When you're good and drunk, there are some foods that just hit the spot. When I lived in Louisville, on the nights I'd drink like Nick Nolte on his birthday, there was nothing better than LaBamba and their "Burritos As Big As Your Head". Yes, White Castle is great, as is Fatburger out West; but nothing compares to the culinary gangbang that is a LaBamba Super Burrito.
If you live in Louisville, Chicago, Columbass, or a college town in Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin, there's a LaBamba near you, you lucky bastard. For the rest of us, we can only dream of the savory delights.
So, does anyone have a favorite food when they've had a few too many? For you non-drinkers out there (freaks), do you have a favorite late-night snack? Talk to me, people.
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In Reno, it was without a doubt the "Awful Awful" - this giant burger you'd get at the Nugget (downtown or Sparks). I think they gave out prizes to people who could finish two w/ fries.
For me it's salami, prosciutto and cheese.
I can't eat a thing when I'm drinking. I will definately chunk.
I eat cereal before going out, but then I'm done as soon as I have that first drink. I can't even drink beer or wine with a meal.
I don't drink anymore, BUT, in college, it was Home Run Pizza (delivery until 3am, after that, you had to scrape it yourself out of the gutter from which it was created).
It was an extra large pizza, easily two feet across. It was swimming in orange grease. The cheese was not so much a dairy product but an idea of something wet and chewy.
By God, it was good drunk food.
It's generally donner kebab in the uk, well certainly London... they come in 3 sizes: 'small', 'regular' and 'fall asleep before you finish eating'... all with blow your head off 'chilli sauce' of course
Personally a pint of water is my favoured option...
garlic and cheese chips and a cup of tea. you can't beat it.
There was this place in Lawrence called Burrito King that had essentially the same thing as you describe in your post.
Their tag line should have been "Hangover? I'd worry more about the agonizing diarrhea, if I were you."
or
"Nachos & the excessive evacuation of watery feces."
You need something that is going to absorb the alcohol without prompting the alcohol and food back up.
Back in my clubbing days, we would go to Nation's Hamburgers and get a double cheese with everything (I'd make sure to stay away from the tomatoes because I couldn't keep them down).
Or Mel's Diner and start the day right, with a big breakfast. The hashbrowns and toast do a good job of soaking up the booze.
Ive gotta go with Taco Bell.....
Hands down, I have to get breakfast food. Particularly at Denny's. There's something about hashbrowns and toast and the occasional chicken fried steak that sets everything right with the world.
In my home town, they opened up a White Castle right across the street from the police station. And the bank was right next door.
So it was usually a good idea, when withdrawing money from the ATM, to get enough to cover both the drunk food and bail.
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we have village inn's all over new mexico, and they have chili cheese fries that so make a drunk even more perfect...and i'm not talking texas chili...i'm talking hot, red chili from new mexico...very different and so much better! (plus, you can never go wrong w/pizza, w/pepperoni and green chili)
Mexican breakfast. Doesn't matter where, as long as it's throat burning acid hot. For Burritos as big as your head, we've got Freebird's.
cladeedah,
The "Awful Awful"? Ha. Depending on where I was, I'd go to Steak and Shake (ummmmm), or Fatburger.
vixen,
yeah, you have to drink the water.
vast,
I don't think you were there the night the Mexican cooks sexually harrassed the girlfriend of a guy who looked like Suge Knight. We got the food to go.
cherry,
that sounds good, but only when I'm sober.
kat,
I usually like to have a coke with a meal, but I'll drink afterwards.
fritz,
I think bad pizza is better drunk food than good, authentic pizza.
And I'm thinking of revoking your VIP status now that I know you don't drink.
tlsd,
Since Donner was the last name of the guy who ate people to survive after a plane crash, I thought for a second you were a cannibal. The real thing isn't much better, though. Mutton on a bun? Is all English cuisine based on a dare? Love ya, though!
ams,
I think I've had a version of those at an Irish Pub. I wasn't drunk (yet), but they went good with a Guiness.
nick,
yeah, LaBamba was always the final destination before you headed home. You didn't go to a bar, eat LaBambas and then go dancing.
writepro,
I like a big breakfast the morning (or afternoon) after, when I've had a little sleep.
cold hands,
sometimes you gotta ring the bell, although the presence of a LaBamba makes that place unnecessary.
myboyfriendiscrazy,
you are my kind of girl. If you ever want to trade your crazy boyfriend for someone who's merely borderline, let me know.
mshellion,
I got sick after eating at Denny's one night, and although it was mainly because of the well drinks I'd downed, I can only eat breakfast there after a good sleep.
sysm,
I had a cop tell me to keep the noise down at a White Castle once. On the way out, with the cops still present, I loudly apologized to the staff, and to the other patrons for ruining the fine dining ambience that is White Castle at 4am. I'm surprised I wasn't arrested.
It was always either (a) Denny's (on a good night Jenny's - gay Denny's) or (b) dog food tacos at Jack in the Crack.
abfrom,
I don't believe I've ever been to a Village Inn, but it sounds good.
jj,
a good breakfast burrito may be God's food. I'm a recent convert to the joys of these culinary gems.
Ugg, I don't even wanna think about throwing up a burrito as big as my head. I prefer Taco Bell-sized.
i love a burrito when i'm drunk.
or ribs.
mmm ribs.
or fries.
let's get drunk and eat vegas.
I'd have to go with breakfast food as well. My favorite is two pancakes with two eggs over medium covered in syrup and a little salt. With milk. Then...mmm...tuck me into bed.
Illegal Pete's is the place to go for giant burritos in Denver/Boulder. There are Chipotle outposts everywhere, but Pete's has them beat every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
And for drunken and/or stoned consumption of bad, greasey breakfast foods at 3:00 am, there's noplace to go but Waffle House. IHOP will do in a pinch, but you just can't beat the Awful Waffle.
