Electric Forest’s “Grilled Cheese Incident” stand rolled out a wild menu highlight this year: the $100 “Rock Lobster” grilled cheese. It’s stacked with six-cheese truffle mac, sharp cheddar, Maine lobster tail, 24k gold leaf, parmesan crust, and Italian black truffle.
By 6 p.m., sellers reported just four sold — making it more a festival curiosity than a crowd favorite. Attendees on Reddit laughed at the logistics of fresh lobster at a Michigan camping fest and debated if anyone would cough up a Benjamin for the luxe melt.
Reviews lean toward “interesting” for black truffle lovers but unanimously shake their heads at the price vs. standard $16 grilled cheese options around the grounds. Comments flood with jokes about homemade grilled cheese being just as good (if not better) and the absurdity of festival seafood markup.
In all, the “Rock Lobster” lives up to its status as a high-end novelty: a spectacle to admire, meme about, and debate — but not a staple on most Electric Forest plates. Most go for the simpler, wallet-friendlier grilled cheeses instead.
Source: r/electricforest