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We are now open for lunch Wednesday – Sunday!
Starting tomorrow we begin our new lunch hours:
Wednesday-Sunday we open starting at NOON
Monday & Tuesday we open at 4:00
Check out our quick hop Sack Lunch Specials we will be offering during the week Wednesday – Friday. Great food on the fly!
Pressed Tukey Cuban: Kettle cooked turkey breast, melted Swiss, pickles, whole grain Dijon mustard
Griddled Meatloaf Reuben: Niman Ranch meatloaf, sauerkraut, Russian dressing, Emmentaler cheese
Tofu Wrap: Fried local tofu, arugula, tomato, onion and chickpea sour cream
Avocado Roll Up: Whole sliced avocado, tomato, crispy onion strings, romaine lettuce, chipotle and jalapeño – cilantro aioli
Includes house made potato chips
Only $9.99
Mother Day Brunch Specials at Iron Springs
Our mother’s day brunch is sure to please the whole family. Beginning at noon on Sunday, May 13th.
Pastries, Fruit, and Cheese
Lemon poppy seed scone, cheese blintz, apple, strawberries, orange pinwheels, Marin French breakfast cheese, Farmstead Toma, wild flower honey
Corn Beef Hash Benedict
Crispy corn beef potato croquettes, poached Skillman Ranch eggs, Creole mustard hollandaise, arugula salad
Petite Quiche Lorraine
Pork shoulder bacon, gruyere cheese, sliced tomato, baby spinach, sabayon
Seared Hawaiian Tuna Salade Nicoise
Haricot vert, new potatoes, grape tomatoes, coddled egg, Nicoise olives, Spanish boquerones
Bucatini Pasta Putanesca
Kalamata olives, anchovies, San Marzano tomato, roasted garlic, capers, Calabrian chilies, Pecorino Romano
PLUS
We will be offering a special Mother’s Day Grapefruit Mimosa to go with the lineup of 15 great beers we have on tap.
Make your reservations today at (415) 485-1005.
See you at the pub!
–The Iron Springs Team
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MAY HIGHLIGHTS
• New beer releases
• Lunches begin Wednesday May 9th
o Grab & Go Box Lunches
• Cinco De Mayo Celebration
• Mother’s Day Brunch!
• Give Back Tuesday’s 4th anniversary.
o May is another big Give Back Tuesday month with some very special events
• The Iron Springs Review has been published!!
BREWERY NEWS
New Tappings
Honey Blonde
This spring ale refresher is brewed using organic Pilsner, light Crystal, and Honey malts with a backbone of Oatmeal. The Galena and Ahtanum hops compliment a mellow bittering for the toasted honey finish.
Yet-Unamed Heffeweizen
The as of yet to be named Hefe is a traditional Bavarian style that was made with 50% wheat malt. It will have those classic clove and banana aromas and flavors, be cloudy, effervescent, and medium bodied. This new Iron Springs creation weighs in at ~5% ABV.
May Cask Thursdays
May 10th: – Cask of Sless Stout
May 24th: – TBA
KITCHEN CORNER
Alex Klarkowski, our new head chef, is fully ensconced and has been literally cooking up a storm. So far we’ve seen lots of fun, amazing new specials, and rave reviews.
LUNCHES NOW WEDNESDAY – SUNDAY
The time has finally come – lunches during the week starting May 9th! Not only will we have our standard lunch menu, but we will be offering grab & go lunch boxes for those in need of a quick lunch fix, to take with you to enjoy in the beautiful outdoors. More details coming soon…..
Cinco De Mayo
On Saturday May 5th, we will have our annual Cinco De Mayo celebration with some fantastic food specials from chef Alex and his Yucateco crew. Make sure you come in for our amazing dishes – Chicken Mole, Pork Belly Chimichanga, So-Cal yellowtail Sweet Shrimp Ceviche, Red Jalapeño Poppers, Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Enchiladas! If we’re feeling especially festive, look for churros or tres leches cake to finish off your meal.
Mother’s Day Brunch
Moms-who is more important? No one in our family, that’s for sure! Well to celebrate on May 13th we will have some very special food & drink specials going on for Mother’s Day, including our first ever Mother’s Day Brunch, with a special Grapefruit Mimosa created by our very own Emily Berg. Make your reservations now!
