31 January, 2019: Get ready to be confused. Hasty Pudding is a porridge, and it is a play. Today we’ll be giving out free samples of Clover Hasty Pudding all morning at CloverHSQ (1326 Mass Ave.) Hasty Pudding (the food item) is a term for a porridge. Jasper’s making up a wheat porridge using Maine Grains wheat, leeks, onions, cream… Read More
17 January, 2019: Hey, that’s not my family! But I can write this post because I too have sampled the magical tomato mashed potato of Rome. Martina has a list of recommendations for what to do in Rome. If you’re lucky, maybe she’ll share it with you. One of the stops is a restaurant called Pecorino. She sent Ayr’s family… Read More
17 January, 2019: (This survey is now closed – we hold these surveys about once a month, so if you’re lucky you’ll come to Clover during a future survey day!) — 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!! Click here… Read More
17 August, 2010: This is Betrous. (Sorry if I’m mucking up the spelling.) I love this guy and I love his falafel. As a student I lived across the street from his truck and would enjoy his $2.50 Falafel with hot sauce, Soda, Baklava combo at least 2 times per week. If you haven’t tried his truck you should. It’s… Read More
8 January, 2019: The other day Fabricio (DTX) told me that over the weekend he popped his head into one of our competitors and watched the staff defrosting a giant frozen popsicle. That frozen popsicle? Soup. Rolando was our chef when we first started. He learned soup when working at the French Laundry with Thomas Keller. He taught us about… Read More
8 January, 2019: We hired a design consultancy the other week. We love the C L O V E R logo that we’ve evolved over the years. It looks awesome large. Reflects transparency we care so much about. Reflects our history of the trucks (stencil) and contributions of our staff (Mary traced the current outline). But it doesn’t work small.… Read More
7 January, 2019: You might remember Amy (customer) who heard we were interested in olive oil cake, and baked us 2! She told Lucia about an Armenian salad she loves called “eech,” made with fine bulghur, which is actually “cooked” overnight using the vinaigrette of the salad. The next day there was a cup of bulgher waiting for Lucia! We’re… Read More
27 December, 2018: We’ve been playing with semolina cake. You can try some at CloverHSC (Harvard Science Center). Martina has been spearheading that. I got the idea when in Paris. Most places had a couple of loaf-style cakes that were under glass. They would sell by slice. It was fun. And super yummy. Martina is from Rome and was really… Read More
12 October, 2016: I’m preparing some documents for investors and I’ve taken a crack at breaking down our sales mix. This is roughly where it has been for a while, but I’m not sure I’ve shared on the website and I thought you all might be interested. About 93% of our menu items exist on our menu for a limited… Read More
24 December, 2018: The other day I was looking to find the exact first day that Chris came to work at Clover. Chris is currently our Vice President of Food. He oversees all things food from menu development to supplier stuff. He was also Clover’s very first paid employee. I think it was week 2 but when I was looking… Read More
19 December, 2018: That picture is Jack Algiere, Farm Director at Stone Barns. This past Friday I was with a group that included Jasper (our General Manager at CloverHSQ) touring the farm. The first stop on Jack’s tour was the compost pile. I met Jack for the first time back in September when I was at Stone Barns for a… Read More
17 December, 2018: This time of year our French Fries are being made from Potatoes shipped down from Prince Edwards Island. We ran through the last of the Hadley, MA potatoes in November. For Clover French Fries were the Impossible Meatball before Impossible. They’ve been a gateway for new customers to taste Clover. We’ve been playing with loaded fries testing… Read More
16 December, 2018: Fabricio (DTX) sent this picture the other night from the post office. It warmed my heart because it represented the first batch of online merch orders! Someone’s getting Clover under the Christmas tree this year : ) People have been asking us if they can buy Clover merch online forever. This month we finally set up a… Read More
16 November, 2008: We’re still working on the logo. At this point I’m just really eager to order some cups for the coffee, and can’t get that done until this is figured out. Good news is that I think I’m getting a clear sense of where it needs to end up. Now I just need to find someone to help… Read More
10 December, 2018: The Medlar hype is real. We’re set for Thursday launch. If you’re not already using the Clover Order Ahead App go get it now to get early access to the Medlar. In the meantime, another amazing Medlar story. Fab at CloverDTX met Ashley Medlar last year. Her Grandfather makes… wait for it… medlar jam. And she BROUGHT… Read More