Clover Food Lab
American vegetarian fast casual chain
Clover Food Lab is a vegetarian fast food chain founded in 2008 which operates food trucks and restaurants in Massachusetts, United States. The company serves a simple menu that changes daily and with the seasons based on what is available from local farmers and includes a large mix of organic ingredients. The company also offered meal delivery boxes and catering.
History
The company was founded in October 2008, by the MIT material science graduate and Harvard MBA Ayr Muir, as one food truck serving the area around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As of summer 2018, Clover Food Lab had some 400 employees operating in 12 restaurants across the greater Boston area.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 United States banking crisis disrupted Clover's expansion plans, and caused its Back Bay location to close in August 2023. On November 3, 2023, high rents and continued low sales prompted Clover Food Lab to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company emerged from bankruptcy on April 24, 2024.
On March 30, 2026 the company announced it was seeking a buyer, and without one would close on May 29, 2026.
On May 26, 2026, the company announced it would be winding down operations and closing its remaining restaurants by May 28, 2026..
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