
Menus week of December 2nd
Happy December!
We’re resuming our regular schedule this week with Wednesday cafe, Friday pizza, and Saturday brunch. Bread & pastry is available on Wednesday and Saturday. Check out our menus for the week below!
MUSIC: The Danny Fisher-Lochhead Large Ensemble, Dec 8th
Local Legend Danny Fisher-Lochhead and his incredible Large Ensemble is coming back to the TH Barn!
Sunday, December 8th
DOORS at 5:00 * MUSIC at 7:00
Danny says:
“We recorded an album last March, called World of Difference, which is currently being mastered and will be released in April '25. We'll be playing mostly music from the record plus some rambunctious new material the band hasn't even seen/heard yet. Come join us in the warm living space at Tinder Hearth within the enveloping darkness of December in Maine.”
Doors open at 5:00 PM, with soup, bread and drinks available for purchase.
Music starts at 7PM.
Children 13 and under get in free.
Music will take place in the barn with seating.
Please contact us at tinderhearth@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Thanksgiving Week Schedule
Hello friends!
Just a quick word to share with you our plans for the week of Thanksgiving, which is next week! Holy moly.
We will be OPEN for both bread & pizza next week prior to Thanksgiving Day (details below), and then will be CLOSED for Friday and Saturday, Nov 29-30th.
THE PIZZA We are switching up our pizza night next week, will be baking pizza on TUESDAY the 26th 4:30-8:00PM. Take-out is of course available too, if you want to bring pizza home to yours. Reservations will open on Monday morning at 9AM as per usual, and we will be available by phone starting on Monday morning next week, for placing take out orders and answering any questions. We will be closed on FRIDAY the 29th.
THE BREAD We will be baking some special loaves for Wednesday the 27th, along with all of our regular bakery & cafe offerings, available here at the bakery 9AM-12PM. The special loaves will be available here at the bakery in Brooksville only. If there are loaves & pastries of any kind that you really want that day, we strongly recommend PREORDERING! Our online sales website will open on Sunday Nov 24th at 9AM for preorders for pick up on Wednesday. If you are not familiar with our preorder website, you can find it here. Take a look! <3
The specials for the Wednesday bake will be: APRICOT FENNEL WALNUT and POLENTA PUMPKIN SEED HERB
We are sending out our regular loaves to the shelves at our wholesale locations on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, depending on the location. If you have questions about when bread will be available at your store of choice, please send us an email!
The bakery will be closed on Saturday the 30th—no brunch next week! We will resume our regular winter schedule on Dec 1.
With love-
Lydia & the TH team
Menus week of November 18th
Two new delicious appetizers on the pizza menu this week! And all the familiar favorites bread & pastry.
Menus week of November 11th
And we’re hosting The Hot Suppers on Saturday as well — find tickets at the events tab above and bring your dancing shoes!
Menus week of October 28th
Here are our first round of menus for the winter schedule! Check out the last post for more details about what we’re offering and how to make reservations and pre-orders. Hope to see you soon!
Bakery Returns - Winter Schedule
The fires are being lit, and we are so looking forward to the cozy season!! The bakery is reopening this week with our winter schedule. It’ll look familiar— it’s the same as last year!
TINDER HEARTH WINTER SCHEDULE
BAKERY CAFÉ - Wednedsays 9AM-12PM
PIZZA - Fridays 4:30-8PM
BAKERY CAFÉ w/ BRUNCH - Saturdays 9AM-12PM
Some details:
Bread and pastry are available on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1) the bakery, 2) out at our wholesale locations, and 3) at many local locations via FarmDrop! If you are planning to pickup bread here at the bakery, and don’t want to risk standing in line, you can PRE-ORDER ONLINE! Note, we take preorders a couple days in advance, so you do have to plan it! Otherwise, just come on over to the bakery while we’re open and buy it off the shelf! Hot tip: we don’t typically have much of a line on Wednesdays.
