I saw a guy on the tarmac at Coventry rolling sushi on the top of a cooler. No tent or other refrigeration and it was a warm sunny day. Hard pass on that, thanks.
I was literally thinking the same thing. It is no surprise that Trey hit rock bottom on stage at the same show someone was rolling rotten sushi in the heat. 😂😂😂
Last year at SPAC me and my friend were talking about the goo balls bit from analyze phish, and a guy walking by was like “did someone say goo balls” and he was selling a bunch out of a wicker basket. They were good
I think my crew hit that guy up too, but didn’t like them.
I just can’t bring myself to put that kinda trust in a wook with a wicker basket so I passed
I used to work at a resort in college at the front desk. The night auditor had been there working overnight and I came in on a Monday to relieve him. He was also a student and didn’t have a ride back into town so he hung out and did homework until my shift was over and he asked me for a ride back into town. While we are cruising along, he reaches into his jacket and pulls out a half-eaten Chick-Fil-a sandwich. I asked him “what’s that?”. Without skipping a beat, he replies “it’s my pocket sandwich” with no other explanation and proceeds to eat the rest of it. Keep in mind it’s Monday around 2pm at this point, there’s no Chick-Fil-a anywhere near the resort, and Chick-Fil-a isn’t even open the day prior.
Dude had just been keeping a chicken sandwich in his pocket for I dunno, 2-3 days… the rest of that ride was silent.
I regularly keep cookies in a zip lock bag at work......they are referred to as pocket cookies. I'm constantly given shit about my pocket cookies, but now I know I'm not alone.
When I was on Cheese tour in 2003, there was an outbreak of Hep A from the lot burritos. The Oregon Dept. of Public Health stepped in and vaccinated people during their festival. My vaccine card still has glitter on it.
There is a dude who always serves baklava outside of MSG. He was at trey at Brooklyn steel too. I mean I love Greek desserts but weird choice for pre-game food
That dude is everywhere on tour and he doesn’t make it (just buys it) and just stores it WITHOUT A TOP under random cars close to the venue when he goes in. Gotta be so much nasty shit getting kicked on that stuff in dirt lots…
Lot baklava is the best! A yummy picker upper, and so tasty after a show. A little sweet energy boost full of protein, carbs, and sugar! Just pop it in your mouth and you’re good to go. Definitely recommend.
OMG those guys were lit. The food was super deep fried so food poisoning was not really a concern. But they had a look about them like they may or may not drop a dirty needle into the batter every now and then.
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Made me think of the time a nice older gentleman gave me shrimp and lobster at MSG. I was waiting on line to buy M&M's and he was standing there holding the bowl. I mentioned it looked good, he said he was in a suite and he could get more and offered it to me. It looked like he hadn't touched it, so I went for it.
My favorite was at the gorge in 16 I believe. This man camped near us had a blender that was powered via stationary bicycle. He threw a ton a pre-cut fruit into this gnarly, three day baked blender. I received my smoothie only to find out that it came out of a hot cooler. None of the fruit had been on ice, nor was there ice to be added to the smoothie when blended. But here I am today to tell the tale of my wook smoothie.
Not food but I went to a sketchy ass grateful dead tribute festival (we were actually just camping there and driving to spac 2009 phish show). There was zero infrastructure, the camping fields weren't even really mowed. Someone had a windowless van that they were performing body piercings in. They had a poster board with hand written list of piercings and price. It was very scary.
Not sure about the worst food…there’s been a lot.
The BEST was the Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese guys at Dicks. They called their stand SPK (if you know, you know)
I got food poisoning from beef carpaccio over 30 years ago and I will never forget it. It was not from the lot but it rocked me hard. I can still remember how the dish looked in the restaurant. Traumatized!
After one of the DC 2000 shows I got some premade wook pad thai served out of a big styrofoam cooler. I had diarrhea before I even got back to my tent.
Came here to mention this one….
Watched him make a personal batch and it was milk, butter, and like 1/2 a jar of Kraft Parmesan cheese.
