Well maybe the LA County Fair??

But Otherwise…Is there anything better than pizza and ice cream? This weekend satisfy your sweet tooth with National Ice Cream Day events happening all over the country Sunday July 15th.

Are you more of a savory fan? Well the California Pizza Festival is coming to Los Angeles for the first time and I’ve got tickets!

Satisfy your Sweet Tooth 

Ice Cream for Groups

Smorgasburg LA at the Row in Downtown Los Angeles will be launching what has become a summer favorite, Ice Cream Alley, featuring 10 popups of some of the best ice cream LA has to offer. Most importantly it will continue every weekend until Labor Day so you have a chance to try them all!

Expect pop ups from Nancy’s Fancy Gelato, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream, Sweet Rose Creamery, and more alongside resident sweeties like Wanderlust Creamery and Yellow Business.

Entry is FREE, Ice Cream costs money.

While tickets to the Museum of Ice Cream might be sold out for Sunday, you can bring a little “sprinkle” of it home with you! As of July 8th, Museum of Ice Cream’s very own branded ice cream has hit many Target stores across the country. Enjoy an entire pint of signature flavors like Pinata and Sprinkle Pool, as well as new additions like Vanillionaire and Nana Banana ($4.99).

Ice Cream for Scoops 

Taste only the freshest ice cream the west side has to offer when you visit Small Batch in Mar Vista. It’s the the second location from Top Chef Season 14 Winner Brooke Williamson and husband/Co-Chef Nick Roberts after expanding from their Playa Provisions outpost. All the ingredients are picked up at the local farmers market and then masterly crafted by Playa Provisions’ pastry chef Lindsay Kirk. 

Must have flavors include Lemon with homemade Strawberry Pop Rocks, White Chocolate Thai Tea Pops, and the Unicorn Sundae with a “uni-cone” chocolate-dipped waffle cone with a sparkler on top.

Ice Cream for Practically Free

Unicorns continue their popularity at Baskin-Robbins, who is celebrating National Ice Cream Day with the launch of their new Freak Shakes. Available only until July 31st taste flavors like OREO® ‘n Cookies Freak Shake*, Donut Shop Freak Shake, and Unicorn Freak Shake which is a Cotton Candy milkshake with a scoop of Cotton Candy ice cream topped with Charms Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy and WAYY too many candy toppings to list here.

Not feeling “Freaky”, download their Mobile App to take advantage of deals like a BOGO 99-cent sundae, BOGO cones, and $2 off medium Milkshakes.

Can’t enjoy the Sweet without the Savory

California Pizza Festival

Pizza is generally lauded as one of the easiest things to make, so armed with some Angelo & Franco Mozzarella, a can of Bianco DiNapoli tomatoes, and some 5 Stagioni flour my son Navi and I attempted to make our own pizza by hand. Well it took almost as much time to clean the kitchen as it did for the dough to rise; and while our finished product might look edible…my husband Sage can attest that it was not.

LONG STORY SHORT, I’m leaving it to the professionals from now on and so should you!! On Saturday, July 28th from 12-8 PM the California Pizza Festival will host its first event in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Center Studios.

Enjoy endless pizza courtesy of 20 pizzerias from all over the world!! Headlining the event, pizza from Naples’ Da Michaele featured in the film Eat Pray Love; and Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba, the oldest pizzeria-tavern in Naples which was established in 1738.

Notable stateside slicers include Vito Lacopelli from Prova Pizzeria, Fernando Darin from Ray’s & Stark Bar, and 12-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani of Tony’s Pizza Napoletana from San Francisco.

As this is an event for the whole family, there will be live music and pizza acrobatics for the kids; and beverages for sale from Golden Road Brewery and The Winebow Group for the adults 🙂

Get your pre-sale tickets here and enter the code eatdrinkla to get 10% off!!!  Also enter to win a pair of free tickets here until July 15th! General admission is $45, or you can double your fun with an $89 VIP ticket which includes a VIP space with private bar and beverage vouchers.

Baby Bonus: Kids under 3 are FREE!!