Our Origins
2008
- 08.03
- Why the name “Clover”?
- 08.05
- Aspirations and fears for the Clover Brand
- 08.05
- Clover sound lab
- 08.05
- Color palettes
- 08.05
- Texture
- 08.05
- Type
- 08.05
- Environmental influences
- 08.05
- MORE OF LESS OF
- 08.20
- The truck
- 08.22
- Giant blower fan disaster
- 08.26
- Rejection
- 08.26
- ServSafe Certified!
- 08.28
- Debbie is my hero of the day
- 08.29
- CLOVERFOODLAB CAMBRIDGE, MA
- 08.29
- Broken toe
- 08.29
- For the side of the truck?
- 09.01
- Meeting with Single Speed Design
- 09.03
- This truck is vegetable powered
- 09.05
- WARNING: This is going to be a boring post
- 09.10
- A solution to Home Depot runs
- 09.10
- Henny Penny fryer
- 09.11
- Irish plumbers
- 09.13
- Truck is now locked
- 09.17
- Gooseberry’s at lunchtime
- 09.18
- Hack
- 09.21
- Visual identity timeline
- 09.22
- Truck is at the body shop
- 09.24
- Welcome Rolando, Clover’s chef
- 09.26
- Sketches from Josh
- 09.27
- Wondering where I’ve been?
- 09.27
- The truck has been cut
- 09.29
- Origins of a brand
- 09.29
- Refined beaker sketches
- 09.29
- Vinyl lettering
- 09.30
- MIT alum returns to campus to run food truck
- 10.01
- Next stage in branding
- 10.02
- Berkshire Lumber
- 10.03
- Joints
- 10.04
- Ribs
- 10.04
- Cutting a perfect 1″ radius round end on plywood
- 10.08
- Clover from a dream
- 10.08
- Modern Plastics
- 10.08
- First stage of counter preparation
- 10.09
- 2am working sessions
- 10.11
- Reinforcements arrive (John Hong)
- 10.12
- We lit up the awning and took a 3 minute break basking in its glow
- 10.15
- Soup stocks
- 10.16
- Moffat oven
- 10.17
- Admiral metals
- 10.20
- Clover falafel
- 10.22
- Rolando at work
- 10.23
- Test menu
- 10.23
- Hitachino
- 10.24
- Ice cube
- 10.29
- Wheat protein sandwich
- 10.29
- Prepping for our first day
- 10.29
- First day
- 10.30
- Near East
- 10.30
- Restaurant Depot
- 10.30
- Day 2
- 10.31
- Spooky Clover
- 10.31
- Scariest costume I could come up with
- 11.03
- Operations innovations
- 11.03
- Clover Menu 11-3-08
- 11.05
- 6:45am at my polling station
- 11.05
- Wacky bumper sticker
- 11.05
- Thanks for your patience
- 11.05
- Order system
- 11.05
- Choosing day menu
- 11.06
- Accident
- 11.06
- Menu – 11/5
- 11.06
- Truck at MIT, 2am
- 11.06
- Soup on the truck
- 11.06
- HELP WANTED
- 11.09
- Clover at Sam’s
- 11.09
- Thermodynamics of mixology
- 11.10
- Tomatoes
- 11.10
- Hobby shop at MIT
- 11.11
- Deliberate randomness
- 11.11
- Street art
- 11.11
- Coffee
- 11.12
- Truck in JP
- 11.12
- Clover logo final stretch
- 11.12
- Big containers
- 11.12
- Menu 11/12
- 11.12
- Organization
- 11.13
- Foil to wrap your sandwich
- 11.13
- Menu 11-13
- 11.13
- Clover line
- 11.16
- Logo sketches
- 11.19
- 24°F at Noon
- 11.20
- Menu 11-20
- 11.20
- Modifying the oven
- 11.24
- Truck will not start because it is too cold
- 11.24
- Where is Clover now? you wonder
- 11.24
- Compost
- 11.25
- Meet Chris
- 11.26
- Piles of bills etc.
