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Kitchen Hours
Lunch
Wednesdays - Sundays
11-3pm Extended hours!
Table service beginning in June
Dinner
Fridays & Saturdays
5-8:30pm
Extending to Sunday
starting June 8th
Pub
Fridays & Saturdays 5pm-closing
Grocery Hours
Wed - Sat: 11-6pm
Sundays: 11-4pm
Thursdays: 4pm - dusk new time
164 Highway 4
Murphys, CA 95247
209-728-1164
mailing address:
po box 2052
Murphys, CA 95247
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Partner of the Month:
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In the spirit of building a community where "everyone thrives", part of our mission, we are honored to feature one of our amazing business partners (folks that help make Outer Aisle possible) once per month and give you an inside scoop as to why we think they're the cats' pajamas! For the month of May, we have chosen to feature our credit card processing company, Dharma Merchant Services, the only socially responsible, eco-driven business of its kind. Their kindred business standards is just one of the reasons we love them. Their office is in San Francisco- as local as it gets in their industry- and they're family owned and operated. Dharma also has great customer service (another anomaly in their industry). You'll always get a human being when you call. And if that weren't enough, they give a whopping %50 of their annual profits to eco and socially driven non-profits working to make a difference. Plain and simple, we know that working with them is voting with our money for the kind of world we want to create- one where everyone thrives- instead of supporting big corporate banks that invest in things that don't align with our business and social values.
If you own or run a business and want to make a difference in every aspect, you'll want to check out Dharma! Tell them we sent you by clicking on our referral landing page and you'll also be helping out Outer Aisle because, full disclosure, we have a referral partnership with them too. Voting with your dollars for making a difference by choosing Dharma will also mean you're voting to keep Outer Aisle a thriving and contributing member of our community. It's a win-win-win!
Those were our words, here's how the President of Dharma, Jeff Marcous, puts it.
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Package Deal
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Murphys Suites
Twisted Oak
Package Deal
Have friends or family coming to town and looking for something to do?
Refer them to Murphys Suites to inquire about their Twisted Folk Summer Packages: Book 1 night at
Murphys Suites and get %50 off any tickets to the Twisted Folk Summer Concert Series and a discounted lunch or dinner for 2 at Outer Aisle!
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2014 CSA BOX DELIVERIES 
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D o you want to enjoy fresh seasonal produce and knowledge of where it comes from? Do you and your friends live outside our current distribution and would love to have Outer Aisle come closer to you? Contact Kaedence to see about starting deliveries in your area!
Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to:
- Tuolumne County
- Calaveras County
- Alpine County
Benefits of Becoming a CSA Member:
- Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
- Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
- Bi-weekly fall, winter and spring deliveries to convenient drop off locations near you
- Your choice of the size bag for your needs: mini, basic and full sizes. Add on fruit, roots, and greens
- Access our on-line web store
- Vacation when you are out of town
- Supplement your own garden, you grow greens: we have roots and fruits!
- Lower your carbon footprint. Save gas, we deliver to you
- Support local growers, producers and makers.
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We are hiring!
Front of House Server Position
(we are looking primarily for lunch shift coverage)
Skills we are looking for: - Experienced in serving (preferably 2+ years)
- Dedicated
- Hard working
- Full time availability
- Aligned with our sustainability commitments
- Interested in working with slow/seasonal food & farm to table service
- Available for special events
Leave your resume with us at the restaurant.
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Recipe of the Week
It's coming on Summer Squash season, and we love this quick recipe that brings out the best of their flavor.
Get it here
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Greetings !
We loved having Gold Country Roasters come over last night to teach us about a new level of sustainability in coffee certification. Come enjoy our bird friendly coffee from our bar or at a table.
And a reminder: please read about our Fill Our Sails campaign and learn about our community supported agriculture opportunity.
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New in the store & CSA:
Garden update! We are thrilled to have supplied our CSA veggie boxes with all of their needs this week without having to supplement from other farms. It feels like a milestone reaching this point.
Every week we add on a new item, so check out the full list.
Snap peas 
Fava beans
Salad greens
Lettuce
Radishes (see photo)
Arugula
Cilantro
Parsley
Chard
Kale
Zucchini
Summer squash
Basil
New on the scene: garlic and heirloom red onion grown in Calaveras for
Over 100 years!
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A View from the Farm this Week:
 A gorgeous photo straight from Christine. Come visit us in our garden tours and get the low-down, or come see us at the Farmers' & Artisans' Market for our Tastes and Talks.
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News from the Restaurant
Starting June 8th we will be serving dinner on Sundays!
and
Bring your next hot date for a casual lunch: Starting in June, we will be offering table service at lunch.
