2 November, 2021: A journalist reached out recently, wanting to do a national story on our Paw Paws. Problem was, she lives in Colorado. So we shipped paw paws to her! I bet this was one of the first times a paw paw experienced being shipped. Usually they're too delicate to survive all that jostling, which is the reason you… Read More
29 October, 2021: Ayr on day 1 at the MIT Truck taking Clementine (his daughter's) order, October 29th, 2021 Some Clover trivia: 24 September, 2008 my son Blue was born (this one doesn't follow the pattern below, but my kids are my motivation for building a restaurant company with the mission of fighting global warming so it's a pretty important… Read More
29 October, 2021: Today is the 13th anniversary of Clover opening our first food truck at MIT. And today is the day we open in a skyscraper! Ok, at the base of one. We've been pretty quiet about our newest Clover in the Prudential Center. Part of this is that it was delayed by a year due to Covid. Part… Read More
28 September, 2010: Neil, an MIT alum, and Kara invited us to pull the truck up after their wedding this past Saturday. It's the first time we've done something like that. We put our all-star team on the job (Hat, Anna, Mary, Rolando) and had fun with it. Strange to see Clover serving our first customer at 12-midnight instead of… Read More
21 October, 2021: What if (hypothetically speaking) we went out hired renowned award-winning chef Jason Bond and asked him to make a box with flavors that have the power to transcend your senses, taking you to another place and time, or even reaching your very soul?That's exactly what we did, and the result is the Umami Box. You were meant to experience Umami.Since the… Read More
21 October, 2021: If you grew up in Massachusetts, you probably know Dave Epstein. Ayr's family listened to him on WBUR for years and years. A meteorologist and gardening guru, he has been sharing weather and gardening wisdom in the Boston area for over 30 years!! Clover is partnering with Dave - the information he shares, the stories he tells, and… Read More
20 October, 2021: At Clover we're no stranger to celebrating Halloween, but this year there are two big things that make Halloween extra special: We are launching our very first Halloween Party Box which is on sale today!It's menu has been curated by our brand new executive chef - Jason Bond of the renowned Bondir (!!!) - and needless to say he absolutely crushed it This box is loaded with… Read More
14 October, 2021: It just wouldn't be fall without King Brussels showing up in your inbox, tapping on your screen, inviting you to treat yourself and come feast upon Clover's #1 most popular sandwich of all time...the Brussels Sprout Sandwich. The most amazing fried local brussels (currently coming from Czajkowski Farm) sprinkled with za'atar. Creamy sour cream dijon spread. A pinch of crisp pickled red cabbage. Smoked… Read More
9 February, 2010: So what's with these shoes I've been wearing? If you took the our online survey the other week you already know. But I thought I owed the rest of you an explanation. We're going to be surveying you all once a month going forward. It'll help us serve you better food faster. This most recent survey included… Read More
14 October, 2021: I've been sitting in on our weekly General Manager meetings when I can. The other day I listened while Jasper, our Director of Restaurant Operations, spoke with passion about how important it is that we set staff schedules 2 weeks in advance and try to do everything we can to stick to the schedules. It was a… Read More
23 September, 2021: Imagine making the legendary JSP in your own kitchen... Yesterday was the first day of fall and this box has everything you need to celebrate fall with 3 meals, a snack, and 2 desserts.The Early Fall Box comes packed full of the fixings for Enzo's blockbuster Japanese Sweet Potato Sandwich—shoyu mayo, roasted-then-fried sweet potato slices, tempura fried sesame seeds,… Read More
20 September, 2021: If you've eaten at CloverFIN you might recognize Jeremy, one of our superfans :) During the pandemic Jeremy essentially bought every single celebration box we made! He also happens to be the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). Jeremy's team recently reached out because they are putting on a 10-year celebration for Jeremy and… Read More
15 September, 2021: Does the combo of fried battered SOMETHING plus limey cabbagey SOMETHING plus spicy SOMETHING sound familiar to you? If you've ever gotten to visit Baja California in Mexico, you might know what I'm getting at. Baja is a thin strip of land, bordered on each side by ocean. In addition to having some of the best surfing on earth, it's also where the Baja Fish Taco was born: cornmeal crusted… Read More
3 December, 2018: I'm going to be writing a lot about wheat over the coming weeks. To kick that off I want to let you know that all of the pita at Clover is being made with organic wheat and has been for the past few weeks. I learned a few months ago that conventional wheat is loaded with glyphosate… Read More
7 September, 2021: We've heard that a good way to deliver bad news is to sandwich it with good news. So here is a mostly-good-bad-news sandwich! Good News (Top) The massively popular Blue Oyster Mushroom sandwich, originally set to end today, has been extended by a week. This means if by some unfortunate happenstance you missed biting into crispy mushroom… Read More