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Grilled Bell Pepper salad, and a kickin vinaigrette
Events coming up!
Our Only Farm to Table Dinner of the Season
Our next wine & appetizers showcase tour
On the Menu this Week
Fresh in the Market
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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

 Grilled Peppers with Saffron Vinaigrette

 

What a lovely way to tickle the taste buds with citrus, saffron, and smokey roasted gooey heirloom sweet peppers from the market.

 

   Get the recipe here

Check out all recipes we've posted here

 

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Greetings 
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It's been a tough week along Highway 4 with the road work dominating everyone's movement patterns. You can help us and other businesses by dining and shopping this weekend.

On a more upbeat note: Wild Sockeye salmon arrived this week. You may remember this product from earlier this year; flash frozen on the boat, these fillets are vacuum packed and last for many months in the freezer. They come via Sonora resident Denny Thompson, veteran World War II bomber pilot and former Alaskan guide.  There are strict guidelines for maintaining a sustainable fishery and Bristol Bay is one of the top in this category. The fishery is maintained by allowing a certain amount to go upriver before fisherman can begin the season which is only three weeks long.

The garden continues to inspire and guide us... Eric has worked hard to ensure that the crops continue to flow. The carrots are a joy to see: thousands of them, and all about 4 inches tall, their feathery leaves moving in unison to the breeze. We have beautiful radishes, arugula and cilantro and more (see full list in the market section below).


CSA UPDATE:
We are pleased to announce our newest drop off in Jackson (deliveries to start very soon). Achieving Balance Chiropractic has generously agreed to be the Jackson location. If you know someone in Amador County that would be interested in getting a box of seasonal veggies send them our way. 

 

Upcoming Events

Every Thursday(4pm-dusk)

Farmers' & Artisans' Market

As the season turns we are going to change it up a little. We are going to keep the grocery open till 8pm and continue to have vendors on an occasional basis. The music will continue and so will happy hour and farmer's menu.
Please note that the musicians are generously donating their time and appreciate tips!
  • Music lineup: October 2nd - Nicholas Lefler, October 9th - Jill Warren
  • Happy Hour! $1 off beers!
  • We have a special menu just for Thursday markets! Check out the special menu here


 

UPCOMING MUSIC:

Outer Aisle wears many hats and providing an awesome music venue is one of the them. The acoustics are great and the floor is perfect for dancing.

Friday, September 26th (7pm dinner show) 
Swing Gitane Trio

  We are delighted to have three of the talented group play during dinner hours from 7pm to 9:30pm. Reservations recommended.

Bill Welles band, TBA

  

Saturday, October 25th (Late night show) 

Dyemusica  

Local talent in the genre of: reggae,rock fusion and jam!   

  

 


 

See more and invite your friends via the facebook event here 


 

Saturday, October 11th (5:30-7pm)
Showcase Wine, Apps, & Garden Tours
Last one of the season ...be sure to sign up to enjoy a simple and fun evening. We'll tour the fall garden, enjoy appetizers and drive over to Ayrael Vieux's tasting room in Douglas Flat to enjoy their vineyard and 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. 
 
  
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: 

 

 
Menu Highlights: new items this week on the dinner menu



Scallops- dressed up for Fall: pan-seared farm-raised scallops, bacon risotto, toasted pepitas, butternut squash, cilantro, beet greens, beurre noisette

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Frito Salad: fried green tomatoes, herbed Mozarella, Amethyst basil, tomato vinaigrette, frisee greens

  Chicken Fried Lamb: curry smashed potatoes, green beans, sriracha hummus, cherry tomatoes, roasted pepper relish, pine nuts (replacing eggplant parmesan)

  Pan-seared Cod: herb encrusted Pacific cod, chilled orzo, arugula pesto, roasted peppers, cherry tomatoes, tomato butter vinaigrette

 

 

 

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, Sungolds, yukon gold potatoes, eggplant, sweet red onions, salad greens, watermelon, cantaloupe, parsley, basil, green beans, shishito, marchant, jalapeno, anaheim peppers, bell peppers (purple, yellow and red), cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, creole garlic, kale and more.

Fruit:
Summerset peaches, Autumn Blaze nectarines, plums, pluots, bartlett pears, apples (fuji, granny, pink lady), mission figs


From Coke & Tomatero Farms...oranges,  winter squash (butternut, delicata, spaghetti and kombucha), grapefruit, limes, avocado, 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. 

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.