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Kitchen Hours

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

Grocery Hours
Wed - Sunday: 
11-6pm
now open later on Sundays 


Farmers' & Artisans' Market
Thursdays: 4pm - 8pm
Dinner starts 4:30
till 8
Happy Hour:
$1 off all beers

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
  • Starting in Amador late September 
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

 Three Amazing Ways to Cantaloupe

 

There's more than just enjoying a cantaloupe on its own. Try one of these three recipes for your appetizer, first course, and dessert. We apologize for the puns ahead of time, but enjoy the recipes nonetheless.

 

   Get the recipe here

Check out all recipes we've posted here

 

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Greetings and Happy Labor Day weekend
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Sadly we say goodbye to two of our dedicated team members: Sarah and Gwen. We wish them the very best in their journeys. Love and blessings from the OA team! Please welcome Rob Cole to our Front of House restaurant staff!

Labor Day distinctly marks the end of summer at least on the calendar. The seasons haven't yet changed although inklings of what is to come have arrived. We welcome in the first winter squash of the year: an early reminder that fall is on it's way. The garden continues to produce vast amounts of delicious produce and melons are elbowing their way into center stage. We'll have melon specials for the next few weeks as we anticipate cantaloupes galore!
Our nephew during his apprenticeship year at our old farm on Penn Gulch, circa 2001
CSA UPDATE:
We are excited to announce deliveries to Amador County starting September 17th. Please go to our website to view options and sign up for Jackson or Sutter Creek delivery drop off spots. 

 

Upcoming Events

Every Thursday(4pm-dusk)

Farmers' & Artisans' Market: Music tonight with Sammy Leverone and Tonya Peterson, two of the trio that make up the Magnolia Rhythm Trio.
click above for the facebook event

Thursday nights are beginning to have a nice community feel.

Farmer's plates and specials from 5 to 8pm.
Happy Hour on beer.     
We welcome you to our place to enjoy the evening, meet new and old friends, have a bite to eat, pick up some fresh veggies, sample gourmet cheeses and other goodies. We'll see you down here.  

New this week at the market:   
  • Cheese sampling
  • Music by Magnolia Rhythm Trio
  • Remember, it's Happy Hour! $1 off beers!
  • We have a special menu just for Thursday markets! Check out the special menu here

Know a producer looking for a great market? Join our farmers' market as a vendor: we have room to expand and this is only the beginning of something great.

 


Saturday, September 6th (starting at 9:30pm)
Music night with Grover Anderson
Raised right here in Murphys, Grover Anderson cut his teeth playing the bars of Santa Barbara. Based now in Oakland, Grover has toured the US and released his third album, The Optimist, in March 2014. His writing delicately treads the border between folk storytelling and pop/rock, and his live shows are high-energy affairs inspired by Garth Brooks, John Fogerty, and Josh Ritter. Listen to some of his album, and even video recordings from his live shows here to get a taste, and join us for a night of music.
 
 
 

 

Saturday, September 13th (5:30-7pm)
Showcase Wine, Apps, & Garden Tours
Join us for a fun and educational tour of our beautiful garden. We'll stroll over to Milfiori Retreat, (the location of our Farm to Table Under the Stars event the following Saturday).

Enjoy appetizers and wine tastings in their unique garden setting. You'll enjoy seasonal foods prepared by our talented chefs, as well as tastings from Tanner Vineyards. 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. 
  
Next Tour:     
Oct 11th (featured winery: Ayrael Vieux) 
  
RSVP: 209-728-1164  |  $18 per person
Includes tour, wine tasting & appetizers   

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, September 20th (6pm)
Farm to Table Under the Stars 

  

Join us in welcoming guest Chef Jimmy Sadegi as he does his magic with the premier ingredients of the season transforming them into a night to savor. 

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

 

 

We would like to introduce you to the Milfiori Historic Country Retreat. This gem of a place is also available for a weekend retreat. Check out their website for more details on rates and availability.

   

 

 

Call us at 209/728-1164 and make a reservation today. 

 

SPECIAL OFFERING: 

Just 4 seats left @ the 20% off deal!  

 

 

See more and invite your friends via the facebook event here 



 
 
Menu Highlights this week 
Highlights:
App: Petite Watermelon Salad with
cucumbers, house greens, basil, white cheddar, candied walnuts, pickled watermelon rind, olive oil

Entrees: Seared Scallops
Beef Shank
Eggplant Parmesan


Sous Chef Beverly with the frittata cakes for the garden & wine tour last weekend.



Tomato Lover's Plate
Eating is a visual experience too!

 

Special Farmers' & Artisans' Market Dinners on Thursdays:

We just started offering special menus for Thursday nights 4:30-8pm with our market and music going on outside. Come for happy hour and stay for dinner!

Check out our menus here 

 

 

We upload our menus online!

  to see menus uploaded as often as we can (check out the latest and past menus). Comment there and tell us what you think! 

 

 

At the Market
Click each of the items below and find recipes on our website! 
 
Veggies from the Farm: Heirloom tomatoes, corn, Sungolds, red potatoes, eggplant, sweet red onions, salad greens, watermelon, cantaloupe, parsley, basil, chard, green beans, shishito, marchant, jalapeno, anaheim peppers, bell peppers (purple, yellow and red), cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, creole garlic and more.

Fruit:
O'Henry peaches, Honey Diva nectarines, plums, pluots, bartlett pears, apples (fuiji, granny, pink lady) Vallecito peach, mission figs, strawberries


From Coke & Tomatero Farms...oranges, grapefruit, limes, lemons, avocado, green beans, collards, leeks, carrots, celery, cabbage, kale, ginger.
 
 

 Check out all of our latest recipes online here

  
Community Supported Agriculture:

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

 

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.