1909 Culinary Academy
5183 Trussler Road N0B 1E0 Ayr, ON, Canada

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Happy Friday!!! Almost sold out for tonight! Just a few spots left!!! We still have some spots for tomorrow if you want to pre-book today to guarantee delish burgers, fish n chips and poutines for tomorrow!!... 226 336-1909 is the number to call.

Fish and chip hankering?!? We got you covered!! Thursday until Saturday 4-7. ... Beer battered Haddock with chips, creamy coleslaw, tartar sauce and lemon. 1 piece 16 bucks 2 piece 20 bucks Also can be made gluten-free in dedicated fryers if gluten is not your friend. Phone lines open today at 11. We HIGHLY recommend calling early (you can even order today for Friday and Saturday pick up) as we sell out pretty darn quickly. 226 336-1909.

Kinda proud of those boys Carter and Jordan. We launched the Italian themed menu last month. My signature Italian dishes that demand an attentive eye. My signature dishes that have many, many moving parts. Those 15 year old boys from Ayr crushed it. We launched an epic dining experience in our dining room with extraordinary complicated dishes. Again, the boys made me so proud. I watched them plate eggplant bacon. I watched them compose handheld Caesar salads. For me, it wa...s pretty epic. On Wednesday this week I asked them honestly Are you ready and comfortable to expand our take out menu for the remainder of the season? I won’t push if you are not ready. The answer? Yes Chef, we are ready. And here we are. On top of keeping our Italian take out menu.....On top of the unique dining experience in our restaurant, we are extremely proud and excited to offer the expanded menu which includes 19 (always 19!) handhelds and now..... Reinstone Farms SMASH BURGERS!!! Carter, Jordan and myself created this new menu Wednesday night on 111 year old chalk boards. We are very proud of it. Smash burgers. Yup. I just said it. Smash burgers. Disclaimer: I could not use ‘merican cheese. We live in the dairy capital of Canada. Our smash burgers use real cheese. Sorry to the purists. (Trust the cow, not the chemist! ) Expanded menu starts tomorrow!!! Head to our website to see the newest items!!! http://the1909culinaryacademy.ca Oh. And cauliflower bites made it back. Just sayin’ A few other favourites also made it back.... guess you have to head to the website to see.... spoiler alert... yes we have Thai Fries again. Yes they are served with chopsticks because everything tastes better with chopsticks! Proud of you Carter and Jordan. Chef Mur

1909 is now available in Woodstock! We've been invited to showcase a line of 1909 soups at Your Farm Market in Woodstock. They're open everyday from 9am-6pm. Today we have delivered Beef Barley, Cream of Celery, and Curried Squash with Apple. Return your mason jar for a $1 refund and pick out a new flavour next week!

Happy Tuesday? Please note we will NOT be open tonight for takeout but will be back at it Wednesday!! Still cleaning up from Sunday’s storm!!!!... Stay warm everyone!!!

Happy Saturday!!! Open for takeout until 8 tonight if you don’t feel like cooking! Give us a call at 226 336-1909 for all your pasta needs tonight!... Full takeout menu on our website!

Happy Tuesday!!!! Open for take out from 4-8! Our menu is on our website but tonight we are also offering fettuccine Alfredo with grilled chicken and bacon for 20 dollars. ... 35% cream, local butter, garlic, white wine and a hint of fresh nutmeg with crispy bacon and tender chicken breast! Limited quantities so give us a call at 226 336-1909 to reserve your pick up!!!

Looking for Christmas gifts for that special person or couple? How about the gift of an epicurean experience? We sold out quickly with gift certificates last week, but a new batch just came in!!!! We were able to rush them due to demand!!! Any denomination. No expiration. Good for the restaurant, take out or the pantry. ... Let’s be honest. January sucks. We get our credit card bills from December in January. January sucks. Gift certificates to be used for a dining experience in January or later. It’s that or socks? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of socks..... but!??

Happy Thursday!!! Open for takeout tonight from 4-8! Hankering for Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Marsala or even just some garlic bread with cheese and bacon!?!... We got ya. 226 336-1909 is the number to call to arrange pick up!! We accept cash, debit or credit!!!