Fish and Chips Mondays
Every Monday, you are guaranteed to find our succulent fish & chips on the specials board. Combine that with happy hour all day on Monday and you have yourself a winning combo!
Oyster Thursdays
The newest Iron Springs tradition. Every Thursday we feature a different variety of oyster, served either on the ½ shell or BBQ. Prices will vary, depending on the type of oyster. So far we have showcased Hog Island Oysters, Tomales Bay Oyster Company, and oysters from various other locations in California,Washington State, & Vancouver BC. Let us know if you have a favorite oyster you would like to see “on tap.”
MAY GIVE BACK TUESDAYS
Come on out and support your favorite nonprofit! To nominate a group, or for more information, please email anne@ironspringspub.com.
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Marin Produce! Starting in February of 2012, we’ll be donating 15% of sales to the day’s sponsored organization – 10% from us, 5% from Marin Produce. It’s great to work with another local group that wants to give back to the community
In May, as we celebrate the 4th anniversary of our Give Back Tuesday program, we will be supporting the YES Foundation, which provides support to the Ross Valley School District for programs like art, PE and music that otherwise wouldn’t have enough funding. Find out more at www.yestokids.org. We have two special YES events in May:
May 15th – White Hill Middle School Celebrity Waiter Night
Have your favorite teachers wait on you!
May 29th – White Hill Jazz Band Concert
Great music and great fun!
MAY MUSIC
Please send booking inquiries to booking@ironspringspub.com
Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesday
Wednesday May 2nd
No Music This Week
We will be down in San Diego at the Craft Brewers Conference, so we are taking the week off of music.
Wednesday May 9th
Buck Nickels & Loose Change
Singer, songwriter and lead guitarist David “Buck Nickels” Westerbeke learned his cowboy ways in Sonoma, California’s Valley of the Moon. As a little fella, he watched his grandpa work cattle on the family ranch and soon had his own horse and saddle. One day, while driving his grandpa’s 1930s sixteen-cylinder Cadillac across the ranch, Buck heard Bob Wills on the radio. He knew he was destined to be a country star. After attending college in Colorado, he returned to the SF Bay Area and, while working at the family business and raising his own family, played with many musicians including the Frank Biner Band and the Crocodiles.
Pedal Steel player Larry ‘Loose Change’ Cragg changes gears as easily as his name implies. A respected guitar repairman and Neil Young’s guitar tech by day, as the sun sinks below the horizon, he dons his black Stetson, slips on his finger picks and sits down at his trusty pedal steel. Growing up north of Chicago, Larry moved west during the summer of 1967 and soon found himself immersed in the San Francisco music scene. Whether performing, or working behind the scenes, music has been Larry’s life. He has played banjo, pedal steel, keyboard, saxophone and more in many of Neil Young’s changing bands. He toured for ten years with Nils Lofgren (of the E Street Band) playing guitar, B-3 and saxophone. He played bari-sax in the Clarence Clemons Band and has played locally with many musicians. His return to playing country began when he was the pedal steel player in The Bulls (Alex Call, Dave Jenkins and Lorin Rowan).
Bass player “Rawhide Ross” Perry brings versatility and experience to Buck Nickels and Loose Change. A veteran multi-instrumentalist (bass, guitar, ukulele and drums) “Rawhide” is no stranger to the Marin music scene. He is currently playing bass with Marin Rockers Learning Curve. He has toured Scandinavia, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand with the Natural Gas Jazz Band, playing drums with the traditional jazz band based in Marin and was a part of the new wave scene playing rhythm guitar for te Young Republicans in the early ‘80s. Ross is the great, great, great grandson of James Ross, founder of the Town of Ross and co-owner of Sunnyside Nursery in San Anselmo.
Drummer CC “Colorado” Dawson grew up in the Colorado Rockies, spent some time in Texas, and joined his father on several rattlesnake roundups. He studied Music at Western State College, traveled and recorded extensively with his own bands Darkstar, and the Dawson-Tate Band through the 80s and 90s. He has spent the past 20 years playing locally with numerous combinations of the great musicians in the S.F. Bay Area; David Gans, the Rowan Brothers, Cole Tate, Lynn Asher and others too numerous to mention!!
