October 16, 2013

Kendall construction begins

By ayr

This is Clover Kendall. A bare canvas. It’s not going to look like this again.

I’ve been working hard with our architects, engineers, contractors, real estate lawyer, etc. over the past 9 months or so. And now we’re actually beginning construction. It’s super exciting. The timeline is like 4 weeks, which is crazy. This is going to be a whirlwind. We do tons of up front work designing every piece, ordering stuff, all to make the construction really quick.

I owe you all many updates on what we’re planning to do here, where we’re going. Sorry, when the most amazing stuff is happening I have the least time to write about it. This has been a problem from the beginning. And then I get so far behind I don’t know where to start.

So tonight I’m starting with our construction. By the way, I’m writing from Santa Clara, CA. I’m out here presenting at a conference. Hoping I might inspire and help some budding entrepreneurs, and working to build Clover’s west coast awareness.

I’ll start posting more. In the meantime, if you are looking for a job, or know anybody who is, we have a lot of hiring to do. Please fill out an application on our website.

Nashville hot returns

By Lucia

For those of you who know, you are probably already clicking into this post to see exactly when you will need to get to Clover. For those who are new to Clover, the Nashville Hot Mushroom is a big deal. It’s an homage to the hot chicken at Prince’s in Nashville, which has its own dramatic origin story. Our version gives you a LITTLE relief from the spice with…

June 7, 2023

Joe says come try this Little Wolf now!

By Lucia

Joe (SCL, customer service rep, and our resident coffee fiend) just messaged me that the new Little Wolf coffee was blowing his mind. So I figured I would let all of you know too so you can try it! The coffee is called Laayoo – it’s named after a tree indigenous to the region of Ethiopia where it’s grown by smallholder farmers. Joe tasted notes of Earl Gray tea and funky/smoky/pu-erh tea. Little Wolf folks said it reminded them of rosè wine. So that makes me curious – what do you taste?

May 24, 2023

Green garlic in meal boxes

By Lucia

I recently learned that garlic has 4 stages that it goes through on its journey to become the cured stuff you’re probably used to seeing. This year I learned about Green Garlic. It’s the mild, sweet, un-cured bulb, plus the fresh green shoots. We got our hands on a super limited crop from Red Fire out in Granby, and so we decided to see if we could incorporate it into every single different type of box we make next week…

May 23, 2023

Can a bowl be so good it’s cravable?

By Lucia

We’ve intentionally steered clear of bowls for a long time. If you see Ayr tomorrow, ask him why : ) Tomorrow (5/24) we’re starting a 2-week test of bowls at CloverNTV, our restaurant in Newtonville. If it goes well, this could represent the beginning of one of the bigger changes our menu has EVER seen. We’re hoping we’ve cracked the code to bowls that are seasonal, carefully-composed, easy to carry, and craveable – all the things we love about bowls, and none of the things we don’t.

May 18, 2023

Cheesy grits are back!!!

By Lucia

I used to eat Cheesy Grits almost every morning, and if you were eating with us around 2017, I bet you did too. We took our Plimoth-ground-grits off the menu for a little while, but now they’re back at all locations (except for the HUB for the time being). Stop in for breakfast during the next 2 weeks – we’re aiming for these to be hot and ready at 8am and we’ll be selling them til they’re out. The staff has been waking up extra early and adding a lot of extra whisking to their mornings, so we’d love to hear what you think. If you’ve never had our Cheesy Grits before, here are some things you should know….

May 16, 2023

Chris eats a dahlia tuber

By Lucia

What is Chris eating? When we toured the field at Siena, the crew was planting dahlia tubers. They get planted in warm soil, will grow all summer and will be ready for harvest in the fall. They reminded us of sunchokes, so we got to talking about whether the tubers are edible and it turns out they are! Are they delicious?

May 15, 2023

Farmshare signups are on!

By Lucia

Do you want a beautiful box of produce for a fraction of what you’d pay in the grocery store? Do you want to invest in a farm’s success and be with them throughout the harvest season? Do you think you hate eggplants but you’ve just never had a good one? It might be time to look into a CSA (or farmshare).

May 5, 2023

May the 4th hits Clover

By Lucia

I remember exactly the moment we started celebrating May the 4th (“May the Force” be with you). We were on a planning call about meal boxes and we were talking about how we were going to launch our Taco Tuesday program on Cinco de Mayo (May the 5th). Chris accidentally said “May the 4th” and Ayr said, “May the 4th! We should do a Star Wars Box!”

April 24, 2023

Clover BAG Lab?

By Max Frank

If you’ve been reading for a while you probably know we hate waste. Most of the time, minimizing waste is pretty unglamorous, but every once in a while our mission to reduce waste takes us to some very cool places. I look after Clover’s grocery marketplaces (including our Assembly Row grocery store). A few months ago I noticed that the marketplaces were going through a lot of our paper bags. They’re compostable, which is great. But I think the best bag is one you can use over and over again.

April 22, 2023

Are we taking the right approach?

By ayr

Few people know that Clover is environmental activism. This is by design. And it works. We do these customer surveys and see that 9 out of 10 Clover customers are NOT vegetarian. Yet I’m constantly troubled by conflicting feelings about the approach we’ve taken.

April 10, 2023

Free Coffee Weeks

By Kiernan

Over the next 3 weeks, on a rolling schedule, most Clovers are going to be giving out a free hot or cold George Howell Montecarlos coffee to anyone who stops in between opening and 11 am. No strings— we just want to see you all and talk about coffee!! George Howell’s Montecarlos is a single-origin coffee we love for our pour-overs…

March 30, 2023

Passover and Easter boxes are back.

By Lucia

Each year, early spring is a busy time at the Clover kitchen because we have 2 of our tastiest boxes, usually back-to-back. For the Passover box, a lot of care goes into the kashering of the kitchen, with Rabbi Dolinger coming in to ensure the box is totally Kosher for Passover via Lighthouse Kosher.

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