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If there's a food truck nearby, that's my first choice. I'm not too picky on what I get; hot dogs, tacos, Thai food, dirty fries, as long as it's greasy, salty and has some protein I'll probably eat it.
If the venue I'm at serves food, and it doesn't look awful, sometimes I'll grab a bite there. Same standards apply.
Worst case scenario, I'll grab a cheeseburger from the drive through on the way home.
If the venue I'm at serves food, and it doesn't look awful, sometimes I'll grab a bite there. Same standards apply.
Worst case scenario, I'll grab a cheeseburger from the drive through on the way home.
The nice Italian restaurant I sometimes play gives us free takeout at the end of the night, and I always get the veggie brick oven pizza. It’s gone by the time I get home 20 minutes later!
Don't forget Ihop!None of the good spots we used to hit are open late enough since the pandemic hit. They all scaled back their hours.
So in Houston , Tx. , it's pretty much Wataburger or Denny's.
EDIT: And Waffle House
If in NYC, the old 21 Club was the place. But in London, The American Bar at the Savoy, where I can sometimes catch up with Bertie Wooster and his mates from the Drones Club.
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Not directly after a show, but my wife and I will go out for steak and eggs the following morning.
If I do go after, it's usually taco bell or white castle.
If I do go after, it's usually taco bell or white castle.
Back in my college days and then again when I was touring in the early 70's, we'd often end up at a Denny's because just about every town had one and they were one of the few places that were open that late. Touring we'd typically play 2-weeks of 5-night a week gigs, usually getting off at 1 AM. If a restaurant was adjacent to the club sometimes it would be open that late but not always. And there was always a Denny's around.
With one group, when I lived in Virginia (2005-2015), we would practice at the keyboardist's house in a downstairs room that had back patio access (was on a hill) because it was a nice place and we could leave our amps there. We would often practice until ~11 o'clock on Tuesdays. Some of the group lived to the north and some to the south of his house. At the intersection where the road met Hwy 220 was an IHOP restaurant. So we'd all stop there, eat, and shoot the breeze. When we started gigging we chose the name "The Tuesday Evening Pancake Club". IHOP never had a clue they were the source of our name and folks tended to remember it because it was so weird. Made perfect sense to us though.
I miss White Castle, when I was a kid I lived a few blocks from the grand ave location in Lombard illinois. Out here in the Carolinas all we can get are the frozen White Castle box of burgers you heat up in the microwave
My daughter has celiac. Im seriously considering opening my own place that has live music and is 100% gluten free after I retire from my healthcare job.
In Denver?
You must try Little Jerusalem on East Evans Avenue!
Open until 2:00 am, and they have been a Denver musician's go-to for decades. The Kabobs and Shawarmah are so good...
You must try Little Jerusalem on East Evans Avenue!
Open until 2:00 am, and they have been a Denver musician's go-to for decades. The Kabobs and Shawarmah are so good...
Home. In my family we refer to it as dark lunch. Plus, I know the food's good and my gear's safe.
I used to go here every evening after a gig. This place was walking distance from my house in Japan and opened till 2am everyday.
I've never been a regularly gigging musician so I can't answer that question. In the kind of revivalist mid 20th-century country music crowd I'm familiar with, gigs are so rare that I suspect that kind of after-hours eating doesn't happen. People are more likely to accept a meal at the place they are playing in because they aren't going to get paid anything else by the venue anyway.
Back when I lived in Buffalo (my hometown), it was usually Jim's Steakout for fantastic subs. And open till 4am. Last time I was there was a few years ago after a reunion show with my old band. The staff had shirts on that said on the back, in blurry letters: "I see drunk people"