Come enjoy the florals & abstracts of our current artist, Erin McIntosh, on Wednesday, May 30 from 5:00 to 6:00. Meet Erin, who has an MFA in Studio Art and a BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Georgia. We will provide snacks and all glasses of wine and beer will be $1 off.

Stick around afterwards for the Greendale Farm Artisanal Cheese & Beer Tasting. Also on May 30th, it will run from 6:00-7:00. There will be 4 beers & 4 cheeses. Christel Green will be there to talk about her farm and the cheeses she has selected for the event, and you will taste some fun beers selected by Jared Penso of Savannah Distributing. Meet some other people who like cheese & beer, and stay for dinner (if you stay you get 10% off your meal). Only 20 spaces available so call the restaurant to reserve your spot. 706-354-7901.

 Like to cycle? Live close by and want to stroll on over for your lunch? If you come in and don’t drive your car to get here, let us know. You can get a 15% off discount for using alternative forms of transportation.

Speaking of cycling, PLACE’s Tour de Farm is coming up over Memorial Day Weekend. This 3-day bike tour to area farms provides the opportunity for some one-on-one time with many of the farmers that we source from. Cyclists will be heading south, and will travel to Monroe & Madison & everywhere in between. Some of the farms include Tewksbury Farm, Foster Brady Farm, and Darby Farms. Email Erin at athenstourdefarm@gmail.com for more information or to sign up. You will camp at the farms overnight, and the trip includes all meals. (One will be prepared by Heirloom).

We have lots of great events coming up as well.

April 4-5:00-6:00 pm. Reception for our newest artist, Susie Burch. Susie has shared some of her lovely watercolors & oil paintings with us. She is also the artist responsible for our keystone piece of artwork. You will not want to miss her or her work. Snacks will be provided, and all glasses of wine and beers will be $1 off.

April 13, 14, & 19-21. In conjunction with Town & Gown Players, we will be offering a 3-course price fix pre-theater menu. $35 for students & seniors, and $38 for the general public includes a pass to be traded in for a ticket to Amadeus. You must be seated between 5:30 & 6:30 for the price fix so you can make it around the corner in time to see the play. Please reserve you tickets with Town & Gown (706-208-8696) ahead of time, as the pass we provide does not guarantee a seat. We are so excited about this partnership, and we hope that we can continue it with other upcoming plays.

April 22-4:00-7:00 pm. Heirloom Spring Artists’ Market. We had such a great time at our Holiday market that we decided to do another one just in time for Mother’s Day, Graduation, or upcoming birthdays. We will have snacks out on the bar, and the bar will be open for purchases. We will have all sorts of mediums represented.

April 24-6:00-9:00 pm. Eat, Drink, Save the Earth. Heirloom Earth Day Wine Dinner in partnership with Shiraz and Atlanta Wholesale Wines. Emily & Scott have helped us pick out a wide range of delicious wines that are all sustainable, organic, or biodynamic to pair with 5 courses of fabulous spring fare. Check out the menu below. $50 including tax & gratuity. Call Shiraz at 706-208-0010 to reserve.

Earth Day Wine Dinner Menu

6:00 Reception-Cline Viognier

Arugula, strawberries, sliced almonds, mint & lemon poppyseed vinaigrette. Argyle Brut.

Chilled beet & goat cheese soup, citrus salad. Gundlach Bundschu Gewurtztraminer.

Rabbit terrine, caramelized root vegetable puree, pickled radish salad. Sanford Flor de Campo Pinot Noir.

Smoked pork scallopini, black pepper & red wine jus, sauteed greens. Hedges Red Mountain Red.

Lemon basil pannacotta. 1000 Faces Coffee.

We will have some delicious goodies in our pastry case over the next few days to give to your sweetheart. We also have lots of fun stuff from Little Cuckoo–truffles, salted caramels, 3 packs, or a big red box full of deliciousness. You can even mix and match your own box of truffles to your liking.

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We still have a few spots left for Valentine’s Day dinner. Call 706-354-7901 to reserve.

Valentine’s Day Price Fix Menu-$45 per person includes a glass of sparkling wine per person and a small box of Little Cuckoo truffles for each couple. $15 more with wine pairings for each course. Reservations recommended.

The Valentine’s Menu will be available a la carte at the bar all evening, and we will also be offering our All the Way burger and Polk burger.

The full beer & wine list will also be available for those who don’t want to do pairings.

