But while we are figuring that out, come see us on Sunday from 11am to 3pm at Off The Grid at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur.

Last week, Rachel and Arthur took a road trip down to Los Angeles to check in on the construction of our food truck! Look how shiny it is!

Here are a few more photos from the trip. We’ve officially paid for the now fully-constructed truck. The last step is to apply the colorful exterior vinyl wrap, which will hopefully happen the first week in December. If all goes according to (our very revised) plan, we should have the truck before Christmas!

Waiting for the big exterior makeover

Inside the truck

Shouldn’t be that hard to drive… right?

Almost ready for business!

Delight your Thanksgiving guests or host with a handcrafted Drums & Crumbs pie! All pies are 10″ and cost $28 plus tax. Choose from three of our favorite:

Organic Pumpkin

Organic Apple Crumb

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie

Email catering@drumsandcrumbs.com or call 707-999-8394 to order your Thanksgiving pie today!

Last day to order is November 17. There will be pick up locations in both San Rafael and Sonoma on November 24, 24 and 26.

Rachel visits Legion Manufacturing outside of Los Angeles

Over the holiday weekend, Rachel headed down to Southern California to check out the progress on our food truck in person. We knew the truck had been purchased and construction had begun, but, even after repeated requests, our builder never sent photos of the truck or its progress, so we wanted to see it for ourselves.

What a beauty!

The perfect blank slate for our colorful vinyl wrap

Through the back door

As you can see, the electrical wiring and counters are installed. This week, it will hopefully be inspected by the Department of Housing and have a smog inspection. After that, it’ll take a couple of weeks to install the appliances and the plumbing. After the final touches inside, they will send it out to get wrapped in the beautiful design created for us by Design Womb. Theoretically, we could have it mid-August… but we won’t start planning our grand opening until it is actually on its way.

Rachel decided to make a weekend out of the trip, driving Highway 1 through Big Sur, spending two nights in Santa Barbara, and passing through Santa Cruz on her way home.

Rachel & her boyfriend Todd at Big Sur

Big Sur

Santa Cruz

Invitees Gianna Ciaccio, Rachel Hundley and Laurie Vermont

Last night, the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center held an annual dinner honoring women entrepreneurs in Marin County. Our co-owner, Rachel Hundley, was one of forty women nominated to attend! The dinner was hosted by Sharon Miller, CEO of the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center.

Businesses represented included finance institutions, retail stores, community organizations and, of course, Drums & Crumbs. Congratulations to Rachel on the recognition for her contributions as an entrepreneur!

She Made It In Marin – Cebrating Women Entrepreneurs Who Made It In Marin County

The Drums & Crumbs Farmer’s Market Team

Drums & Crumbs is excited to be a part of the Valley of the Moon Certified Farmer’s Market held every Tuesday evening through the summer. We don’t have our food truck yet (soon!), so we have a stall set up on the west side of the horseshoe next to Napa Street. Although the market officially starts at 5:30pm, our dinner service starts at 5:45pm.

Our first week at the market was a little hectic for us. The Sonoma community and beyond was out in full force, and it was our first time selling at a farmer’s market. Our menu for the first night was Arthur’s Fried Chicken, Baked Mac & Cheese, Carolina Coleslaw and Buttermilk Biscuits. The Drums & Crumbs team — Arthur, Rachel, Tess and Wes — held it together that night, and we were amazed at how fast we sold out of food! It was a true privilege meeting so many new faces and receiving such positive feedback about the food.

The next week we came back with even MORE fried chicken, as well as our Slightly Sweet Iced Tea and Rachel’s Fresh Strawberry Cobbler. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, and again the market was packed! We were again overwhelmed by the number of people who had heard about Drums & Crumbs and wanted to try our food.

If you stopped by the booth and were unable to try our fried chicken, we are working hard to figure out a way to have more available in light of the strict time constraints the market has for set up. Once the truck arrives, we’ll be able to keep up with the overwhelming demand for our food.

We are honored that so many people would hang out with us and wait for the final batches of chicken to come out of the fryer. We love getting to know the people in our Sonoma community, as well as those of you who drive in from out of town! We’ll be back next week (and every week until September) with more southern treats for you to try.

If you want to have some Drums & Crumbs fried chicken for dinner, come early! Dinner service begins at 5:45pm.

All set up for our first market!

Truly a community event

Thanks everyone!

It’s worth the wait… we promise!

Join us for a night of good food, good music and good friends!

For one night only, Sonoma-based Drums & Crumbs is hosting a pop-up event at Barking Dog Roasters, 18133 Highway 12, Sonoma, CA, 95476. Tickets include dinner, dessert and live music.

Order tickets via Eventbrite:
http://sonomasouthernsupper.eventbrite.com/

For dinner, there two are seatings: 6pm and 8pm. We’ll serve you our two-piece Fried Chicken Dinner with your choice of two of our authentic southern sides and a handmade buttermilk biscuit. Choose from White Cheddar Grits, Baked Mac & Cheese, Southern-Style Collard Greens, Spicy Black Eyed Peas and Fresh Mixed Greens.

For our vegetarian, vegan and gluten free friends, we are offering our Veggie Plate, with your choice of three sides and a buttermilk biscuit or gluten free corn muffin.

For dessert, we’ll have Rachel’s Fresh Strawberry Cobbler. Coffee and other beverages will be available for purchase from Barking Dog Roasters.

Live music is TBD.

For those of you who can’t stay for dinner, we have a limited number of take-out orders available.

Starting in May, due to our new commitment at the Valley of the Mood Farmers’ Market every Tuesday night in Sonoma, we will only be at the Renaissance Marin on Wednesdays from 9am to 2:30pm.

Then starting in June, if all things go according to plan (and we’ve already learned they sometimes don’t), we’ll be moving into the food truck full time and will have to say goodbye the pop-up cafe. But don’t worry, San Rafael friends, we are planning to have the truck in downtown San Rafael for lunch at least a couple of times a week!

A full schedule of our regular food truck locations will be posted closer to its launch date.

Thank you to everyone who has come and visited us at the cafe! We’ll still be there until the end of May, so come see us!

Edit: Due to a delay with the truck, we will be at the cafe every THURSDAY from 9:30am to 2:30pm through the end of June!

If you’ve been to the cafe this month, you might have seen our first annual gingerbread food truck. From the peppermint patty tires to the cookie vent covers, everything you see is edible. Come by and see it for yourself!

We are offering four amazing holiday pies: pumpkin, double-crust apple, pecan and chocolate bourbon pecan.

We will have two pick up locations: the Renaissance Marin in San Rafael and Barking Dog Roasters in Sonoma.

Please call us at 707-999-8394 or email us at catering@drumsandcrumbs.com for more information or to pre-order your pie!