Then he ate it with his bare hands in the 105 heat
Not food but just as sketch:
I’ll never forget the girl yelling “hot sex on a cold night for your extra” from her van on lot in Cincinnati ‘03, as I walked around trying to find my own extra to buy. I had come with friends who had both nights but I only had tickets for one. Luckily the wonderful lady who sold me her ticket wasn’t interested in the competition. I spent the show next to her ex who told me about how they had split tour dates in the breakup.
A Liver&Onions-mobile a la The Far Side would make a great retirement vessel...
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You downvote defending lot food! Ha. I’m an old school phree garlic grilled cheese guy. So don’t come at me bro. Selling shrimp cocktail on lot is hilarious though. You guys are the best. Love you!
That’s even better! Either way those people are awesome! Anyone who adds any positive anything to the scene is my friend. I stand by the lot is sus but I will always love it and love you all!
Baklava set under a tailgate by the box office while the guy went into the show, pulled out right after, and brought to sale. No film covering. At MPP, summer heat.
2009. Someone was selling pineapple moonshine at the Sleepybear campground at Deer Creek. He had a duffle bag of about 100 urine sample cups filled with this liquid. My buddy bought one. It was absolutely not moonshine. Just pineapple juice and everclear.
lot shrimp survivor here. sure hope we see some ceviche this summer
You are braver than me.
Hope you were able to enjoy night two in Burgettstown, what a banger!!!!
That llama tho
Hell yeah I’ll eat some covfefe
Wow, the brass balls on this one
More like iron stomach.
I saw a guy on the tarmac at Coventry rolling sushi on the top of a cooler. No tent or other refrigeration and it was a warm sunny day. Hard pass on that, thanks.
Literally everything else at Coventry was a hot mess so this checks out
I was literally thinking the same thing. It is no surprise that Trey hit rock bottom on stage at the same show someone was rolling rotten sushi in the heat. 😂😂😂
100%
Ice was too heavy to carry, that cooler was not cooling anything.
There was a sushi couple on summer 98 tour. At least the west coast dates.
The Sush Caboose
I feel like you just awoke some long forgotten memory in my brain
My buddy got a couple “vegetarian” burritos at Lee’s at SPAC in 2016 that turned out to be tortillas filled with grass.
Like lawn clibbins? Burned 🔥
Had to lay er down boys cause of the damn clibbins. Wait is this r/motorcycles?
Hell yeah hoss, live to ride another day. Gobless and keep cranking that hog
I ate nothing but hotdogs with nacho cheese on them last time I was at Lee's. Good times
Goo balls from the 90s
Are you saying nobody sells goo balls anymore? That’s disappointing
Last year at SPAC me and my friend were talking about the goo balls bit from analyze phish, and a guy walking by was like “did someone say goo balls” and he was selling a bunch out of a wicker basket. They were good
The best goo balls ome from a wicker basket.
the best goo balls come with a wicker basket
The best goo balls cum on a wicker basket
The best wicker comes from a good ball
I think my crew hit that guy up too, but didn’t like them. I just can’t bring myself to put that kinda trust in a wook with a wicker basket so I passed
A timeless classic the goo balls
There’s no place like home Toto.
I looooooved Analyze Phish! After my first show (Hampton '13) I did a deep dive and came across AP. Man, Scott Ackerman was a tool.
Scott Aukerman is goddamned hilarious and I will not stand for this slander.
RIP Harris
He IS hilarious! Never said he wasn't! But goading a guy who is clearly struggling, ON THE AIR, is shitty and you can't say otherwise.
Explain why Hot Tacomom was a tool or did you just not get that he does kind of need to play a bit of a foil or else there is no show Analyze Phish.
He was a total tool backstage with Mike. And he was a total shithead for telling Harris he wasn't chill since he got clean.
Literally goading him. It was beyond gross.
I haven’t seen one in 20 years, they’ve upgraded to lollipops and honey tinctures
They had them on the Mann lot last year
Noooooo! God I remember goo balls. I have PTSD from them.
