24 September, 2018: This is Rolando Robledo, Clover’s chef. We’re absolutely thrilled to have him on board. Rolando found his way to Clover by way of The French Laundry, the Waldorf, and most recently, Johnson and Wales as a professor. He’s going to be working the food truck with me full time for the first 6 weeks and we’re going… Read More
17 September, 2018: I think Gooseberry’s, the Asian food truck at MIT, rocks. Obviously I’m not the only one. This is the line at lunchtime. Nothing special, this is an everyday event. These people are ALL waiting for that white truck up ahead. And it’s not a very long wait, they process folks at a rate of close to 10… Read More
7 September, 2018: What’s up with the sepia? This is the first in a series of re-posts from Year One. We’ll be posting in chronological order leading up to our 10th birthday on 10/29/18. Did we mention we’re trying to hit 10k Instagram followers in time for our birthday? If we do, our prices will roll back in time 10 years.… Read More
21 November, 2014: We’ve been pretty quiet on HFI here. Sorry about that. We’ve been waiting for what seems like ages to get our construction permit. Our landlord waited over a month just to get the permit to install the storefront. Well we’re getting closer. LL work is complete and we’re expecting our building permit shortly. So I thought I’d share… Read More
28 August, 2018: The sun is shining. It’s hot outside. But the word coming to us from farms is RAIN. Western Massachusetts (where we source most of our produce this time of year) has experienced one of the rainiest summers in the past 10 years. And although it’s dried up now, Ray at Next Barn Over and Dave at Stone… Read More
23 August, 2018: On my way up to visit Heiwa tofu last week I stopped at a place called Mister Bagel. I was set to meet Jeff early. He starts his days at 6am and not many places are open that early. And everybody knows I like bagels. At the bagel place there was a pretty substantial menu of “tofu… Read More
22 August, 2018: We’ve had vegans asking for years for more breakfast options. Right now it’s muffins, oatmeal, or overnight oats if you’re vegan. Just, Inc., makers of the Just Mayo we love, brought us this new egg product made from mung beans. Honestly the first few versions we tasted weren’t ready for prime time. But the latest, it’s pretty… Read More
21 August, 2018: That’s Jeff of Heiwa Tofu. He and I are about the same age and we’ve been working on building our companies for about the same period of time: 10 years. I went up last week to Maine to visit Heiwa because we wanted great footage of tofu being made to help tell the story of what Jeff… Read More
15 July, 2009: Hat had us all over to her house for a dinner party. It was her birthday Saturday, and she just turned 21. So of course we made some drinks (proper old fashioned) but the highlight was the food. Hat’s parents used to run a Thai restaurant in FL. They had 5 items on the menu, you all… Read More
16 August, 2018: If you received a survey card in line today, please click on this post to get to the survey link. A huge thanks for helping us improve!! Don’t forget to save the end-of-survey page to redeem for your thank-you treat from us. Click here for the Customer Survey August 2018 Read More
13 August, 2018: Since day 1 of restaurant #1 everything we hand our customers has been compostable. And I think I’ve told myself as I watched videos of sea turtles that our straws aren’t as bad because they are compostable. But I know that even the compostable straws (1) aren’t really needed, and (2) can get places we don’t want… Read More
31 July, 2018: We love you too, Android users! We’ve been taking some flak from Android users for the lack of an Android app. I thought it might be helpful to share our thinking on this. First, we love you, Android users! I sense a feeling from those writing to us that they feel left out or overlooked or excluded.… Read More
30 July, 2018: CloverDTX customers might have noticed. We’ve been quietly testing a new item for breakfast. This bowl is the latest iteration of a set of ideas I’ve been playin with for a few years. I’d like to get a savory breakfast bowl on our menu. I want it to be stunning. We’re currently getting up to 24% return… Read More
22 October, 2009: We’ve talked about it before, but it took Jeremiah’s initiative to make it happen. We create a lot of citrus waste when we make our orange juice and lemon juice every day. So instead of throwing it away (or composting it) we’re making it into marmalade. Enjoy some with your next pop-over or muffin. Read More
27 July, 2018: Chickpea Fritter aficionados have noticed. The purple in the sandwich has been green these past few weeks. We normally use pickled red cabbage. I’m not even sure why honestly. It’s one of those things we’ve done since the beginning. I’d guess I liked the color it added. The other week Ari and Moira who run Lindentree Farm… Read More