HEY... don't knock it 'till you've tried it!!
You might like it... and it comes with salad, so that means it's healthy... right?!
A trip to the truck stop for chicken fried steak with gravy, eggs and hashbrowns is necessary after a night of killing brain cells.
Something called a donair which is similar to a Gyros - only better. Mystery meat, cheese and sauce basically. Typical habitat - eastern provinces of Canada.
I eat La Bamba when I'm not blotto. Hands down best drunk food = White Castle.
Howards Pizza here. OMG it's so greasy and cheesy and good and soooooo bad for you.
You know, for all the years I rotted in Champaign-Urbana I never ate at La Bamba.
I'm not a big fan of Mexican anymore-following a case of food poisoning after eating at a taqueria on the PCH but I can't resist a good breakfast burrito.
OH! And the best drunk food is chicken souvlaki/shwarma/tarna and a side of poutine. Running close in second is tomato-grilled cheese sammiches dipped it ketchup with a side of crispy crispy fries. And for third place I'll agree with Hulkster and say Waffle House or Breakfast Diner with Surly Waitstaff Beaten down by Life and Spoons of Dubious Cleanliness.
Wait a minute...I drink a LOT. I just slapped down three cosmopolitans, one Bass ale, two shots of CaboWabo, and finished it all with a fuzzy navel.
And this is a quiet night.
DO NOT REVOKE THE FRITZ
Any breakfast food from a greasy spoon diner! Mmmm... hashbrowns, pancakes, french toast, omelettes ... those are the best drunk foods EVER!
... or a whopper, jr.
those are pretty good when you're drunk, too!
onyx,
Gay Denny's? Isn't Denny's the antithesis of all things gay?
andi,
I never threw up from LaBamba. Ever. It absorbs the alcohol.
kendra,
are you coming to Vegas? I heard from the grapevine you were. If so, when?
violet,
that is a great breakfast, but I'd have to be sober first.
Trix,
I don't have White Castle here, either. Damn. Yes, fedex a burrito and a dozen Castles. You are a saint. A smokin' hot saint.
hulkster,
Chipotle is good, but they close pretty early.
tlsd,
I'm knocking it, baby, but not knocking you.
little,
a truck stop? I think it's dangerous to get on the interstate after drinking.
dale,
is there back-bacon in that concoction?
butchie,
White Castle is soooo delicious.
rachel,
that sounds great. I'm hungry now.
monkey mc,
you should have gone to LaBambas. And do you cook while drunk? That's dangerous.
livi,
there was a place called Skyline that was open late and they served chili cheese dogs. Gooooood.
fritz,
just kidding. No need to lie to me.
bawlz,
sushi as drunk food? Since it's you, I'll take your word for it.
mo,
is Burger King open that late? Or do you get drunk really early?
kath,
my only problem with In-n-out is that they close at one-thirty.
vast,
someone stole a Gremlin? Haha.
I think I'll have Superlong's penis enlargement next time I get drunk.
That's good eatin'.
am the only person who has no craving or inclination to eat food when i'm fuckin two sheets to the wind?
it can't be i'm that weird, can it?!
The Burritos are classic, but in Chicago (just the city, mind you) there are a bunch of awful diners called "The Golden Nugget" which are all open 24 hours and located wherever night life thrives.
There are also "Golden Apples," which try to mimic the Golden Nuggets.
They all suck, yet drunks congregate there in droves.
I always crave a quesadilla from Del Taco...I'll actually eat anything cheesy, fried, or both.
Then I follow that with a vitamin and a liter of water.
i'm meeting jiggs casey et al on may 20th!
will you be in attendance??? that would RULE!
shit Tood, I had to read that thing 4 times. I couldn't get past the words "culinary gangbang"....very hot!
I go for Mexican, Pizza and Breakfast food.....or skip the eats and go right to sex....then food. Don't judge me, we are talking about being drunk here!
Toddy,
No interstate travel is needed to get to our truck stop. Right on the edge of town, 5 minutes from anywhere.
We may be drunk....but we're safe drunks!
Did you check out that Butchie guy's profile. Cat's are gay, dude.
shoot - how could I have forgotten Waffle House?!?!?! Do you have those in Vegas, cause were totally going at 3 am when I come to visit.
Mmmmmmmmm waffles with a side of covered smothered hashbrowns......
superlong,
I bet you say that to all the boys.
teri,
they're magically delicious.
kat,
that comment frightened me.
buttah,
not weird, just unique.
ubie,
there's a place in Louisville called Twig-n-Leaf (Motto: Tops in Food) that used to be good but survies on reputation and nostalgia. The food is not so good.
shannon,
I'll not go near a Del Taco while Sober. I get the Macho Nachos.
kendra,
if someone tells me where to be, I'll attend.
tumbleweed,
drunken sex? I love you.
little ol',
truck stop in town? Good. Or I'm sorry. Whichever applies.
nick,
he's one of those party guys you hear about.
cold hands,
no Waffle House in Vegas. How about Fatburger? Or a good casino coffee shop?
There is a La Bambas in broad ripple indianapolis that I used to go to (drunk of course). The first time in there was apparently some kind of right of passage for me from the perspective of all my hoosier friends. Anyway I distinctly remember asking:
"Give me the burrito that is as big as your head."
The guy behind the counter didn't really know how to ring the order up, but that was all I would say,
"Give me the burrito that is as big as your head."
Those fucking indiana boys couldn't stop laughing.
Anyway, when I moved to Colorado, this morphed into:
"Give me a burrito that is as big as a prarrie dog."
I eat at the Y if I'm lucky.
Good old home cooking, flavored with the good intentions of an angry parent.
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