Your choice of:

Oysters Heirloom-Apalachicola oysters baked with spinach, preserved lemon, Luna bread crumbs

OR

Kale salad, heirloom radishes, green goddess dressing

OR

Carrot, winter squash, apple, & ginger soup, chestnut cream, gingerbread croutons

Your choice of:

Steak Frites-BPH sirloin, Yukon gold frites, salsa verde

OR

Coq au Vin with BPH game hen

OR

Red wine risotto, cremini mushrooms, thyme, beet greens

Your choice of dessert to share

Chocolate caramel truffle tart, caramel sauce, High Road Craft bourbon burnt sugar ice cream, almond chocolate macaron

OR

Lemon meringue cake, strawberry sauce, strawberry thyme shortbread cookies

OR

Orange bundt cake, tuille cookie, chocolate orange mousse, cranberry coulis, pistachio brittle (vegan)

]]> http://www.heirloomathens.com/2012/02/love-is-in-the-air/feed/ 0 http://www.heirloomathens.com/2012/01/so-much-deliciousness/ http://www.heirloomathens.com/2012/01/so-much-deliciousness/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:02:31 +0000 jess http://www.heirloomathens.com/?p=646 Upcoming Events:

Thursday, February 2, 10:00 pm, at the fabulous 40 Watt Club, our staff band, Hairlüm, will perform in the Athens Business Rocks benefit for Nuçi’s Space. Come out and show your support!

Friday, February 3, 7:00-9:00 pm, Heirloom will be participating in the Grit-Off at ATHICA as a part of the Southern exhibit. Come out and taste grits from lots of Athens restaurants, enjoy some great southern art, and see a performance piece examining the connection between the HOPE scholarship and the GA lottery by Ted Kuhn.

Tuesday, February 7, 6:00-9:00 pm, New Belgium Beer Dinner. Join us for our first beer dinner, featuring 6 beers and 5 courses. Reservations required. $60. See our menu below.

Tuesday, February 14, 5:30-9:00 pm, Valentine’s Day. We will have a special 3-course price fix menu for all the love birds out there. A glass of sparkling wine and a small box of Little Cuckoo truffles are included. Dinner is $45 per person, and wine pairings are an additional $15. Reservations recommended. Don’t want to eat that much, or not in the mood for a date situation? We will have the menu available at the bar a la carte with a special appearance by our All the Way burger and Polk burger. See price fix menu below.

Sunday, February 19, 5:00-8:00pm, Taste of Athens. Join Heirloom and many other restaurants, beer, & wine distributors for this wonderful event at the Classic Center. Lots of delicious food and beverages will be available for your sampling and all of the proceeds go to benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia, a non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture, develop, and maintain information & systems which empower individuals and communities to access needed resources and services. Some of their programs include an information helpline for community members in need, a network to connect volunteers to non-profits that need their help, and a non-profit development center.

Tuesday, March 6, 6:00-7:00, Cheese & Wine Tasting with Nature’s Harmony Farm. Taste 3 delicious cheeses from Nature’s Harmony Farm, meet Tim Young, the farmer behind the deliciousness, and taste several wines and maybe even a beer that we think are perfect for serving with these cheeses. More details to come.

New Belgium Beer Dinner-$60

New Belgium Brewery is an employee-owned brewery out of Fort Collins, CO. No, they are not local, but they are a wonderful company with amazing beers, and they share many of the same values that we have here at Heirloom. Their core values include producing world class beer, kindling social, environmental, and cultural change, being stewards for the environment, helping their employees lead balanced lives, cultivating a learning environment, establishing trust and authentic relationships, and having fun. We see nothing to disagree with there. In addition, their new spring seasonal beer, Dig, which will be featured during our dinner, has been created in celebration of sustainable agriculture. Chip Newell, our regional New Belgium representative, will be with us to talk about each beer. We know this will be a great event, and we look forward to seeing you there. Please let us know of any dietary restrictions at the time of reservation.

6:00 reception-opening beer-Mothership Wit

Local greens, Nature’s Harmony Elberton blue cheese, pear vinaigrette, Super Cru bread croutons-Super Cru

Country vegetable stew, Red Mule cornmeal dumplings, pistou-Grand Cru

Fried BPH Berkshire pork terrine, pickled cabbage & apples-Dig

BPH game hen roulade, winter squash & cranberry stuffing, braised winter greens, jus-Kick

Sour cream cheesecake, pumpkin seed brittle, Mexican chocolate sauce-Cocoa Mole Ale

Valentine’s Day Price Fix Menu-$45 per person includes a glass of sparkling wine per person and a small box of Little Cuckoo truffles for each couple. $15 more with wine pairings for each course. Reservations recommended.

The Valentine’s Menu will be available a la carte at the bar all evening, and we will also be offering our All the Way burger and Polk burger.

