Outer Aisle Foods
In This Issue
Hours
Dharma Merchant Services
Recipe of the week
See the menu
Farmers Market & Other Coming Events
10% off CSA
Donate your washing machine & dryer!
Give us your Feedback
Quick Links
CSA Account
 
Kitchen Hours

Lunch
Wednesdays - Sundays
11-3pm
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


164 Highway 4
Murphys, CA 95247
209-728-1164

mailing address:
po box 2052
Murphys, CA 95247
 
Partner of the Month:PartnerOfMonth

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.

 


Package Deal
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!

2014 CSA BOX DELIVERIES CSA  
Do 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.
 
jobpostingWe 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. 

Recipe of the WeekRecipe
  Chef Beverly's Pot Pie!

 

Get it here

 
Greetings    !

  

I am pleased to annouce our new Grocer, Kaedence Eaton! Kaedence currently manages the CSA program and we are excited to extend her hours and expertise into the grocery.

 

Also, we are working to get a new Point of Sale computer system (POS) working at the restaurant that will help us move faster on table service and we need your help to make it happen! Have you joined us on our "Fill our Sails Campaign"?  One way that you can help is to read more about our fantastic credit card processor, who is also our business of the month, Dharma Merchant Services! (see below)

 

 

News from the Garden:

 

Rose, our Front of House Manager
gathering Chard

New potatoes are in from the field. It was a splendid sight to see Chef Webster and Farmer Eric hard at work forking out these red specimens of health and beauty. They appear in the CSA boxes this week as well as in the grocery and on the menu. Here farm meets kitchen in the elegance of the farmer's fields.... the very best way to get a sense of what will appear on the weekly menu.

Most of the produce is coming from the farm. Hooray! We love this time of year with all of it's green abundance. Think big salads with arugula, asian greens, lettuce, spinach and thin slices of radish! Plenty to choose from - let your imagination guide you on your next visit to the grocery.

 

 

Produce update:
Katy Apricots are in, as well as white and yellow peaches, white nectarines, plums, blueberries and strawberries.  Plus, artichokes and broccoli, carrots and English peas!

 

Make sure to check out Chef Beverly's recipe below to use those carrots, peas, and onions.

 

 
On the Menu This Week

  

  

Come June we will be offering table service at lunch (hours extended 11-3pm). 
Starting June 8th we will be open for dinner on Sundays!

 

Grilled Peach Salad

Grilled white peaches, fresh basil, arugula, garden greens, candied walnuts, white cheddar cracker, lavender balsamic vinaigrette

 

Stuffed Zucchini

Ratatouille-stuffed garden zucchini, creamy cashew butter polenta, fresh basil, roasted garlic mascarpone cream, ricotta tempura squash blossom

  

Your feedback counts!
Thanks to Judy's request on our feedback page, we are now offering full menus online!
(subject to change)

  

 

Upcoming Special Events

 

 

Starting Thursday, June 5th (4pm-dusk)

Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Starting in June we will bring back our farmers market in a way that you have never seen before. Get a first look at local artisans and farmers who are new  to selling their wares and goods. Local musicians will be there for each weekly market. Come by 

for Nicholas Lefler (4-6pm) and Mountain Melodies Choir (6-7pm). Remember that we are also starting off with our Tasting & Taylor Talks (see below).
Tell us you'll be there and invite friends on facebook here.

 

 

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!
June 29th: The Duhks with The Trespassers



Saturday, June 14th, 10-11:30am
(2nd & 4th Saturdays of every month)

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, June 28th, 9:30pm-12am 

Special Music Nights & DancingMusicnight

We had such a blast last weekend (check them out on the left, there)! 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 with The Hot Dark June 28th, and July 5th. More bands to come!)

 

 

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):
Come meet the Taylors, sample the delicious newbies coming from our farm, & get the inside vision & scoop on our local ecosystem & food shed including nutritional and farming insights from our Master Gardeners & Founders, Eric & Christine Taylor. Tell us you're coming on facebook here.

 

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  

 

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

 

Community Support Request!

Thank you everyone for making community-supported agriculture a reality! Our "Fill Our Sails" Campaign is the sustenance we need to grow into the community center we work towards.

 

With that in mind, we are looking for a washer and dryer!  Do you have a working washer and dryer gathering dust?  We are in need of the machines to wash our linens at the restaurant and keep the re-use cycle spinning. We are branching our our catering opportunities and aim to keep our Marygold Fabricating napkins for years to come. 

 

We are also looking for:

  • icechests
  • platters
  • catering wares
  • donations of any kind

Email Christine at outeraislefoods@gmail.com if you have any leads. Thank you all for your support!

 

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.

 
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.
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.