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Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« on: July 17, 2017, 12:25:19 PM »
I'm trying to compile a list of all the places to score free food while out wandering the Gaslamp.

So far, I know the FANDOM Fest is going to have a food truck serving free food. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2017, 12:31:38 PM »
Nothing is ever "free"......most of the time anything free in the Gaslamp during SDCC takes waiting in a sweaty line for a long time. Apparently the Mr. Robot offsite is offering a free BBQ meal. I wouldn't want to imagine the line for this though.
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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2017, 12:33:03 PM »
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Nothing is ever "free"......most of the time anything free in the Gaslamp during SDCC takes waiting in a sweaty line for a long time. Apparently the Mr. Robot offsite is offering a free BBQ meal. I wouldn't want to imagine the line for this though.

True, it should've come with the "free" caveat lol

I still maintain the year I walked up and was handed a whole pint of ice cream in 10 seconds as the best year.
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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2017, 12:40:24 PM »
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True, it should've come with the "free" caveat lol

I still maintain the year I walked up and was handed a whole pint of ice cream in 10 seconds as the best year.

Yeah, the best is when you just happen to be there when they start!!!
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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2017, 02:53:56 PM »
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Nothing is ever "free"......most of the time anything free in the Gaslamp during SDCC takes waiting in a sweaty line for a long time. Apparently the Mr. Robot offsite is offering a free BBQ meal. I wouldn't want to imagine the line for this though.

At least the forecast is not as warm as previous years.'


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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2017, 04:39:45 PM »
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Yeah, the best is when you just happen to be there when they start!!!
Exactly; like the free Mexican soda being handed out Friday last year right by the Hall H line!  I got a couple of bottles when they were still cold, did nothing but hold out my hand.
Honestly, it kinda really hit the spot at that moment (late morning/early afternoon; really really hot)

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2017, 05:50:32 PM »
Anyone remember that year someone bought out Subway, I think it may have been AMD, free subs at Subway all day. You only had to stand in line if you wanted a custom sub. They had a few classics premade so you just had to walk up and walk away. No wait. That year, that entire street was littered with people sitting the sidewalk eating subway.

To me the best freebie ever was the $300 MB/CPU combo that AMD handed out. It was very low key. They had a hospitality suite at a bar. Most people just went in for a drink. The thing most people didn't realized was if you said the magic words they gave you a MB/CPU combo. The magic words were "Can I have the free MB/CPU combo?". All you really had to do was ask.

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2017, 05:38:37 AM »
The free Subway was for Community! That was the best, especially because of that fast premade line. My friend back home was stalking the twitter hashtags and texted me about it so I ran over. I have to say, it does help having a friend outside the con feeding you intel you might have missed otherwise lol


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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2017, 09:18:04 AM »
Free food is best food.

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2017, 09:31:01 AM »
You had me at free food.

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2017, 10:43:09 AM »
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Free food is best food.



Hey @perc2011 a Kingsman meal to go with your Kingsman show!

Lines are going to be loooong though...

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2017, 08:54:43 PM »
I'm not sure it's free, but I spotted the Xfinity TV Diner at the interactive zone today. Looks like it's setup for food. Consider it's Xfinity and says Diner, I would bet it's free food.

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2017, 09:31:13 PM »
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I'm not sure it's free, but I spotted the Xfinity TV Diner at the interactive zone today. Looks like it's setup for food. Consider it's Xfinity and says Diner, I would bet it's free food.

It is! It's very weird food though. In this picture all I could identify was a fortune cookie.
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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2017, 05:45:14 AM »
I stopped by the Xfinity thing. Pretty cool. It's a photo op and there's these themed TV "diners". The GOT one has Hot Pie's direwolf cookie, Sansa's favorite dessert, lemon cakes, and jerky meant to be the boar that killed King Robert, I think. It had no line yesterday for the pictures, but I doubt that will be the case going forward. The other set-ups, besides GOT were OITNB and Luke Cage. The picture posted by the ublog was the one for OITNB

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Re: Where to catch free food in the Gaslamp?
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I stopped by the Xfinity thing. Pretty cool. It's a photo op and there's these themed TV "diners". The GOT one has Hot Pie's direwolf cookie, Sansa's favorite dessert, lemon cakes, and jerky meant to be the boar that killed King Robert, I think.97th It had no line yesterday for the pictures, but I doubt that will be the case going forward. The other set-ups, besides GOT were OITNB and Luke Cage. The picture posted by the ublog was the one for OITNB

How did you get in? It was pretty sealed off when I was there.