA
506. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams 2	July 31, 2025	Golden Headband Club; demoted from Platinum Plate Club
507. Salt & Straw 2	August 7, 2025	remains in the Golden Plate Club (ep. 426)
DD. Jersey Mike's 3	August 19, 2025	remains in the Golden Plate Club (ep. 283)
510. McDonald's Ice Cream	August 28, 2025	McDonald's Ice Cream joins the McPlant in the Golden Plate Club
515. Silverlake Ramen	October 2, 2025	remains in the Golden Plate Club (ep. 452)
517. Panera 4	October 16, 2025	just the soups