Weekend Plans: Fluff Bake Bar’s Ice Cream Collab, Hot Dog Contest

EAST SIDE — Get ready for Kitty Cohen's official opening party tonight from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. with food and drink. [EATX]

OPENING ALERT CONTINUED — Taco Cabana's replacement Pollo Tropical's opening continues on Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24, where the first 100 guests who show up at 10:30 a.m. each day will get a free meal coupon. [EATX]

EAST CESAR CHAVEZ — The restaurants along East Cesar Chavez—Jacoby's, Mongers, Sawyer, and Capital City Bakery—are setting up shop at Craftsman to show off the street. Early tickets, which include five tastings, are $15, which go up to $25. Everything takes place on Saturday, July 23 from noon to 5 p.m. [EaterWire]

BEER HERE — Adelbert's Brewery is releasing new canned beers with a party full of food trucks and snow cones on Saturday from 1 to 11 p.m. [EaterWire]

SOUTH CONGRESS — If you still want to stuff your face with hot dogs, Doc's Motorworks Bar & Grill is the place to be on Saturday. Several hot dogs, including a barbecue bacon cheddar one, will be available, plus there will be a hot dog contest from 5 to 7 p.m. [EaterWire]

ICE CREAM WIRE — For South Congress Hotel’s next ice cream social, and guest chef Rebecca Masson from Houston’s Fluff Bake Bar is coming into town to whip up sweets with Stephen F. Frostin' from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 24. On the docket are Kitchen Sink brownies, pickled strawberry sorbet sandwiches, and more. [EaterWire]

ANNIVERSARY PIZZA — Unit D Pizzeria s celebrating its one year anniversary with free beer, bubbles, cupcakes, and the chance to win free pizza for a year on Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m. [EaterWire]

ROUND ROCK — Greenhouse Craft Food is hosting a beer dinner with Saint Arnold Brewing Company on Sunday. The five course meal, paired with beers, will include dishes like bacon-wrapped quail, cured and smoked Gulf shrimp, and chocolate bourbon mousse. Tickets are $70.54. [EaterWire]