Happy Friday!! Perfect weather to grab a sweater and head on down to the 1909!!! Here is a few of our new menu items for the month!!! In no particular order we have the Cheese Tortellini in a light Chili Rose Sauce, our Penne Pollo Pesto (Grilled Chicken with marinated tomatoes and Pesto Cream Sauce), Penne con Fungi (Oven-scorched Wild Mushrooms with White Wine Cream Sauce and Truffle Oil), and our Shrimp Prosciutto Fettuccine with an Upper Thames Brewing Company Beer & Butt...er Sauce! Open 4-8 tonight! We accept cash, debit or credit! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!

Happy Thursday!!! Open for take out tonight from 4-8!! Head to our website to see the new menu!!!... To order take out give us a call at 226 336-1909. Our dining room opens next week as well!!! Reservations are filling up quickly, so if you want to book your spot, head to our website and email us!!

Happy New Menu Day!! To me, Fall has always been about comfort foods as the temperature changes and our sweaters come out. I always look forward to my Italian dishes during this season! We are excited to showcase our new menu for the month, which has all my favourite Italian comfort foods. We kept those delicious burgers, added the cauliflower bites (I heard everyone loud and clear on that one!!!) and kept many of our signature dishes. ... We hope you enjoy these new dishes as much as we enjoy preparing them. We look forward to serving you until our last day outside on Sunday October 4th. Our new Fall hours are Wednesday until Friday from 4-8, and Saturday and Sunday from noon until 8. 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr. Sincerely, Chef Mur and The 1909 Team.

So. A Comment tonight. The best tiramisu I’ve had in 20 years! I was in Italy and ate tiramisu every night. This beats it. Chef Mur here. We hope you join us this winter, either in our take out model, or in our restaurant. We pride ourselves on scratch cooking. We pride ourselves on everything we do differently! We make our own cheese. We do that for the most fantastic people on the planet! ... Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for supporting me making cheese for dessert!!

Just a reminder we are closed tonight!!! Our new hours are Wednesday until Friday 4-8 and Saturday and Sunday from noon until 8. New menu will be revealed today!!!!

Take out resumes Wednesday!!! Brand new take out menu with all Chef Murray’s Italian comfort foods!!!! Head to our website to see the new takeout menu!!!! Take out will be Tuesday through Saturday from 4-8 every week!!! (Except this Saturday!!! Taking the night off this Halloween to watch scary movies with the kids!!!)... We hope to see you soon!!!

Happy Saturday Night!!!! Thanks for all the support today. Just about to finalize the new fall menu. I am personally excited about it, simply because fall is my favourite time of the year. I’ll send it out on Facebook by Tuesday. I’ve had a couple requests to put the cauliflower bites on the full menu. Looking for feedback here my friends...: ... I guess I’m just looking for a show of hands that could be interested if I put it on permanently? Thoughts, comments, concerns? Do we do it? Sincerely, Chef Mur and the 1909 Team.

Well..... we have been a little busy the last couple days testing our new signature recipes! We are very excited to announce our dining room opens next Tuesday with a stellar new menu including this beauty as the first course!!!! Chef Murray’s spin on classic Italian comfort foods!!! From handheld Caesar Salad, to tiramisu using in-house made mascarpone, to specialty coffee flights, we can’t wait to show off our new menu!!! Reservations required. The restaurant will be open ...Tuesday through Saturday! We limit to 16 people maximum so make sure you get your reservations in!!! We book up fast!!! For the full menu, and to book reservations, head to our website!!!!

Happy Friday!!! Open 4-8 tonight!!! Last weekend of our summer menu!!! New menu starts next week!... Head on down for some pulled pork, chicken, 19 burgers, fries and poutines!!!! Lots of options!!! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!

Happy Friday!!! After this weekend we will be giving the fryers a rest as we flip into fall menu!!! So.... let’s have a final poutine weekend here at the 1909!... Open tonight 4-8 and Saturday noon until 8!!! Lots of fries, Chili Cheese fries, Thai fries, 5 different poutines (classic, pulled pork, pulled beef, fire and ice and BBQ chicken). We also have potato skins (classic, pulled pork, pulled beef and chili cheese). All served with sour cream. Hope to see you tonight!

