Hey man, I'm likely going to NEC but I would be taking a bus up to PA so I probably can't help you there unless something changes, sorry. As for rooming I don't have that planned yet :/
We used to get like 5 beef and cheddars for 5 bucks. It was great, then it just crept up to like 8 for 5 before they got rid of it.
I had the beef brisket recently, was pretty good.