Here is some of the dining news from across San Diego County, as well as some upcoming events for foodies.<\/p>\n
New ice cream shop in Old Town: Silver Hoof Creamery, a family-friendly, fairytale-themed soft-serve ice cream parlor, opened June 19 in the Old Town Urban Market in San Diego\u2019s Old Town community. Owned by Daria Kim, the shop serves scratch-made ice cream made with California dairy milk in cups, cones, waffle tacos, sundaes and milkshakes. On Saturday, the shop will offer a Red, White & Swirl special with free waffle-cone upbrade and three toppings with any soft-serve purchase. Open Wednesdays-Mondays. 2548 Congress St., San Diego. silverhoofcreamery.com<\/a><\/p>\n Black Rail Sunday special: From 4 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Black Rail Kitchen & Bar is offering a three-course dinner for two for $79 plus tax. Deal includes two cocktails or a bottle of house cabernet, chardonnay or Chamdeville Brut, a shared appetizer, two entr\u00e9es and a shared dessert. 6981 El Camino Real, Carlsbad. blackrailkitchen.com<\/a><\/p>\n Fourth of July buffet: Hudson & Nash restaurant at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel will serve an All-American Fourth of July buffet dinner on Saturday evening. Items include Kansas City baby back ribs, 12-hour smoked brisket, fried chicken, cedar-plank roasted salmon, baked beans, strawberry shortcake and more. Prices range from $72-$92 for adults, and $25 for children under 12. 1 Park Blvd., downtown. hudsonandnashsd.com<\/a><\/p>\n El Pollo Loco summer menu:\u00a0Six new menu items have been rolled out at this Mexican quick-service restaurant chain. There\u2019s the Queso-Loaded Quesedilla and Street Corn Loaded Quesadilla. There are two Chatacoffee drinks, which are Horchata-inspired iced coffees, one with cinnamon and vanilla flavorings and one topped with sweet cold foam. And the popular BBQ black beans are back on the menu. elpolloloco.com<\/a><\/p>\n Jeni\u2019s Ice Cream summer flavors: Jeni\u2019s introduced three new summer flavors at its ice cream scoop shops on Thursday. They are Campfire S\u2019mores with marshmallow, toasted sugar ice cream, chocolate and graham crackers; Strawberry Pretzel Pie with cream cheese ice cream, pretezel streusel and strawberry sauce; and Hibiscus Chili Punch Sorbet, with black pepper and jalape\u00f1o. jenis.com<\/a><\/p>\n Tender Greens summer bites:\u00a0Tender Greens has launched three new limited-time summer menu items in honor of its 20th anniversary. The new Avocado BLT sandwich is made with spiced bacon and ricotta-pesto aioli. There\u2019s a traditiona strawberry shortcake dessert and a Cowboy Cookie, made with chocolate, oats, coconut and pecans. tendergreens.com<\/a><\/p>\n San Diego Restaurant Week: The California Resaturant Association will bring back its fall edition of San Diego Restaurant Week from Sept. 13-20. More than 120 restaurants across more than 30 neighborhoos will be offering prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus starting at $30. Participants, menus and other details will be added to the website in the months to come. sandiegorestaurantweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n Cori hosts Abruzzo wine dinner: North Park\u2019s Cori Pastificio Trattoria is hosting on July 9 \u201cAn Evening in Abruzzo,\u201d a prix-fixe dinner celebrating the wines of that region of central Italy prepared by chef Chris Osborne with wine pairings. Reservations are available from 5 to 8:30 p.m. July 9. 2977 Upas St., San Diego. coripasta.com<\/a><\/p>\n Pechanga Whiskey & Wings Festival: Pechanga Resort Casino will host its second annual one-day food festival where ticketholders can taste 1-ounce pours of 23 artisan whiskeys and eat 13 different varities of unlimited wings, desserts and non-alcoholic beverages. Festivalgoers can vote for the best wings. There will be live music and a live auction. Doors open at 11 a.m. for VIP ticketholders and 1 p.m. for general admission. July 11. $127.50-$167.50. Ages 21 and up only. 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula. pechanga.com\/entertain\/whiskey-wings-festival<\/a><\/p>\n Pam Kragen, Union-Tribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is some of the dining news from across San Diego County, as well as some upcoming events…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,421,181,412,74,84,76,75,420,1696],"class_list":["post-384067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-food-and-drink","tag-latest-headlines","tag-restaurants","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}