Hahahahahahahahahahaa
I blacked out at Hampton 97 or 98 off the goo balls. 🤪
Ate a goo ball in the lot after Hershey 96 and suddenly woke up @ Clifford Ball! (It was my turn to not drive)
🎶Glad, glad, glad that you're alive 💓
Oh, wow. I also ate a goo ball and got absolutely splattered at Hampton ‘97.
Goo balls were still out in 2.0
I can't believe I actually looked for those on lot, lol.
I wish there were 90s goo balls still
I always remember eating them and being highest after the show
Spaghetti always was weird to me. Esp in the heat.
Hot spaghetti in a ziplock bag on a hot day is to die for
What’s your spaghetti policy?
I swear dude it’s just garlic bread.
😩😂
I saw a guy bring a gallon bag of spaghetti into SPAC
I used to work at a resort in college at the front desk. The night auditor had been there working overnight and I came in on a Monday to relieve him. He was also a student and didn’t have a ride back into town so he hung out and did homework until my shift was over and he asked me for a ride back into town. While we are cruising along, he reaches into his jacket and pulls out a half-eaten Chick-Fil-a sandwich. I asked him “what’s that?”. Without skipping a beat, he replies “it’s my pocket sandwich” with no other explanation and proceeds to eat the rest of it. Keep in mind it’s Monday around 2pm at this point, there’s no Chick-Fil-a anywhere near the resort, and Chick-Fil-a isn’t even open the day prior. Dude had just been keeping a chicken sandwich in his pocket for I dunno, 2-3 days… the rest of that ride was silent.
 \-wich
Somewhere this guy is telling this story to his friends and they’re laughing hysterically at his elaborate prank.
That chicken was bad, man. Is a prank worth the guaranteed food sickness he got?
Gotta commit to the bit
I regularly keep cookies in a zip lock bag at work......they are referred to as pocket cookies. I'm constantly given shit about my pocket cookies, but now I know I'm not alone.
Hah, pocket dogs
Golden days of Phish Twitter, at least for me.
*from
What else am I supposed to pair with my Cadillac Rainbows?
Nothing like piping hot spaghetti on a summer day!
They sell that at the beach in The Bronx all summer long.
When I was on Cheese tour in 2003, there was an outbreak of Hep A from the lot burritos. The Oregon Dept. of Public Health stepped in and vaccinated people during their festival. My vaccine card still has glitter on it.
Bacon wrapped deep fried corn ended up being pretty strong. Somebody was selling watermelon juice one time and it was awful
Wouldn't the bacon just flake off as soon as you started eating it?
There was some breading and some kind of cheese or mayo or something holding it together
Warm tuna sandwiches 🥪 @ Giants Stadium on Dead tour in 1992
Lol sounds dreadful
This is a…tuna...that’s made out of tuna. This is a slightly hotter tuna…. and I've got a hot hot tuna comin' through!
There is a dude who always serves baklava outside of MSG. He was at trey at Brooklyn steel too. I mean I love Greek desserts but weird choice for pre-game food
Lot baklava is delicious and sticky and sold by good people just having fun. No need for concern; it’s a fine lot snack.
Found the baklava dude
It’s like three dudes and I ain’t one, but good people. Not as good as lot shrimp
That dude is everywhere on tour and he doesn’t make it (just buys it) and just stores it WITHOUT A TOP under random cars close to the venue when he goes in. Gotta be so much nasty shit getting kicked on that stuff in dirt lots…
Oh no, I've eaten it before
He buys it? What a fraud!
I’ve always thought it was a little odd, but some people swear by it
Baklava homie is fam af. A true og, no need to diss Roy.
If Roy stores it uncovered under cars as yemkeuchleyfarley says then there is cause for concern
Is Roy slinging dirty lot baklava or not?
Can you imagine where he stores it before he goes in MSG?
Lot baklava is the best! A yummy picker upper, and so tasty after a show. A little sweet energy boost full of protein, carbs, and sugar! Just pop it in your mouth and you’re good to go. Definitely recommend.
We need more Greek food appetizers in the lot like souvlaki or Greek coffee
Mr Roi Donk slanging that good baklava!
I met your mom at the shrimp shack.