Well... what a great night! Thank you!!! Chef Mur here. Just wanted to take a moment and thank our amazing supporters!!! Without you we would not be here!!! I also wanted to take a minute to shout out to our amazing staff (mostly high school students) and say thank you for your hard work and dedication this summer!!! Izzy the Ice Cream Queen, Handsome Josh, Carter the Honeyman, Jordan the Golfer... as well as Jonathan the Great. As well we have sous chef Matt, front runner...s Rachael, Daytona, and Shari and most importantly Sarah (the GREATEST front of house Manager. Ever!). Moving forward we have new hours and a new Fall menu starting next week! Our new hours will be Wednesday through Friday from 4-8 and weekends 12-8. We will keep the patio model open until Sunday October 4th. Closed outside after that!!! We can’t wait to showcase the fall menu. Lots coming off, new items coming on. If you have favourite items, this weekend is the time to come. Chances are after this weekend they might be gone!!! Ice cream (Delish London ice cream) will be leaving us after this weekend to make room for a new exciting menu!!! Follow us on Facebook for the menu reveal!!! It’s all my favourite fall comfort foods!!! Love you all!!! Chef Murray Zehr

Happy Thursday and Happy Game Night!!! Had to do some football foods on this dreary day!! Phones open at 2:00 for preorders and last order for take out tonight is 7:30 so we can clean up and watch the game!!!!... 226 336-1909 is the number to call! Tonight we have: Garlic Bread. 7 Add Cheese. 3 Fries. 9 Add Gravy. 2 Poutine. 14 Reinstone Farms Red Angus Beef Chili. 10 Bacon, Cheese & Scallion Potato Skins with Sour Cream. 12 Pound of Wings with Fries, Celery, Carrot and Dip. 10 different Sauces and Rubs to choose from. 16 Game Day Special!!! 10 fried Drummies (about 2.5 pounds of Chicken Legs) with 3 Sauces on the side. Only 18 bucks!!! We hope to see you tonight for take out!!!

Happy Thursday!!!! Ok. Let’s do this!!! We came in extra early to make some killer specials for tonight as we finally have some decent weather!!!! First up. Cauliflower wings with fries! Vegan and gluten-free battered cauliflower tossed in your choice of mild, medium, hot, sweet chili, honey garlic or lemon pepper. ... Next up. Chicken wing sandwich! Deep fried leg and thigh tossed in hot sauce with REAL blue cheese on it! Sangria perhaps? How about a blue grape and orange red wine sangria tonight!?! Also on the menu we have 19 different burgers, pulled pork, sausages, fries, poutines and more!!! We accept cash, debit or credit! Open 4-8 today!! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!!!

Are you ready for Wings & Things Wednesday!!!! Open 4 until 8 on Wednesday! Take out (phone lines open at 2) and dine in (reservations required as we have limited space)!!!!... Chicken wings, turkey wings, chicken drummies, and 2.5 pound fried turkey legs!!!! All the details are in the pics! A huge shout out to Sarah for bringing the chalk board menu inside!!! Brilliant idea!!! We hope to see you tomorrow!!!

Happy Sunday!!!! (Sorry for not posting this week.... phone issues)! Open noon until 8 today and the weather is beautiful!!!!... Made a small batch of Sweet Thai Cauliflower Bites for today. Vegan and gluten-free!!! They won’t last long so if this is your thing, head on down!!! 19 different burgers today plus pulled pork, sausages, fries, poutines and Nashville-style fried Chicken on a bun with BBQ sauce and Chipotle Aioli!!! Lots of Delish ice cream flavours as well! As always, kids meal only 5 bucks (hot dog, fries and a drink)! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!!! We accept cash, debit or credit!! (Pizza oven almost ready as well. Just a little replastering today). Follow us on Facebook for the pizza menu coming soon!!!