Wednesday May 16th
Kinky Buddha – An Aaron Redner (Hot Buttered Rum) side project
Kinky Buddha is the brainchild of Aaron Redner, the fiddle/mandolin player from Hot Buttered Rum. The music consists of Aaron’s original songs and also includes covers meant to get the people singing along! Aaron’s music is heart-felt acoustic rock that draws from Bluegrass, Irish, and Americana traditions. The other members of Kinky Buddha are: Chris Haugen (guitars), Ben Jacobs (keys), Bryan Horne (bass), and Denielle Basom (vocals). The tunes are suitable for the whole family and anyone who enjoys virtuostic violin playing, dancing, and singing at the top of their lungs!
Wednesday May 23rd
Bigelow Tree House
The Oakland based band Bigelow’s Treehouse has the musical ability & mojo to get any dance floor moving. Formed out of a passion for performing live, Bigelow’s Treehouse was started by Mike Bond (drums) and Andrew Balmat (Guitarist/Vocals). After playing with a number of the different Bass players the group found a permanent member in bass player John Hansen thus completing the core of the band’s line up. For live shows the band is usually joined by additional musicians such as guitar player Brian DePrimio and Saxophonist Randy Johnson.
Wednesday May 30th
Jugtown Pirates
The Jugtown Pirates play a multitude of genres including bluegrass, gypsy jazz, ragtime, blues, ballads, classical, psychedelic, and straight up rock and roll. The Pirates’ unique high-energy, quality musicianship, and three-four part harmonies have attracted a growing fan base each and every time they perform. Sharing a night with Jugtown is always a unique, high vibration experience of their multi-faceted musical creation and the celebration of community.
THE IRON SPRINGS REVIEW
We are very pleased to announce the creation of the Iron Springs Review. This bound book of poetry was created out of the monthly poetry group that meets the first Monday of every month here at Iron Springs and was published by our friends at Bootstrap Productions in Lowell, Mass. This 136 page book of poetry will be available for viewing and purchase mid-May. Please follow us on Facebook & Twitter to find out exact release date.
We’ll see you at the pub!
– The Iron Springs Team
APRIL HIGHLIGHTS
• Welcome Alex Klarkowski as our new head chef
• New beer releases
• We will be closed on Easter, April 8th
• Baseball season starts!
BREWERY NEWS
New Tappings
Thriller Mai Bock
A traditional German-style pale mai bock lagered (aged) over 6 weeks. Light in color, well balanced with hops, medium bodied, finishes with a mellow toasted malt. Dangerously smooth.
HOPS: Saphir and Czech Saaz
ABV: 6.8%
Helles Angels Lager
One of only a few lagers we create here at Iron Springs, this traditional Helles-style light lager is crisp, smooth, and refreshing. Brewed entirely with imported malts and Czech Saaz Hops.
HOPS: Saaz
ABV: 4.7%
April Cask Thursdays
We have fun filled, fantastic casks the month of April:
April 5th – Dry Hopped Cadillac Eldorado IPA – our JC Flyer IPA dry hopped with Eldorado Hops
April 19th – Bothin Porter (non-caffeinated version of the Porter)
KITCHEN CORNER
We are very excited to announce the addition of Alex Klarkowski to the Iron Springs team as our new head chef. After 8 long years, Chef Luis is stepping down and handing over the reins to Alex. Look for some really exciting new & different specials on a daily basis as Chef Alex starts getting more comfortable at the helm.
Fish and Chips Mondays
Every Monday, you are guaranteed to find our succulent fish & chips on the specials board. Combine that with happy hour all day on Monday and you have yourself a winning combo!
Oyster Thursdays
The newest Iron Springs tradition. Every Thursday we feature a different variety of oyster, served either on the ½ shell or BBQ. Prices will vary, depending on the type of oyster. So far we have showcased Hog Island Oysters, Tomales Bay Oyster Company, and oysters from various other locations in California,Washington State, & Vancouver BC. Let us know if you have a favorite oyster you would like to see “on tap.”
APRIL GIVE BACK TUESDAYS
Here are the groups we’ll be sponsoring as part of our Give Back Tuesday program in April. Come on out and support your favorite nonprofit! To nominate a group, or for more information, please email anne@ironspringspub.com.
