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
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
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
19 July, 2018: I was talking to Martina about the Panelle. Martina leads our food development and she’s from Rome. I heard that she had strong feelings about this. What an awesome thing about food that it inspires such passion in us all. Martina pointed to the T-shirt she was wearing which she said is a Sicilian proverb that means… Read More
18 July, 2018: We’re thinking about where to open future restaurants. I was touring our suburban stores yesterday (CloverBUR in Burlington MA, CloverWST at Whole Foods in Westford, and CloverSUD at Whole Foods in Sudbury MA). I was super impressed with the Clover teams at Whole Foods. I don’t get out to those outposts very often. And they were such… Read More
17 July, 2018: Customer picture from CloverHUB Panelle in Sicily is terrible. There, I said it. The Panelle is one of our most successful sandwiches of all time. It’s like nothing you’ve had. Custardy, almost egg-like though it’s vegan. The fennel is amazing. It’s satisfying, yet summery and fresh and delicious. It’s incredible and I wish I could make it… Read More