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Gerry the Painter
That’s Gerry giving HSQ a fresh coat of paint. Gerry came into HSQ to ask us about the IdeaPaint. This was at a point when we were selling it on our retail wall. He’d been asked by Harvard to paint a...
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Return to MIT
Those of you at MIT have been seeing more of me lately. Those at other locations may be wondering where I’ve gone. I have this ambition of making MIT, the truck from which we sold our first sandwich...
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MIT truck from above
A customer posted this picture, I’m guessing from the top floor of MIT Medical? It was really cool to see the truck operating from above. If any of you haven’t been by, that’s a new truck, the fifth...
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I signed a lease in Burlington, MA today
The last lease signing picture I posted I was wearing a hospital bracelet. That was a couple days after Violet was born. Now it feels like Clover is going to have a child. This one in the suburbs. So...
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Chris checking out new space in Burlington
Don’t judge his bed-head too harshly, we weren’t really working that day. Chris and I were on our way to a Christmas tree farm to pick up the giant Christmas tree for Clover HSQ. For those who don’t...
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First ever Clover sign
This may sound sort of funny, but we’ve never needed a sign before. If you think about it the trucks don’t have signs. We made the decision with Harvard Square to forgo a sign (some told us that was...
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More Burlington Sign
Thanks all for the ideas about the sign. I thought given the interest I should talk a bit more about the evolving design thinking. The current favorite idea is to build a sign that would be similar in...
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I was taking pictures of the bathroom while Chipotle’s CFO and co-CEO were...
Yesterday I was in Burlington checking out our new space. I’d gotten a call from the Assessor’s Office that our abutters lists were ready for pick-up, and Lucia and I had a meeting scheduled, so we...
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Get your Food Truck 101 tickets, Sales end tonight at midnight
I was in NYC yesterday. I wanted to see Lunch Hour NYC at the Public Library, but I missed it by one day. I was really bummed. They had a full replica of the original Automat! And there was...
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Be a part of Clover’s latest experiment
You can participate in a new experiment we’re running with the help of a Harvard Business School student. I had to dig up this goofy picture to make a point. Please bear with me. This picture is from...
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Food Truck 101 2013 Recap
Food Truck 101 was such a success I think we’re going to make it a national thing next year. Keep an eye on this site, we’ll post with details about the next conference. I’m just now getting around to...
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Burlington ready to trench
Over the past couple of years I’ve had this problem: when the most exciting stuff is happening at Clover I have the least amount of time to write. Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet here these past few...
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Packaging and rehydrated oat product
I’ve been at Starbucks Burlington since 6am. I got a note from our construction supervisor last night saying there was a problem with the trenching they’re doing. Apparently the drawings we had from...
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No sanitary line
I checked in with Al, our construction supervisor on the Burlington restaurant the other day. We have an issue. They finished trenching, which means tearing up the concrete floors (see image above)....
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Trenching in Burlington MA
While I was at the restaurant the plumbing inspector came by and gave the thumbs up. That means next time I’m here these pipes will be covered with concrete. I first learned about this construction...
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I really love this space
I keep loving this little space. I feel like I shouldn’t. It’s much more modest than most of our other upcoming projects. It used to be a Papa Ginos. It’s a little riskier for us than some other...
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Does that ceiling look familiar?
No, that’s not a picture from 2 years ago of Clover HSQ construction. That’s a photo from 2 weeks ago of what will be the next Clover (after Burlington and Brookline Village). That’s going to be...
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Burlington Update: Ceiling
This post is a bit like the last. That’s our ceiling framed up. It’s our only ceiling. It’s just above the entrance to the bathrooms. How can that be the only ceiling? Well we have this crazy wood...
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BUR countertops
I visited Mystic Woodworking the other day. Jim, the guy on the right of this shot, was my tour guide and co-owns the company. Their operation was staggering. He brought me through building after...
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Brookline Village Ceiling
I’ve been writing a few posts about ceilings lately. Jinhee, one of our architects, was in the other day and had this amazing idea. I’ve mentioned before that we’ve been trying to figure out what to...
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