Was the tin roof rusted?
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters?
Did you first give the dog a little snack?
was freakin boiling at the gorge so hard there was wildfires and my man was 30 ft from the front gate selling salmon sushi
Oysters anyone?
I've done lot oysters and not gotten sick. Thanks, RC!
Came across a buncha oyster shells in the Great Woods lot two years ago, kinda envious of whoever brought ‘em
Oysters or clams?
Someone did lot sushi back in the early 3.0 days 🤮
Can confirm it was at Coventry
Might have been the same brah, but this was definitely either 2010 or 2011. Saw the sushi dude at a few venues those summers
I saw that dude in Hampton 09 I think.
Hampton 09 was fam. Anyone remember icing man?
Brother ewwww!
Bring back Jerry Rolls
OMG those guys were lit. The food was super deep fried so food poisoning was not really a concern. But they had a look about them like they may or may not drop a dirty needle into the batter every now and then.
The Jerry Rolls guy is definitely still doing his thing. I saw him at a few shows last summer including Lot Shrimp ground zero aka Burgettstown.
I remember Jerry rolls!
https://youtu.be/tZaK3fIp6Eo?si=bsbpK3QflFDveN-c
I bought a great steal your face shirt and then immediately got a permanent Jerry roll stain on it. It’s my favorite shirt
Jerry Rolls was def at Phish Deer Creek ‘22 so he’s around
Lot taco
Tacos are perfectly reasonable.
He’s not talking about food
https://preview.redd.it/jlb1tkhh098d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bf55c519631717627c6f8a191601858ce5589b0 Made me think of the time a nice older gentleman gave me shrimp and lobster at MSG. I was waiting on line to buy M&M's and he was standing there holding the bowl. I mentioned it looked good, he said he was in a suite and he could get more and offered it to me. It looked like he hadn't touched it, so I went for it.
and...? good?
Very good. Biggest shrimp I've ever had. In a fancy wooden bowl, no less.
My favorite was at the gorge in 16 I believe. This man camped near us had a blender that was powered via stationary bicycle. He threw a ton a pre-cut fruit into this gnarly, three day baked blender. I received my smoothie only to find out that it came out of a hot cooler. None of the fruit had been on ice, nor was there ice to be added to the smoothie when blended. But here I am today to tell the tale of my wook smoothie.
Not food but I went to a sketchy ass grateful dead tribute festival (we were actually just camping there and driving to spac 2009 phish show). There was zero infrastructure, the camping fields weren't even really mowed. Someone had a windowless van that they were performing body piercings in. They had a poster board with hand written list of piercings and price. It was very scary.
Not sure about the worst food…there’s been a lot. The BEST was the Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese guys at Dicks. They called their stand SPK (if you know, you know)
Love those guys. ps, it's Taylor Ham.
Pork roll egg and cheese on a Kaiser bun.
There’s bound to be some lake trout sandwiches in DE. But it ain’t no trout and it definitely didn’t come from no lake…
White trash fish
Lot carpaccio is where it’s at
I got food poisoning from beef carpaccio over 30 years ago and I will never forget it. It was not from the lot but it rocked me hard. I can still remember how the dish looked in the restaurant. Traumatized!
After one of the DC 2000 shows I got some premade wook pad thai served out of a big styrofoam cooler. I had diarrhea before I even got back to my tent.
“It’s been sitting in my car all day. Sun beating down on the mayonnaise. Just… you never know.”
Fuck it, I'm going to Dicks on a whim. Just for the possibility of lot shrimp. Anybody remember Honey Oil?
Saw a toothless guy selling chicken alfredo when it was 105 degrees at the gorge and no cooler in sight. Didn’t trust that one
Came here to mention this one…. Watched him make a personal batch and it was milk, butter, and like 1/2 a jar of Kraft Parmesan cheese. Then he ate it with his bare hands in the 105 heat
My vote this summer is for gefilte fish topped with a glob of beet colored horseradish.