- 11.26
- ATM restaurant?
- 11.30
- Boxes at Russo’s
- 12.03
- We do tons of organic
- 12.04
- Menu 12-4
- 12.04
- Clover playlist
- 12.04
- Running the ship alone (sort of)
- 12.05
- Fresh juice
- 12.07
- River Gods french fries
- 12.09
- Coffee in the morning
- 12.09
- Diesel the best choice?
- 12.09
- Vegan cheese
- 12.12
- Clover fries
- 12.17
- Raising money in NYC
2009
- 01.03
- Winter at Clover
- 01.09
- Coffee coffee coffee
- 02.13
- George Howell
- 02.16
- Coolidge Corner
- 02.17
- Winter update
- 03.16
- Bound to happen: first serious damage to counters
- 03.24
- Hail the Popover
- 03.24
- Chris opens the truck
- 03.24
- First credit card customer
- 03.25
- Clover muffins
- 03.27
- Potato leek soup
- 03.29
- How did you spend your Saturday?
- 03.30
- I think this is hilarious
- 04.01
- Clover, April 1
- 04.03
- Catering
- 04.06
- “Say-what?”
- 04.15
- Boiling Sap
- 04.16
- Home base
- 04.22
- Earth day at Stata
- 04.23
- Earth Day Fiasco
- 04.28
- Catering clover
- 04.29
- Pickles and maple syrup
- 05.01
- Pancake Sunday, 5/3, 11am – 1pm at the truck
- 05.03
- First Weekend brunch
- 05.03
- Fan belt shredded
- 05.06
- Newest member of the Clover crew
- 05.07
- Clover’s cupcakes
- 05.07
- Clover uniforms
- 05.12
- Help from the French
- 05.15
- Mike saves the day
- 05.18
- Salads hit the menu
- 05.24
- Plumbing is back!!!
- 05.24
- Washing the truck
- 05.24
- Painting the whiteboard
- 05.24
- Ahh… astroturf
- 05.26
- Rhubarb
- 05.29
- First t shirt customers
- 06.04
- 2 weeks with salads
- 06.09
- 7am for 7 days
- 06.17
- Press
- 06.19
- I love rainy days
- 06.19
- Tea is on
- 06.23
- Carrot kumquat juice
- 06.27
- Happy birthday Teasel!
- 06.27
- Clover the taco truck
- 06.30
- Jerry rigged
- 06.30
- Credit cards back up tomorrow
- 07.07
- Clover stencil
- 07.15
- Thai with Hat
- 07.20
- Happy birthday hat
- 07.30
- Happy 21st Jeremiah!
- 07.30
- Explanation/ update
- 08.10
- Point of sale (POS) system
- 08.12
- Time to fix brunch
- 08.13
- Portions
- 08.19
- Interviewees
- 09.30
- Welcome all!
- 09.30
- Update on tomato plant
- 10.01
- Clover the restaurant
- 10.22
- Clover marmalade
- 10.30
- Halloween Clover
- 11.10
- Clover late night
- 11.11
- Platanos maduros
- 11.13
- Packaging: hot cups
- 11.20
- Apple tasting
2010
- 01.05
- Breakfast sandwich
- 01.07
- Have you ever bought a used car?
