Matt, who leads up food sourcing, let us know that we got our first order of Coastal Queen flour last week. The packaging is cool – it shows how many acres of local grain you’re supporting by buying each bag. Coastal Queen is a new line from Ground Up Grain, which evolved from a really cool organization called Valley Malt. If you’ve been reading this blog for years, you might remember us going out to visit Andrea out in Western Mass. She was one of the early pioneers in…

Last Tuesday when we announced we were closing after 17 years, we were not prepared for the response. We knew people would miss us, but we didn’t understand HOW MUCH they would miss us. People FLOODED our restaurants. A customer wrote a tribute song! Another drew art about the Zucchini Sandwich. A kid baked a cake with RIP Clover on it. A “Clover Memory Survey” that Kiernan and Lucia set up had over 450 responses, some of which went on the windows at HSQ. And then something happened. At a certain point, the amount of public outcry became so widespread that…

We have some difficult news to share: Clover will be closing our doors this week. Thursday, May 28th will be our final day of restaurant service and meal box delivery. For 17 years, we have championed local farms and served tens of thousands across Greater Boston. We’re deeply saddened to share this news—for our employees, New England farmers, and you, our guests and supporters. From the very first day on the MIT food truck in…