Well hello Facebook friends!!!! Deep clean done! Organizing what our Canadian winters look like soon! We. Are. Excited! Our apologies for being vacant. We were arms deep in cleaning from the summer time. We also took off 3 days straight to confirm we still like cold beer on a few days off. It’s confirmed. Beer is still delicious! Especially if it’s a craft beer from Upper Thames Brewing Company !!!... We have ideas. We have dine in ideas, we have take out ideas. We have ideas that keep us all safe. (we have so many ideas). So. Here is one of our ideas for this upcoming Wednesday. It’s amazing (my opinion only... chef Mur here). We are doing Wing Wednesday? What’s that? I’ll tell you. Take out no problem. Release the hounds. Dine in? We need to book your reservations, because due to COVID-19 we can only safely accommodate 20 people at a time. Sarah will handle the reservations. Her email address is [email protected] Wing Wednesday? Full menu coming in the next few days. We are just waiting on pricing from our local suppliers. Here is what we are thinking. Obviously it depends on both supplier and you (yes you!). If the supplier cannot deliver, nor do you actually want this, it’s a moot point. Having said that.... we really really really want to do this on Wednesday!!!!! Let us know if you are interested!!! Wing Wednesday? It kinda looks like this. (All wings? Come with fresh cut fries, celery and carrot sticks and a dip. Choice of ranch, chipotle aioli, sour cream or blue cheese). Chicken wings. Turkey wings. Chicken legs (not wings but damn. Tasty) Cauliflower wings. (Again not wings) Turkey legs. (2.5 pounds each so they can be called whatever they want). Chicken skin poutine. That’s Sarah’s idea. It’s still sort of a wing, damn it! Chicken wing sandwich (again, Sarah’s idea but it’s preliminary here and I’m sure she would beat me in an arm wrestle so it’s all hers.). Details coming soon. Lmk if you are interested in this Wednesday endeavour. I’ll post burger night ideas on a Thursday tomorrow. Love you all. Chef Mur.

Happy Saturday!!! Too hot to cook? We hear you! Tonight’s Sangria is Mango, Orange and White Wine Sangria!!! It’s pretty epic!... Tonight we have Cauliflower Wings tossed in Chipotle BBQ Sauce served with fresh Veggies from our garden and a VEGAN Chipotle Aioli!!! This entire dish is vegan and gluten-free!!! Limited supply so get down here before they are gone! 19 different burgers on the menu tonight as well as Honey Hot Nashville Fried Chicken Sandwiches, Pulled Pork, Sausages, Fries and Poutines!!! Lots of Delish cold beer from Upper Thames Brewing Company to refresh you as well!!! Open until 8 tonight!! We accept cash, debit or credit! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!

Happy Friday! Meet Carter! Carter is one of our amazing staff here at the ole 1909!!! Carter proudly lives in Ayr and is an amazing asset to our little team here! His family makes their own honey at Wright Apiaries and it’s Delish!!... Tonight we are offering our fried chicken on a bun with this amazing honey drizzled on it with a splash of hot sauce, some arugula, tomatoes and onions. It’s a great sandwich!!! As well.... 19 burgers tonight! Lots of pulled pork, sausages, fries and poutines!! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr!!! Open 4-8 tonight!!!

Happy Sunday everyone!!! My apologies for the lack of posts this week (new phone issues!) We will be closing today at 4:00pm so that we can start to reorganize the school house!... Today is the last day of our outdoor dining experience! Thank you to everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all your support this summer!!!! We will be doing a deep clean all next week and setting up for takeout over the fall and winter, as well as starting to stock our pantry with soups, stews, chili and all the other comfort foods that get us through our Canadian winter!!! Stay tuned for the new hours and menu items. We will post our new re-opening date in the next week. Chef Mur and the 1909 Team

Happy Wednesday!!! Lots going on today at the ole 1909!!! Sangria tonight is a peach, blueberry and raspberry white wine sangria!!!... Meet Paul Loura! A graduate out of College Avenue Secondary School in Woodstock who graduated high school specializing in chef training! We have big plans for this guy!!! Stay posted!!! Today Paul and Chef Mur are excited to showcase our vegan and gluten-free Tempura Cauliflower in a soy (tamari), garlic and ginger glaze with rice noodles and veggies out of our garden!!! You control the heat on this one! We add one whole chili pepper to each dish! You decide if you want to crush it, politely remove it, etc!!! It’s your entree!!! Proud of you Paul!!! You nailed it!! Lots of burgers, pulled pork, sausages, fries, poutines tonight as well!! We accept cash, debit or credit! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr! We hope to see you tonight!!!

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=2041480 Happy Thursday! Open for outdoor dining for another few nights! We can’t begin to express our love for you. Yes you, for keeping the lights on at the 1909 and helping us (in reality carrying us) during Covid. We cannot wait to serve you again. ... You are why we are here. You are why we do this! Chef Mur and the 1909 Team.

Happy Saturday!!! Looks like the rain might hold off tonight!!! Open until 8!... 19 burgers, Nashville Hot Chicken, pesto Chicken, Pulled Pork, Sausages, Fries, Poutines all on the menu tonight! Peach and Blueberry Blush Sangria tonight! 5183 Trussler Road in Ayr! We hope to see you tonight!