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National Ice Cream Day Festival

A day of Ice cream eating relay races, beer floats, ice cream tacos & more.
By - posted 7/18/2015 No Comment

Come celebrate our favorite dreamy treat with Funcheap at SoMa StrEat Food Park on National Ice Cream Day. We’ve got a full summer day of fun and festivities for the whole family lined up, and yeah, ice cream… soooo much ice cream!

National Ice Cream Day Festival
Sunday, July 19, 2015 | 11 am to 6 pm
SoMa StrEat Food Park, 428 11th Street, SF
FREE admission with Facebook RSVP for the first 200 attendees. ($5 cover after)  Children 14 and under free all day.

> Please note the event takes place July 19th not July 11th as was previously listed.

Event Details

  • A bevy of the Bay Area’s top ice cream vendors
  • Root Beer Floats: First (50) orders get a free SoMa StrEat Food Park glass
  • REAL Beer Floats brought to you by Calicraft Brewing Co. and Mitchell’s Ice Cream:
    Buzzerkeley Belgian Strong Pale Ale with Peach Ice Cream & Oaktown Brown Ale with Espresso Toffee Ice Cream. First (150) orders get a free SoMa StrEat Food Park glass
  • Ice cream eating Relay Race brought to you by Straus Family Creamery
  • Dance your sugar high off with Chilly beats from DJ Disco Lyft. Artist formerly known as Disco Lyft, now reigning the 1s and 2s as “DJ El Disco”
  • Rain or Shine (they have plenty of heaters)

Ice Cream & Dessert Vendors

  • Frozen Kuhsterd: West Coast Style Frozen Custard
  • Rockos Ice Cream Tacos: Hand-made waffle cone shell filled with gourmet ice cream and dipped in chocolate
  • Garden Creamery: Small-batch locally sourced ice cream
  • Lobos Ice Cream: Mexican-Style Ice Cream
  • Twisted Chill: Gourmet Soft Serve
  • The Pop Nation: Gourmet Popsicles
  • Aunt Lalis: All your favorite Ice Cream Truck treats, Affogatos, Milkshakes, scooped Ice Cream & made-to-order Ice Cream Sandwiches
  • Mustache Mike’s Italian Ice: Silky Smooth Traditionally Made Italian Ice
  • Cookies N Cream: Gourmet Ice Cream Sandwiches
  • Shake Down: Small batch artisanal ice cream made with pure ingredients
  • Trader Jim’s: Dole Whips, Floats and Soft Serve
  • Bliss Pops: Artisanal Popsicles
  • Bacon Bacon: Move over “It’s-It,” there is a new ice cream sandwich in town! Get ready for the “That’s That” from Bacon Bacon: an epic ice cream sandwich featuring Humphry Slocombe chocolate malt ball ice cream sandwiched between two candied bacon chocolate chip cookies and dipped in chocolate.

Savory Vendors

  • Lil Burma: Authentic Burmese street food
  • Odang Udon: Handmade Japanese noodles made fresh everyday
  • Firetrail Pizza: Wood fired brick oven baked Neapolitan pizzas