We have brunch going on both Wednesdays and Saturdays, but the menu is more complex, and made-to-order on Saturdays. Check out our weekly menus on here.
Pizza this time of year is a lot easier to access than in the summer. Phew, and hooray! We love the cozy winter season in the barn, with appetizers making it back on the menus. We’re working to build some more seating in the barn, and hopefully will be able to take more walk-ins this winter than in the past.
Pizza reservations open on Mondays at 9AM each week, for that week, and close at 2:30PM of the day of reservation, or when full. We do not offer reservations further in advance. If you would like to check for availability after 2:30PM on a pizza night, please give us a call! And if you want take out, call us! Call earlier in the week to reserve your preferred takeout slot, or call us night of, and we can probably get you a pie pretty quick!
We’ve got some exciting events happening this season, with tickets available for the November shows now, here!
See you soon everyone!
Lots of love- Lydia & Tim
Nov 2nd - Debashish Bhattacharya Legacy Trio
Debashish Bhattacharya
LEGACY USA TOUR
with Pt. Subhasis Bhattacharya and Anandi Bhattacharya
November 2nd at Tinder Hearth
Debashish Bhattacharya is the master of the slide guitar…he has no equal.”
— John McLaughlin
Tinder Hearth is thrilled to announce the upcoming performance of the Debashish Bhattacharya Legacy Trio: Debashish Bhattacharya (Chaturangui, Pushpa Veena), Anandi Bhattacharya (Vocals, Swarmandal), and Subashis Bhattacharya (Tabla).
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is arguably the greatest slide guitarist in the world—he is an undisputed master of the demanding technique and discipline of both Hindustani classical music and modern world fusion. This fall Debashish is touring the US with his Legacy Trio, performing a unique tribute to the pioneering Indian recording artists of the early 1900s.
In the 1900s, the early music recording technology of small shellac discs captured renditions of Hindustani classical ragas and popular songs, creating a sensation among the wider populace. This era saw the rise of the first celebrity musicians. The Trio will recreate the spirit and character of these early recordings, performing on Saturday, November 2nd at the Tinder Hearth Barn.
A major highlight of the performance will be the ornate stringed instruments of Debashish’s own design. These include the Chaturangui (Chat = 4, ang = color,“gui” from guitar), a 26-string slide guitar; Pushpa Veena (Pushpa = “flower” Veena = “stringed instrument”), a 25-string hybrid of the sarod and slide guitar; and the delicate Anandi, a 4-string slide ukulele.
The Trio includes Debashish’s daughter Anandi, a gifted vocalist and a rising star in her own right, and Debashish’s younger brother Subhasis, who is recognized as one of the greatest Indian classical percussionists of his generation.
Doors open at 5PM with food and drinks available for purchase outside.
Music starts at 7:00 PM.
Children 13 and under get in free.
Music will be inside, with seating.
Tickets are $35, and advanced purchase is strongly recommended.
Please contact us at tinderhearth@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Menus week of October 7th
Menus! We’re winding down this week, getting ready for our two week break starting on October 13th. Bake & cafe days remain the same — Wednesday and Saturday. Pizza is THURSDAY ONLY this week — we’re hosting an event on Friday and taking the rest of the pizza week off in order to take care of ourselves 🫶🏻
Updates soon about the post-break schedule ~ but with this steadily changing weather, aren’t you getting excited about cozy barn times?! (We are!)
Late September & October Schedule Update
Hello all-
Wow! We’re just landing home from a rowdy experience over in Unity making pizza at MOFGA’s Common Ground Fair! Many thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the scene and find pizza at TH West! We loved it! <3
UPDATE: The bakery and pizza shop is in the liminal time between our full summer schedule and the off-season quieter months. We have landed on making pizza three nights a week for this period, Wednesday through Friday. Seating will be in the gardens and in the barn, often with the doors open. So please wear your woolies, and expect a beautiful, elemental experience!
