Celebrate National Ice Cream Day with a themed social, cocktail dinner & more downtown

Celebrate National Ice Cream Day with a themed social, cocktail dinner & more downtown

Jul 16, 20192 min read

Ice cream, wine, and good times are to be had.

Landing right on National Ice Cream Day, a full evening of events surrounding Lustau de Jerez sherry wine is happening from 3 p.m. – midnight on Sunday, July 21.

The festivities will take you on a small tour to three different downtown spots — including Elvira’s, Public Brewhouse, and Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery — and it’s totally up to you to see how many of the events you want to be a part of.

There’s going to be an ice cream social, a cocktail dinner, happy hour, live music, and an after party. Tickets are sold separately, so take a glance at what’s going on and pay extra attention to the time and location.

Schedule of Events

Elvira’s

From 3 – 6 p.m. you’ll find yourself in the middle of the “Lustau Ice Cream Social and Sherry Education” workshop, which also includes live entertainment, a happy hour, and a free Lustau Ice Cream Float.

Tickets are $15 per person.

Elvira’s is located at 256 E. Congress St. 

Public Brewhouse

From 6 – 8 p.m. you can catch the “Lustau Beer Happy Hour” and live music at the brewery located just off of Fourth Avenue.

Public Brewhouse is located at 209 N. Hoff Ave.

Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery

The downtown restaurant is throwing a Lustau Cocktail Dinner from 7 – 9 p.m.

The menu has yet to be released but it’ll feature three courses of food and cocktails from mixologist Charlie Engebretson of Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery and Eric Harding of Elvira’s.

Seats are $45 per person.

Hub Restaurant & Ice Creamery is located at 266 Congress St. 

Elvira’s

After you’ve filled up on ice cream and delicious food, you can head back over to Elvira’s for the after party from 9 p.m. – midnight.

Elvira’s is located at 256 E. Congress St.  For more information on all of these events, visit eventbrite.com. 

Article written by:

Matt Sterner

Matt Sterner

More about Matt

At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.

He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.

If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.

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