And remember, lunch hours are now extended (11am-3pm)
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Upcoming Special Events
Saturday, May 31st
Mountain Sage Concert Series
 We're delighted to be serving up our spectacular, beyond organic cuisine throughout the summer at this awesome concert series in Groveland. Click here for summer concert schedule and tickets. We look forward to eating well and making merry with ya!
2nd & 4th Saturdays of every month, 10-11:30am
Showcase Garden Tours
 We are excited to show off the garden in it's springtime glory starting this May 24th and give you an idea of what's to come. Eric will be leading the tour and you can expect to have an educational and fun time. We recommend that you wear suitable footwear, a hat and carry a water bottle. One hour tour: $15 (children are free). If you come for the tour and eat lunch at Outer Aisle we'll discount your lunch meal by $5. Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of every month from 10-11:30am. Call the store to sign up (209-728-1164) or show up at Outer Aisle in Murphys (1164 Hwy 4) no later than 9:45 am the day of to shuttle over to the farm. Join us on facebook here. Interested in a group Agritour (including an extensive farm tour and custom Farm To Table Dinner) for your family, large party or organization? Contact Christine:
 Saturday, May 24th, 9:30pm-12am Saturday Night Music & Dancing We had such a blast last weekend! Grab your dancin' shoes kids, the local wonder band, The Hot Dark, is coming to Outer Aisle! Cover charge at the Door (first come first serve): $7 per person, 2 for $10 Connect with the Band on Facebook Share the event with friends here (Join us again for dancing June 28th, and July 5th!)  Starting Thursday, June 5th (5-6:30pm)
Monthly Tasting & Taylor Talks
1st Thursdays of each month beginning on June 5th (with our first Farmers & Artisans Market of the season 4pm-dusk):
Coming soon (details to come): Our Grand Opening! Join us for our official Grand Opening on Saturday, July 19th & stay tune for Special Farm To Table Pre Fixe Dinners & a variety of fun & interesting Educational Events this summer. More info coming soon... Farm to Table Events at Milfori August 9th & September 20th Email Christine for reservations at outeraislefoods@gmail.com |
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CSA Spring Special:
Join our CSA during our Spring Special and get in on a box of veggies
on a regular basis. Introduce a friend, work colleague or family member during our spring special (10% discount for 6 deliveries to new members when you use the COUPON CODE: Eat Your Veggies). Our deliveries are stretching to Mountain Ranch & into Amador County and Valley Springs. For questions contact our CSA Manger, Kaedence: outeraisle@gmail.com
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Call for Computers!
 Got an unused/old laptop or desktop gathering dust? Consider donating
it to Outer Aisle. We are committed to producing as little e-waste as possible, recycling it responsibly and reusing fixable technology whenever possible. Email Christine at outeraislefoods@gmail.com to donate.
Hear a brief NPR interview about e-waste here.
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What do you think?
We'd love your feedback! What do you think of our website, this newsletter, or our social media pages? Tell us what you think; we'd love your thoughts as we move into making our website the resource we want it to be, and build the newsletter as your connection to the community each week.
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Outer Aisle FARMERS KITCHEN, MARKET & PUB. "growing food, feeding community".
Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor Farms. Located on Main Street, Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights: summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring potatoes to name just a few!
Outer Aisle also operates a year round CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.
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COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE
We invite you to be a member of our CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is more than a statement of support it's an amazing way to connect your palate with seasonal eating on a regular basis.
Where the food comes from?
People ask us all the time is our produce "organic" and while we are tempted to just say yes and let the organic definition tell the story we don't. We are not certified "organic" and to use the word as a casual expression would get us into trouble. We believe that our practice of stewardship goes beyond what is required under the "organic" label. We are committed to caring for the soil and the micro-organisms that so skillfully maintain fertility so that plants can thrive. And above all, we have a direct connection with our customers and invite you to come out to the fields on one of our farm tours. (Starting in May every 2nd and 4th Saturday.)
Thank you to those pioneering farmers who worked for years, at first alone and then together, to stand firm in ensuring the adoption of strict regulations for what was to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Over the years since "organic" moved to a national standard some of those regs have been "watered" down to allow the larger industrial farms to get a piece of the dollar pie.
We love it that the farmers who were the originators of organic are the predominant producers of the food that we eat, we sell and we cook.
Those pioneering farmers are still doing what they have always done: adhering to their own high standards of organic and going beyond what is required. Full Belly Farm, Terra Firma, Coke Farms are three of the original pioneers that supply us with produce at times when our garden is not producing. They are advocates of a sustainable approach and even though they are certified organic their practices are what nurtures community: soil and people!
Those pioneers are inspiring the younger generation and we are proud also to complement our produce with those from up and coming organic farms like Tomatero in Watsonville.
Enjoy seasonal produce and the insurance that what you eat comes from farms that practice diversity, stewardship and are pioneers of good health.
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