- 01.25
- Chip-in Farm
- 01.26
- Pita
- 02.01
- Chickpea fritter nutritionals
- 02.04
- BBQ
- 02.09
- I like your shoes
- 02.10
- New truck craziness
- 02.11
- The Mediterranean station moves to the North Pole
- 02.15
- Persian New Year Soup
- 02.23
- Kitchen sketch
- 02.26
- New counters for truck #2
- 03.02
- Ratty signs
- 03.09
- Tasting water at Barrington Coffee Roasters
- 03.10
- Don’t call him Vinny
- 04.06
- Even iPad struggles to keep up with Clover lunch rush
- 04.06
- Thanks for your patience
- 04.13
- Clover gift cards
- 04.15
- New truck almost online
- 04.20
- Donuts and coffee
- 04.21
- Coffee station
- 04.21
- I like your shoes redux
- 04.22
- Egg and eggplant nutritionals
- 04.22
- City of Boston + Clover
- 04.23
- First price reduction ever
- 04.28
- Lucia
- 04.28
- Soup truck
- 05.01
- Check out that cup
- 05.05
- Clover events
- 06.04
- Clover in Boston Tuesday
- 06.08
- First day at Dewey on the Greenway
- 06.22
- Cambro evolution
- 06.23
- Antony
- 06.28
- Season’s last strawberries
- 06.29
- The last straw
- 06.30
- Oh s@#$… unleaded?
- 07.06
- 4:00pm means snack time
- 07.07
- Kendall vs. Dewey
- 07.14
- Megan…Amanda…Melissa….Mary?
- 07.14
- DWY, are you ready for it?
- 07.15
- Who sold Enzo that spray paint?
- 07.26
- Vincenzo rocking the lists
- 07.29
- The new cold
- 07.30
- Construction begins at 7 Holyoke
- 08.17
- Meet Betrous
- 09.02
- Homegrown AC
- 09.09
- Ayr and Mark walk into a Wendy’s
- 09.13
- Blood Farm
- 09.14
- Emo, that’s a serious stack of 3rd pans!
- 09.21
- Garner
- 09.28
- Clover’s first wedding
- 11.11
- First day pictures
- 11.13
- Whoopie fridays
- 11.24
- Mary making Clover’s logo
- 12.15
- Chris Hong is a Hero
2011
- 01.22
- Hicka-what?
- 01.24
- -4°F
- 01.31
- Knife Skills in the snow
2012
- 02.11
- MIDWEST FOOD TRIP
- 05.11
- Rhubarb T-Shirt
- 08.15
- Clover comic book (yes that’s Mr. Pita in the corner)
2013
- 01.29
- Enzo, the sandwich. Now playing at CloverMIT
- 03.29
- Next step in the evolution of Clover packaging
- 09.14
- Return to McKinsey Boston Office
- 11.05
- Sidehill Yogurt at Clover
- 11.20
- It’s almost a freezer
2014
- 04.02
- Eat the future… Clover meals
- 04.23
- Clover HFI
- 04.29
- CloverWTR launches
- 05.08
- WFM Project: re-usable packaging
- 06.06
- Ayr messes up Pretty Things T-shirt
- 07.24
- This is 24 hours Cambridge
- 09.17
- You’ve been eating local…
- 10.21
- Brussels rising Wednesday 10/22
- 11.20
- Yeah, I was a Brussel for Halloween
- 11.21
- Tour Clover HFI pre-construction
- 12.03
- Aeronaut Beer Launch Thursday 12/4, 8pm, CloverKND
- 12.03
- Michael’s 18-wheeler
2015
2016
- 03.30
- It ends and begins tonight
- 04.01
- Sufjan Christmas, laughing, and crying
- 04.01
- April fools at Clover
- 08.02
- That electricity in the air
- 10.12
- Clover sales mix
- 10.29
- Happy Birthday Clover. Win PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES
2017
- 08.07
- Like bullets: US-grown organic chickpeas (May 22, 2014)
- 08.07
- Hummus (July 27, 2017)
- 11.07
- A customer, a farmer, and an employee walk into a field of brussels sprouts…
- 11.07
- Matt B F@#ing loves the meatballs
- 11.20
- Clover video/ photo studio
2018
- 10.23
- Blue eats L’As Du Fallafel
- 10.29
- 2008 prices on the Clover app today
- 12.03
- You’ve been eating organic…
2019
- 11.06
- Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Mushroom seems like a new sandwich but…
2020
- 01.15
- How does a jalapeño popper become a sandwich?
- 03.16
- Pause