After gig eating.....

[kiripunk]

Here in Naples (Italy) the situation is a bit different. Musical bands play mostly in pubs and they pay us part in money, part in food!
Anytime we play we got free burgers and free drinks, that's all and it happens quite everywhere here!

 

[NML1986]

Weird; I find chicken too greasy. Lamb's just right. Döner meat and chips, all the salad, chilli and garlic, £5, thank you and good night!

Guess it must be the place I go to?

 

[oniman7]

My girlfriend is a vegan, and as such, Taco Bell is one of the only fast food places she can eat. She's also hypoglycemic, so she has to eat a lot.

Guess where I end up eating most days I'm with her? Almost after every gig.

It's cheap and filling, and my stomach is learning to process it.

I usually get a bean burrito with beef and cheese. Certainly pretty bad for me, but relatively safe compared to some of the things they offer.

 

[SeaBassSteve]

Food after gig = a must.
If im close to home , a bowl of cereal and milk , and maybe a packet of crisps is win central. Otherwise anything near by is fair game. Need to replace the salts And fluid.

 

[BigOkie]

Does New Mexico havea take on Mexican food that I am unaware of?
Real Mexican food comes from Souther California

Having lived in New Mexico for years (Roswell, no less), I can say without a doubt that New Mexican style cuisine is different. First, there's the chilies. New Mexicans take their chilis very seriously and we eat them on everything; you can even get a green chili cheeseburger at most McDonald's. Nowhere in the world has better chilis than New Mexico. I would describe the overall cuisine as more Native American/Chuck Wagon Western/Southern than the Sonoran-style "Mexican" or Tex-Mex that most people think of when they think of "Mexican" food. Tortillas and cheese are supporting players in New Mexican.

I'm guessing that the Mexican food in So. Cal. Is most excellent and a lot more than tortillas and cheese as well. I ate some fish tacos in San Diego during a brief stopover and I thought my tongue would smack my brains out.

 

[BigOkie]

Döner Kebab. Food of the gods. Nothing says "you have accomplished your task for the night" like greasy meat of dubious origin, in an ocean of chilli and garlic sauce.

There's a kebab takeaway two minutes' walk from my front door. If I gigged more regularly I would be so very obese.

I have to confess that when I read the original post "Donner Kebabs" I immediately thought of the "meat of dubious origin" (Donner Party) and almost blew coffee out my nose. The thought of the band eating the weakest member after a gig was funny to my sick, twisted mind. What can I say. . . .

 

[MatticusMania]

Having lived in New Mexico for years (Roswell, no less), I can say without a doubt that New Mexican style cuisine is different. First, there's the chilies. New Mexicans take their chilis very seriously and we eat them on everything; you can even get a green chili cheeseburger at most McDonald's. Nowhere in the world has better chilis than New Mexico. I would describe the overall cuisine as more Native American/Chuck Wagon Western/Southern than the Sonoran-style "Mexican" or Tex-Mex that most people think of when they think of "Mexican" food. Tortillas and cheese are supporting players in New Mexican.

Sounds pretty good to me!

 

[ahc]

Years ago, after a one-nighter with an 8 piece horn band in northern NJ, some of us went to a diner after the load-out. After we order, we hear a huge ruckus coming from the kitchen. Suddenly a kitchen worker runs out from the kitchen into the dining area chased by another kitchen worker wielding what looked like a machette. For the next hour or two, lots of State and Local LEO's from numerous jurisdictions (some NOT so local) came to the diner. The incident had long been over, but each LEO left with complementary coffee and... wait for it... donuts. God I miss New Jersey diners!!!

 

[baileyboy]

I'm usually too tired to eat, so I go home and go to bed.

 

[MatticusMania]

Years ago, after a one-nighter with an 8 piece horn band in northern NJ, some of us went to a diner after the load-out. After we order, we hear a huge ruckus coming from the kitchen. Suddenly a kitchen worker runs out from the kitchen into the dining area chased by another kitchen worker wielding what looked like a machette. For the next hour or two, lots of State and Local LEO's from numerous jurisdictions (some NOT so local) came to the diner. The incident had long been over, but each LEO left with complementary coffee and... wait for it... donuts. God I miss New Jersey diners!!!

Lol, trouble at a donut shop? ALERT THE PRECINCT!

 

[Varcolac]

I have to confess that when I read the original post "Donner Kebabs" I immediately thought of the "meat of dubious origin" (Donner Party) and almost blew coffee out my nose. The thought of the band eating the weakest member after a gig was funny to my sick, twisted mind. What can I say. . . .

Oh, we wouldn't eat them... somebody has to help carrying the amplifiers!

I think the "Donner Kebab" reference would be a great hallowe'en-themed food establishment. Very niche joke, a horror-themed kebab shop would be pointless for 364 days of the year, but at least two people would laugh!

 

[Texan]

Whataburger Taquitos and Dr. Pepper....mmmm

 

[Megazap63]

My long-standing (25+ years) after-gig feast is a toasted cheese and vegemite sandwich. Thank God there's enough of us Aussies here in London for Tesco to regularly stock vegemite....

 

[ahc]

Lol, trouble at a donut shop? ALERT THE PRECINCT!

Precisely!

 

[Sam Marshall]

We take a case of cliff bars on the road. Apples and bananas rehydrate you quickly after a show, and emergen-C prevents hangovers and keeps the body working right!

 

[Big Brother]

I'm guessing that the Mexican food in So. Cal. Is most excellent and a lot more than tortillas and cheese as well. I ate some fish tacos in San Diego during a brief stopover and I thought my tongue would smack my brains out.

That is generally what I go for, Santana's is open 24 hours. ___ berto's drive thru's are usually open too.

Your other options are breakfast burritos, carne asada burritos and california burritos, which is usually a carne asada with fries and guac inside. Perfect after a gig.

Some folks I work with come up from Tijuana and sometimes bring ceviche and street taco fixings in buckets with a 10" stack of corn tortillas. They are also damn good and technically the real thing, not made of dog, but I like the stuff on this side just a little better.

Oddly Taco Bell and Jack in The Box still sell a lot of 'Mexican' food here, I never understood that.

 

[bassinplace]

Funny you should mention that, I was just thinking about hitting me up some Alberto's tonight!

 

[kiripunk]

Having lived in New Mexico for years (Roswell, no less), I can say without a doubt that New Mexican style cuisine is different. First, there's the chilies. New Mexicans take their chilis very seriously and we eat them on everything; you can even get a green chili cheeseburger at most McDonald's. Nowhere in the world has better chilis than New Mexico. I would describe the overall cuisine as more Native American/Chuck Wagon Western/Southern than the Sonoran-style "Mexican" or Tex-Mex that most people think of when they think of "Mexican" food. Tortillas and cheese are supporting players in New Mexican.

I'm guessing that the Mexican food in So. Cal. Is most excellent and a lot more than tortillas and cheese as well. I ate some fish tacos in San Diego during a brief stopover and I thought my tongue would smack my brains out.

I do live in Naples (Italy) and worked for Cervantes (Institute for the spread of Spanish culture & language in non-native Spanish countries) so I ate some Mexican food (cooked for us for "El dia de los muertos" = Day of the Dead) and I must admit I still prefer the one I ate in NATO, wish my guitarist's father didn't retire so I would eat there again!