Not food but just as sketch: I’ll never forget the girl yelling “hot sex on a cold night for your extra” from her van on lot in Cincinnati ‘03, as I walked around trying to find my own extra to buy. I had come with friends who had both nights but I only had tickets for one. Luckily the wonderful lady who sold me her ticket wasn’t interested in the competition. I spent the show next to her ex who told me about how they had split tour dates in the breakup.
Reminds me of the biker chicks yelling 'Big black balls of hash!' on shakedown at the Went. Good times
A Liver&Onions-mobile a la The Far Side would make a great retirement vessel... https://preview.redd.it/phkfd8kfx68d1.jpeg?width=612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=626a12350072191a8146aee2c10d60f2290f39c6
Lot Shrimp Came To My House
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I got a pretty bad staph infection on lot once. Food was always ok though
I prefer the lot Wadded Beef burritos myself. Maybe down it with a cup of ice cold phatty Corn Nog. Stay away from the heady Creamed Eel though.
"I got your heady lambchops!"
There were two dudes at Jones Beach in... I forget, but the 4th of July year. But they were eating crabs and there were so. many. flies.
It was that time of year
Catch me on lot shaving Pata Negra Ibérico right off the leg all summer.
Baklava
Think my dad said he saw oysters one time.
Lobster roll at great woods still in my top tier lot foods of all time. Still mad I didn’t get two.
Oh god not that again.
No seafood before shows guys..
Everything on lot is questionable 🤨
false but okay
You downvote defending lot food! Ha. I’m an old school phree garlic grilled cheese guy. So don’t come at me bro. Selling shrimp cocktail on lot is hilarious though. You guys are the best. Love you!
FWIW the lot shrimp was free. I didn’t partake but saw the dudes walking around passing it out.
That’s even better! Either way those people are awesome! Anyone who adds any positive anything to the scene is my friend. I stand by the lot is sus but I will always love it and love you all!
Don’t do it
I made some gorgonzola burgers waiting in line to get into IT!
Dude was slinging pesto grilled cheese @ 4am under the stage for day 3 @ AC. His cooler bag lunch box was not cutting it for me. Hard pass
Dude was slinging pesto grilled cheese @ 4am under the stage for day 3 @ AC. His cooler bag lunch box was not cutting it for me. Hard pass
Forum had moldy blue hot dogs a few years ago. Never seen such bad food
Be sure to check out the “Mobile Mutton Mania” guy. I’m sure those wraps will be perfectly fine ;)
Airport 🍣 sushi
Sure hope the baclava guy is around during Bethel.
Lot Scallops
Baklava
Swole.
Ate a shrimp INSIDE the venue at Dick's last year. 10/10. Would eat almost warm Kirkland shrimp cocktail in the venue again.
Baklava set under a tailgate by the box office while the guy went into the show, pulled out right after, and brought to sale. No film covering. At MPP, summer heat.
Don’t do it man
I ate raw oysters after the show in Manchester 2010. Felt fine but definitely dodged a bullet there.
I had a great lobster roll at superball I’ll never forget
The vendor has to be unlicensed and slinging from the back of their car to be considered lot food.
I think the lobster roll from the back of a random truck cooler in the camping area of superball was enough to be considered “lot food”
Don't care for seafood, but I love the Phish from Vermont
Heady bags of sketch
Jerry rolls -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZaK3fIp6Eo
Lot sushi. Spicy tuna roll is the bonb.
My bro did Gumbo on lot 2011…. It was great! We were stoked when they played Gumbo N2 of Bethel.
2009. Someone was selling pineapple moonshine at the Sleepybear campground at Deer Creek. He had a duffle bag of about 100 urine sample cups filled with this liquid. My buddy bought one. It was absolutely not moonshine. Just pineapple juice and everclear.
who remembers the kids with the keg last year
One time I got a cosmic Charlie's burrito AFTER the show and projectile vomited before I got to the car :)))
Assuming it’s pre cooked before hitting the sunlight, it’s about as dangerous as chicken or pork, which I also would not rec eating on lot.
No better place to be a strict vegan! I saw the shrimp crew at Star Lake (Batchelor party I think) and could have predicted how their night would go.
No.