McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream — a 70-year-old craft creamery concept — is opening an outpost at Dan Almquist’s incoming Rodeo at River Street marketplace in San Juan Capistrano.
The incoming location will be the company’s first Orange County store, with most of its scoop shops hailing from Santa Barbara, LA, and San Luis Obispo.
Additionally, a San Diego location is predicted to open this summer.
The River Street Marketplace will be an off-shoot of Almquist’s two other food halls, Rodeo 39 in Stanton and Rodeo X in Ontario Ranch. The brand will also soon debut Rodeo 72 in Whittier.
“River Street Marketplace is a 60,000-sqft community destination in the heart of San Juan Capistrano,” explains the concept’s website. “Built in the Los Rios district, the oldest neighborhood in California, the marketplace features elevated agrarian architecture, broken up into smaller buildings designed around a central green.”
The space will feature modern dining concepts like Fermentation Farm and Ubuntu Cafe, curated retail, local art, a butcher, and a full bar and brewery with shared communal tables for outdoor dining.