The full beer & wine list will also be available for those who don’t want to do pairings.

Your choice of:

Oysters Heirloom-Apalachicola oysters baked with spinach, preserved lemon, Luna bread crumbs

OR

Kale salad, heirloom radishes, green goddess dressing

OR

Carrot, winter squash, apple, & ginger soup, chestnut cream, gingerbread croutons

Your choice of:

Steak Frites-BPH sirloin, Yukon gold frites, salsa verde

OR

Coq au Vin with BPH game hen

OR

Red wine risotto, cremini mushrooms, thyme, beet greens

Your choice of dessert to share

Chocolate caramel truffle tart, caramel sauce, High Road Craft bourbon burnt sugar ice cream, almond chocolate macaron

OR

Lemon meringue cake, strawberry sauce, strawberry thyme shortbread cookies

OR

Orange bundt cake, tuille cookie, chocolate orange mousse, cranberry coulis, pistachio brittle (vegan)

We would also like to celebrate our first Employee of the Year, Marquita Maddox. Marquita is a single mom with 3 wonderful children. She has lived in the same house here in the Boulevard neighborhood her entire life, and is very involved with her community. Her kids go to Chase Street Elementary and she is an active member of the PTO. Despite her busy life outside of Heirloom, she comes to us each day with a bright and shining smile. She has started at the bottom here, washing dishes, but she keeps a positive attitude even when the dirty pans never seem to stop coming. I have never heard her complain and she brings levity to everyones’ mood. We have just started training her to be a cook at lunch, and we know she will excel with that new task as well. On behalf of everyone on the staff, we would like to say “Thank you, Marquita Maddox, for all the wonderful things you do for us.”

In 2012, Heirloom resolves to…

Eat breakfast every day, and you should, too. Didn’t your mama ever tell you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Well, you should come enjoy yours here at Heirloom. We open Monday-Friday at 7:30 and have a whole assortment of options to keep you energized throughout the day. Want something fast? Grab one of our breakfast sammies or a muffin out of the case. Want to sit and reflect for a while? Try an omelet or one of our daily sweeter options. Will it be french toast or pancakes today? We even have a lovely wheat free pecan pancake for the gluten intolerent crowd. Our sausage and bacon come from BPH out of Madison, and they taste just like sausage and bacon used to taste. Mmmmm. I think I will have some now. Don’t forget! We also have free wifi that spreads throughout the restaurant and even works out on the patio, so Heirloom is the perfect place for a working breakfast. We want you to bring your friends, so between now and the end of January, any group of 4 or more at breakfast gets free 1000 Faces coffee or $1 off an espresso drink.

Be a one-stop shop for your dining needs. We have been building up our market, and there is new stuff every week. We have scones, muffins, cookies, bars, deli salads, prepared meals for you to take home and heat, truffles, cheese, milk, yogurt, jelly, chips, pickles, milled products, natural sodas, kitchen linens, and we have more to come. This year we would like to add more pastries to the mix, fresh produce from our farmers, charcuterie, fresh baked local bread, cookbooks, and kitchen items. Have some great local food related product you would like to see us carry? Let us know, and we will try to make it happen.

Have lots of fun and educational events. We had several successful events in 2011, but we want to have even more this year! In the works: a New Belgium beer dinner, a wine & cheese tasting with Nature’s Harmony Farm, Family Night, Diner Night, Featured Farmer dinners, a wine dinner partnered with Shiraz, a price fix Valentine’s Day dinner with wine pairings, a Spring Artists’ Market, and more of Keara’s kids classes. That’s just through the end of April, so keep checking back for news of upcoming events. We want to make 2012 a year to remember.

Drink more. We know most people resolve to drink less, but we think life is too short, so drink up. We have worked hard to provide a broad wine & beer list that features many smaller family owned wineries and artisanally brewed beers. Many of our wines are also sustainable, organic or biodynamic. Monday is 1/2 off bottles and glasses of wine. Tuesday through Saturday, we have Happy Hour from 4:30-6:30 with $1 off all beers & glasses of wine. We also have a special snack menu served at our bar Monday through Saturday 4:30-6:30. Off work early? Come relax with us. Don’t have to work today? Don’t forget we serve wine & beer with lunch, too. As always, we encourage you to drink responsibly, and if you are embibing outside on our patio or bocce court, please remember that this is a residential neighborhood and keep your voices at a reasonable level. Cheers!

