There’s no feeling quite like walking out of a Phish show and finding a tasty dish in the parking lot that immediately kills the hunger pangs you’ve been fighting throughout the second set. Over the years, “lot food” has diversified from the staples of grilled cheese and veggie burritos to more intricate dishes such as gumbo, sushi and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
A new book called Phan Food compiles some of the best recipes for a variety of both “classic” recipes and new twists on old favorites from Phish fans around the country. Many are Phish-themed including Ain’t No Time to Stash The Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Posternut Bagels and, of course, the ultimate garlic grilled cheese sandwich. This 200-page book comes out next month and is available for $19.95 through the publisher’s website. With the holiday shopping season about to kick off, Phan Food should make the perfect gift for the foodie phan in your life.
We’ve got yet another editon of our Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away program today as we offer you a chance to win a copy of Phan Food. To enter, simply leave a comment below detailing the best food you’ve ever purchased in the parking lot of a Phish show. All entries must be received by December 11th at 11:59PM EST – the date of the book’s release party at Nectar’s in Burlington featuring music from Dopeapod. We’ll pick a winner at random using random.org shortly thereafter. Anyone found entering more than once will be disqualified. Good luck!
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veggie burrito at cincinatti 99 phish, all ingredients perfectly combined to make the perfect burrito. The carrot strips would not be something I thought would work in a burrioto but they added the perfect crunch. I think about that burrito often.
Pad thai somewhere on summer 2000 tour. They had a giant wok and everything.
Hmm…let’s see, probably a nice Nathan’s hot dog. So simple and delicious.
Drunken Man Noodles in the parking lot after the show in Knoxville, TN 2009. So random, so delicious.
Bought a teriyaki chicken stick from a dude at the KC show in 2003. Not quite sure it was chicken but was the best post-concert food I’ve ever eaten. …of course cardboard would have probably tasted like filet mingon to me at that moment in time.
Grilled cheese, extra cheese, extra butter, garlic and oregano. Enough said. Close second were the ice cream waffles at Bonnaroo ’09. Glorious.
In the fall of 99 in either Austin or Houston, I had the mother of all lot burritos. I’ve tried to recreate it several times since. Shredded chicken, butternut squash (perfectly in season at the time), cous cous, sauteed onions and peppers, some turmeric and curry powder. Whole wheat wrap. It was glorious. And, relative to most of what you’d find in the lot, it was super healthy without being vegetarian. Perfect combo for this guy.
TJ Drucker’s heady stash of Buritos!!
Jerry Rolls w/ Duck Sauce circa 2000 Summer Tour
This summer, I got some Wellfleat Oysters on lot @ Great Woods. They were exquisite and classy! BBQ pulled pork on a big bulkie roll has always been a good find as well. mmm lotfood.
Goo Balls. Goo Balls.
Veggie burritos up at lemonwheel – I remember them being perfectly cooked, but I also remember being pretty perfectly cooked myself. I think that’s the point, though.
My kids were just saying yesterday they really liked the free grilled cheese at Alpine in 09. I also enjoyed the crab at mpp2 ’10 I got in the lot b4 the show. Oh so good:)
I think it was a piping hot day in summer 97′ I beliave and it was Ice Cold Cucumber sandwiches served with a secret recipe of delicious Cole Slaw!!!
Chicken kabob
A guy in Charleston this year was selling Thai Sandwiches that were delicious
The best lot food I have ever had was some amazing veggie gumbo.
Hot veggie wrap with summer fresh produce at Portsmouth this summer. Every bite revealed a new flavor, delicious.
heady burritos
bacon chicken ranch wrap
either the chicken bacon and ranch wraps at miami 12/30 or the french bread pizzas the next nite……tough choice, sometimes themost simple things are the best!!
Veggie Burrito Sandwiches @ Camden 6/25/10. That’s right, it wasn’t just a burrito and it wasn’t just a sandwich, it was a Veggie Burrito Sandwich.
Bacon veggie quesadilla at Chicago ’10 or said Chicken Bacon Ranch at Miami
Fruit Rollups, Red Rocks, Summer ’95.
Pork Chop Quesadillas in the lot in Miami 03. A little risky eating pork in the lot, but I said screw it and dove right in. Totally worth it, only bad result was a bit of fear of an impending stomach ache that never came.
Waterloo ’95, it was hotter than heck–there was a guy selling Oranges and Water, and it was the perfect soccer-league treat for the hot weather.
Greatest Grilled Cheese of my life was the “SLAP YO’ MAMMA” Grilled cheese @ noblesville 2010 after the second night show. I went back for multiple slaps that night…
Veggie Falafel.. the tahini sauce was amazing..