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Lunch
Wednesdays - Sundays
11-3pm
 
Dinner
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
5-8:30pm (8pm Sundays)

Pub 
Thursdays: Happy Hours
$1 off all beers
 
Fridays - Sundays
5pm-closing

Grocery Hours
Wed - Sat: 11-6pm
Sundays: 11-4pm

Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Thursdays: 4pm - dusk


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

mailing address:
PO Box 2052
Murphys, CA 95247
 
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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.
 
Recipe of the Week
  

What's a Shishito?

 

A melt-in-your-mouth sweet pepper: Grill it, broil it, saute it, just get it on the fire!

 

 Learn more and get the recipe here

 

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Greetings    !

SUNGOLDS MAKE THEIR DEBUT

Let the season of abundance begin!

 

There's something that is so sunshine about sungolds that has me in shivers. Pop one of these balls of sweetness in your mouth and bliss out! You are about to see, taste and experience a full season of summer goodness.   

Tomato platters here we come!

This time of year amazes me with it's colors, flavors, shapes and designs. It's also really fun to see happy customers that are passionate about healthy eating.  The chefs are working hard at creating dishes to accommodate all of the taste sensations possible and we are so excited to announce the summer lunch menu.

 

SPECIAL REQUEST: As we launch out in the world we are beginning to say yes to catering events. Do you have a platter or two collecting dust and want to pass along to us?  

 

Hey, are you using the navigation menu to the left? Click any of those links and it will shoot you directly to that part of the newsletter. Try it out! 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

Every Thursday(4pm-dusk)

Farmers' & Artisans' Market
It's market season at Outer Aisle. And a fun time to get out in the evening, meet new and old friends, have a bite to eat, pick up some fresh veggies and other goodies.

Looking for that special mug? Sifu is bring her pottery tonight. Sample delicious cheeses inside in the air conditioned restaurant! We'll see you down here.  
Happy Hour -- $1 off beer
Salad Bar & menu favorites available 4-8pm 
  
Music at the Market 6-8pm:
July 3rd: Richard Sholer & Keith Evans (read about them on the facebook event here)
 
 
 
We're delighted to be serving 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!




 
Garden tours revisited - check out this offering: 

Saturdays monthly, starting July 19th (5:30-7pm)
Wine, Apps, and Showcase Garden Tours  
Join Eric & Christine for a fun and educational tour of our beautiful garden --- You'll enjoy a three course pairing of seasonal foods, prepared by our expert chefs, and featuring local wines. Experience a diversity of award winning heirloom varietals and observe techniques developed over our twenty years of growing food. Our productive garden supplies our farm market, restaurant and weekly food delivery and is a showcase in biodiversity. 
 
Saturday, July 19th 
Featured winery: Frog's Tooth 
(5:30-7pm)

More dates:  
Aug 23rd (featured winery: Chatom),  
Sept 13th (featured winery: Tanner), 
Oct 11th - TBA 
  
RSVP: 209-728-1164  |  $18 per person
Includes tour, wine tasting & apps   


Share it with friends and tell us you're coming (not an official RSVP) 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 night, July 5th
Music at Outer Aisle
*dinner service ends at 8pm

Don't miss The Hot Dark! This band will have you rocking and rolling in no time. Grab your dancin' shoes kids, the local wonder band, The Hot Dark, is back at Outer Aisle and it's their last show before Rick sets sail!   


Cover charge at the Door (first come first serve): $8 per person, $12 for two. Support local talent: all proceeds to the musicians. 

Connect with the Band on Facebook 

Share the event with friends here 

(This is Rick's last show! More bands to come!)

 

 

Friday, July 4th (9:30pm - 12:30am)

Party Night (4th of July)

 

Mountain Motion will present an unforgettable evening of comedy juggling as well as their entrancing
 
kaleidoscopic glow juggling show "Illuminate" in celebration of Independence Day.
Mountain Motion is your local trio of internationally acclaimed juggling talent. Join us for this unique public performance!

Learn more about them:

August 9th & September 20th
Farm to Table Under the Stars 
First course: apps in the garden

Don't miss it! We have two opportunities at this incredible location just minutes from our farm. 

 

Call us 209/728-1164 and make a reservation today. More details to come. RSVP your seat now by calling us!

 

$100 per person  

$20 wine pairings

$10 non-alcoholic 

(wine & gratuity not included) 

 

Tell your friends you're going on facebook: click here 

 

 
This Week's Menu:
 
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LOOK for our new dinner menu featuring these highlights:


Seared Scallops in a sherry cream sauce with a Truffle Basil Risotto

TRY this awesoTaylor Farm Brisket with roasted corn, heirloom tomatoes, basil green beans, peppers and roasted garlic, with smashed herb red potatoes

Grilled Vegetable Platter
(vegetarian's delight) 

 

We upload our menus online!

See the latest lunch and dinner menus here 

 

 

At the market this Week: 
 

 
  
FRUIT from Tyson Hill: 
White and yellow nectarines, Flavorcrest peaches, Snowbrite white peaches, Mariposa plums, Owen T plums, blackberries and Patterson apricots.

From the Farm: Sungolds, red potatoes, sweet red onions, yellow zephyr squash, italian squash and round yellow starbursts, salad greens, chard, kale, cilantro, parsley, green beans, shishito peppers, cucumbers.

FROM WITHIN 150 MILES: Tomatoes, melons, corn, fennel, beets, watermelon, cabbage, celery, mushrooms, peppers, avocado, lemons, limes, celery, ginger. 
 

 
Community Supported Agriculture:
Summer's abundance is only days away and the boxes are getting fuller and fuller.... 
 

Here's what one of our customer's told us the other week:

"I'm a super busy, working, single woman and LOVE fresh food but end up only getting to the grocery or farmers markets once a month.  Your service has brought back fresh eating into my world and I am so thankful."  
JoLynn

She gets a delivery on a regular basis - would you like to get one too?
For questions contact our CSA & Grocery Manger, Kaedence: outeraisle@gmail.com

 

Community Support Request!

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!

 
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.