Help you throw more parties! Heirloom is a great space for a special event, be it a baby or wedding shower, a birthday dinner, a rehearsal dinner, an office party or a celebration of being alive. We can accomodate smaller groups during regular service or even buy outs for large groups given prior notice. Let us know what your needs are and we will try to find a way to accomodate them. Don’t forget, we also love to make cakes, so if you are thinking of celebrating a special occasion with us, make sure you have us bake a cake for the person of honor. Want to have your event somewhere else, but love our food? We would like to work with you to find a solution. We can even do box lunches or morning pastry platters for office functions. Email jessica@heirloomathens.com if you are interested in having us help you with an event.

As always, we resolve to promote community through great food, service, and camaraderie.

Cheers to you, and best wishes for a great 2012!

Then, we will be closed until New Year’s Day at 12:30, when we reopen for a fabulous New Year’s Day Champagne Brunch. Why 12:30? Because this is Georgia, y’all. As it stands, no alcohol sales before 12:30 on a Sunday, and who wants a New Year’s Day brunch without a little bubbly? Also, we thought since it is a special occasion, we would fancy it up a little so we have a different menu this week.

New Year’s Day Champagne Brunch
Sunday, January 1, 2012, 12:30-4:30.
Reservations reccomended.
Email jessica@heirloomathens.com to reserve.

Menu

Trout Blinis smoked North Carolina trout rillettes, buckwheat potato blini, preserved lemon, pickled onion relish, sour cream.

Winter Salad Winter greens, citrus supremes, sliced almonds, fennel, radish, molasses vinaigrette.

The Freestyler 2 eggs any style with your choice of toast OR biscuit & Red Mule grits OR home fries.

Breakfast Quinoa dried fruit, nuts, cinnamon.

Love on a Biscuit collards, black-eyed peas, braised pork, & 2 sunny-side-up eggs on a warm biscuit.

Shrimp & Grits shrimp, bacon, spinach, butternut squash, red onions, and preserved lemons, Red Mule grits.

“Steak” & Eggs braised White Oak Pastures short ribs, Red Mule grits, poached egg, jus.

Stuffed French Toast candied pecans, cranberries, cream cheese, warm syrup.

The Happy Vegan winter greens, roasted root vegetables, red onions.

Omelette sauteed cremini mushrooms, butternut squash puree, caramelized onions, goat cheese.

Christmas Dinner Sides

(All items are vegetarian and serve 4-6.)

Green Bean Casserole $11

Apple, Pecan, Sage Stuffing $11

Root Vegetable Gratin $12

Spicy Braised Turnip Greens $10

Cranberry Sauce $6

Christmas Brunch Items

(Just pop them in the oven on Christmas morning)

Cinnamon Rolls–1/2 a doz $10

Mushroom, Leek, Kale & 3 Cheese Strata $12

BPH Sausage & Red Mule Grits Casserole $12

Desserts

Christmas Cookies $4.5 for 1/2 doz, $9 for 1 doz

Chocolate Pecan Pie $15

Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Creme Anglaise $14

Teri’s Famous Vanilla Cheesecake with either chocolate sauce or cranberry coulis $15

We are excited to announce that our market is up and running with lots of goodies for you to buy and snack on. We have Pure Bliss nuts and energy bites, Lauri Jo’s pepper jelly, Sweetwater growers infused oil, Mills Farm milled products, Phickles, Johnston Family Farm dairy, cheeses from Sweetgrass dairy, Greendale Farm, and Nature’s Harmony, and takeaweay meals for you to heat up at home. We’ve got premade sandwiches, soups, pimento cheese, hummus, and some meat & three and side items. Takeaway meals change daily so keep an eye out when your are in the store. A lot of the retail items make great stocking stuffers and host gifts, too, so keep us in mind for the holidays.

Speaking of holidays, as you may have already experienced, there are lots of opportunities to shop local for the holidays here in Athens. This upcoming Sunday, December 11, presents two very exciting artists markets. Stop by Hotel Indigo between 11:00 and 7:00 for the Athens Artists Market, then head here to Heirloom for our very own artists market from 4:00-7:00. We will have snacks, beverages, and lots of wonderful crafts to buy for your holiday gift giving needs. Erin Sanders, Jenna Moon, & Amy Woodruff will have textiles galore with a farmhouse aesthetic. Callahan Woodbery provides paintings, as will Susie Burch (who painted the wonderful truck and market scene you see when you come in the front door). Juanna Gnecco & Carter Gillies can fill your ceramics needs. Katherine Arcate & Megan Boling have everything you need in the letterpress world, and Katherine has a bit of embroidery as well. Laurel Hill & Rhys May have some lovely jewelry for you to peruse. Nora Arkin has knitted items to keep you warm. Keith Rein will provide illustration & design to keep you entertained and aesthetically inspired. Sarah Ellis will inspire as well with carefully captured photography. Keara Connor has lots and lots of glorious gift ideas as well as paintings. And finally, Jim Wilson has PIES, and who doesn’t want pie?