So our current schedule is:
BAKERY CAFÉ: WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY - 9AM-NOON
PIZZA DINING & TAKE-OUT: WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY - 4:30-8PM
CLOSURE DETAILS: (1) The pizza shop will be closed for reservations on Fridays Oct 4th and Oct 11th due to private parties. (2) Tinder Hearth as a whole will be closed from October 13th to October 26th for fall maintenance projects. We will reopen that last week of October with our winter schedule, TBA!
One note for your calendars— we are hosting Grammy-nominated Hindustani slide guitarist Debashish Battacharya here in the barn on Nov 2nd, with his Legacy trio. “Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is arguably the greatest slide guitarist in the world. He is an undisputed master of the demanding technique and discipline of both Hindustani classical music and modern world fusion.” Tickets will be released soon!
Much love from West Brooksville-
Lydia
Menus week of September 9th
Pizza reservations are slowing down — give us a call or find a spot online!
Fall Schedule Update
Hello everyone—
It’s a little hard to believe, but today is… September?! How did this happen? The summer has been an incredible, joyous scramble. Many, many thanks to all of you for coming out to West Brooksville, and making this season so very sweet. We are just so incredibly fortunate to be in this community.
We’re turning our minds towards fall, and have some updates for you all. Starting this week our schedule will be changing a little bit. More details are below::
BAKERY & CAFE - Wednesday and Saturday, 9AM-Noon
PIZZA - Tuesday through Friday, 4:30-8PM
The bakery and cafe is switching to our off-season schedule starting this week, and we will be baking just twice a week. The boule schedule will be the same as last winter: Oatmeal Porridge on Wednesday, Whole Wheat on Saturday.
The bakery and cafe will be closed on Saturday September 21st, for reasons explained below.
Pizza nights will continue four nights a week through the month. The exception to this is Sept 17-20th— we will be CLOSED for pizza that WHOLE WEEK, because we are taking an oven on the road and will be making pizza at COMMON GROUND FAIR in Unity. Come find us at the Fair!!
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We hope to keep this schedule through ‘til Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but depending on a number of factors we might have to drop a night or two of pizza by the time we hit October. We’ll try to keep you future-planners updated here!
Last item of note for the fall— we are taking a TWO WEEK BREAK October 13-26th for maintenance…. of both the facilities and the faculties :)
After that, we’ll be hitting winter, and we will share those plans with you as soon as we can figure it out ourselves. Winter in Maine… Can you remember that? Phew!
With a great deal of love—
Lydia & Tim for TH <3
photo by Jenny McNulty
Menus week of August 26th
This week is the last week that the morning cafe will be open four days — starting next week, it will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays only :) pizza remains unchanged through September!
Menus week of August 12th
It’s high summer over here and the garden is out-of-control gorgeous…see you soon?!
Menus week of August 5th
We will be hosting Bagaduce Music this Thursday for a ticketed fundraiser event — no dining reservations are available without a ticket! Currently tickets for the event are sold out. We hope you’ll join us another night!
SOULBENDERS DANCE Aug 10th
Come dance to our very own beloved West Brooksville magic,
The Soulbenders
AUGUST 10th
Doors open at 5PM
COME at 5:00 FOR PIZZA & DRINKS!
Music starts at 7PM
Children 13 and under get in free
We recommend getting tickets NOW! => If we sell out online, we will not have tickets available at the door.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
We plan to be outside, please dress appropriately! Chairs are available as needed, but the space will be arranged primarily for dancing.
In the case of rain, the event will move inside, with the first 100 tickets holders welcome to attend in the smaller space. Please read the details of your ticket to confirm if you have a 1st tier or 2nd tier ticket, in the case of rain.
1st tier tickers are SOLD OUT
All tickets remaining are 2nd tier,
fair-weather only tickets
Please contact us at tinderhearth@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
photos by Emily Delemater <3