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Marin Produce! Starting in February of 2012, we’ll be donating 15% of sales to the day’s sponsored organization – 10% from us, 5% from Marin Produce. It’s great to work with another local group that wants to give back to the community.
April 3rd
Marin City Manzanita Recreation Center
This Tuesday we’ll be supporting the Marin City Manzanita Recreation Center. The recreation center is open and free to all of the children in the community, providing them a positive, safe, and fun place to be after school hours.
April 10th
DebShred
This Tuesday we’ll be supporting DebShred – raising money for brain tumor research and patient support through outdoor pursuits. Find out more at www.debshred.com.
April 17th
Fighting for the Cure
Fighting for the Cure is a Drake High School, student-run club whose primary purpose is to increase awareness and raise money for medical research to improve cancer treatments and outcomes. Cancer in its many forms is the critical medical problem of our time, and few families have not been touched by it. We are proud in our first year to be partnering with the National Brain Tumor Society, as we raise money for Oligodendroglioma (Oligo) brain tumor research. Find out more at www.BrainTumorCommunity.org/fftc.
April 24th
San Anselmo Preschool
This Tuesday we’ll be supporting San Anselmo Preschool. The San Anselmo Preschool Center is committed to the growth of each child in an emotionally supportive environment that encourages self-acceptance and self-exploration. Learn more at www.sananselmopreschool.org.
APRIL MUSIC
Please send booking inquiries to booking@ironspringspub.com
Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesdays
Wednesday April 4th
Matt Eakle Band
The flutist in the David Grisman Quintet since 1989, Matt Eakle, teams up with Joey Edelman on piano, Alex Baum on bass and Jack Dorsey on drums to create a synergy that is a force of nature. The Matt Eakle Band plays all original instrumental jams inspired by traditions from New Orleans to Bombay. ”Matt Eakle & his band have brought their incredible flute fired fusion energy & music to the Iron Springs Pub & Brewery this past year,” says Mike Altman, owner, “and Fairfax is truly a better place because of this. Matt and his band are consummate professionals, and from the very first note played they mesmerize the room with their incredibly tight and polished jams. Do yourself a favor and make a bee line to wherever the Matt Eakle Band is playing to see what flute fired fusion is all about!”
Wednesday April 11th
Savanah Blu
Caribbean Americana, Original Hybrid music performed by some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians. Dore is a local singer/songwriter multi instrumentalist with musical credits from Jerry Garcia to Michael Tilson Thomas.
Wednesday April 18th
Sycamore Slough String Band
Founded January 2012 by David Gans. Mandolinist David Thom worked for 2 years as a guitarist with the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, and currently leads the David Thom Band and plays in Grandpa Banana’s Band. Fiddle Dave co-founded Cornmeal and currently plays in The Fall Risk, a band led by Furthur vocalist Jeff Pehrson. Bassist Roger Sideman has performed with Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident) and bluegrass legend Frank Wakefield, and currently performs with The China Cats.David Gans performs “solo electric” and with Chris and Lorin Rowan in the “Beatles jam band” Rubber Souldiers, and also does a lot of Grateful Dead-related stuff on the radio, online, and in books. These musicians share an affinity for the music of the Grateful Dead, and came together in an Oakland recording studio in January 2012 to see what they could conjure.
Wednesday April 25th
David Thom Band
The David Thom Band has been a fixture on the Bay Area Bluegrass scene since they started playing together 15 years ago. David Thom, lead vocals and guitar, is passionate about the traditional sound but allows his band to range out into new musical territory from time to time. For this band, tradition means respecting the intentions of the original artists while maintaining a unique identity. The hard driving 5-string banjo of Andy Shaw, the riveting complexity of Brian Judd’s mandolin, the soulful and high-flying fiddle of Paul Shelasky and the rock solid foundation and playful highlights of Jeff King’s bass round out the band. Everyone contributes to the vocal mix as well, bringing variety and intense, chilling harmonies. David Thom, himself a masterful instrumentalist, is highly regarded as a talented and creative singer. The David Thom Band has played at Strawberry, Grass Valley, The Great American Music Hall, The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and a long list of smaller festivals and fairs.
We’ll see you at the pub!
– The Iron Springs Team