Don’t forget, we will have holiday sides & desserts available for pick up on December 23 & December 24. Check back soon for a menu.

One final note, we will be open for brunch on Christmas Eve, but closed for dinner. We will be closed from December 25-December 31 for a much needed vacation, and to do some maintenance on the restaurant. We will, however, be open on New Year’s Day for brunch from 12:30-4:30. Why so late? Because who wants a New Years Day brunch without champagne? Reservations recommended. More details to come.

We have stuffing with apples & pecans made with Luna bread, green bean casserole, braised Sundance Farms turnips & turnip greens, Sundance Farms carrot, Healing Path Farm pumpkin, apple, & ginger soup with cran-apple coulis and toasted pumpkin seeds, McMullan’s sweet potato souffle (made from my mom’s famous recipe), beet, carrot & fennel salad, and of course, we can’t forget the cranberry sauce. For dessert, Teri and Caroline will whip you up one of their luscious pies: choose from pumpkin, pecan or apple. All of these items are vegetarian. Each side is $11 and serves 4-6 people, depending on appetite. Cranberry sauce is $6 for a pint and serves about 4 people. Pies are $13 each and serve 8 people. Please email jessica@heirloomathens.com with “Thanksgiving order” in the subject line to place your order. The deadline for all orders is Nov. 20 at noon. Items will be available for pickup on Nov. 22 or 23. Please specify which day you would like to pick up your food when you order. We look forward to serving you and your family!

Not sure what to drink with your Thanksgiving feast? Join Michael Slater of Northeast Sales for a Thanksgiving wine primer on Tuesday November 22 at 6:00. He will taste you through some of the best wines to serve with your turkey dinner, and tell you where you can by them in town. Please call 706-354-7901 to reserve a spot. The tasting is $10 per person, and you get 10% off if you stay for dinner.

Also on Tuesday November 22, 10% of all sales will go to the Boybutante Aids Foundation, an organization that raises money for AIDS Athens. AIDS Athens provides critical health care, prevention, and social services to clients throughout Northeast Georgia. Please join us for a meal that day to support this very important cause.

We will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and join us when we come back on Saturday for brunch or dinner.

Coming in December…..

We are so honored that the Boulevard Neighborhood Association has chosen to let us host their annual meeting. If you are a member of the organization, we hope you will join us from 4:00-6:00 on Sunday, December 4. We will have soft drinks, beer, and wine for sale, and the BNA will be providing delicious snacks for you to munch on.

Want to keep your holiday shopping in the community? We do, too, and on December 11, there are two great opportunities for you to do so. Check out the Athens Artist Market at Hotel Indigo from 11:00-7:00, then come by and see us for our own Heirloom Holiday Artists’ Market from 4:00-7:00. We will have crafts and art from Erin Sanders, Keith Rein, Megan Boling, Susie & Travis Burch, Lea Purvis, Callahan Woodbery, Sarah Ellis, Laurel Hill, Keara Connor, Nora Arkin, Carter Gillies, Juana Gnecco, Rhys May, Kassie Arcate and even pies to snack on from Jim Wilson. In case it isn’t exciting enough, we will be providing some yummy holiday snacks of our own as well as ample hot chocolate, cider and coffee. You can even sip some beer or wine while you browse. Happy shopping and keep it in the community!

Check back for more wonderful events to come and announcements about our Christmas takeaway meals and hours.

Tuesday Nov. 8
Reception at 6:00 and seated dinner at 6:30

$55 a person. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations required. Please indicate if you are vegetarian or pescatarian when you reserve. Guests will be seated at tables of 6-8.

MENU

Reception:

Bianca Vigna Prosecco-NV Veneto
Flat Creek Grana Padano Crisps, Arancini,
Roasted eggplant dip

Seated dinner:

Vesevo Falanghina Beneventano IGT 2010
Roasted Foster Brady Farms pumpkin, kale, swiss chard, candied pecan vinaigrette, blue cheese

Correggia Brachetto “Anthos” 2009 Piemonte
Deconstructed Cioppino with Sapelo Island clams, Tybee shrimp
& Southern Flounder in a tomato broth

Intermezzo
High Road Craft Limoncello Sorbet

CA’NTELE Primitivo Puglia 2008
Housemade gnocchi & White Oak Pastures beef ragout with hints of coffee and chocolate

Cantina Casteggio Moscato Oltrepo Pavese NV
Honey Ricotta Cake with Angel Hill Farm chestnut puree & apple compote