Clover Food Lab (FIN)
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Monday - Friday
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM • Lunch/Dinner Menu
6:30 AM - 11:00 AM • Breakfast Menu
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Sandwiches
- Chickpea Fritter Sandwich$12.36Falafel sandwich on house-made organic pita with silky hummus, cucumber tomato salad, pickled veggies, five falafel balls, and tahini. Inspired by a trip to Paris and now a Boston icon.Popular
- Brussels Sprout$13.21Sour cream dijon spread, smoked Grafton cheddar, fried MA brussels tossed with zaatar, pickled red cabbage, toasted hazelnuts, all folded into our fluffy pita made with local and organic wheat from Maine.
Customers beg us to keep this sandwich around but we're committed to only serving it when brussels are in season in Western MA. - Japanese Sweet Potato$15.85Enzo came up with the Japanese Sweet Potato to use that harvest, and it turned out to be one of our biggest hits. Those 9,000 pounds of sweet potatoes that first year laid the groundwork for the 60,000 pounds that we're now buying this year. Shoyu mayo, twice-cooked sweet potatoes, salad made with red cabbage, shiso, scallions, daikon radish, crisp fried tempura sesame seeds.
- Impossible Meatball Sandwich$18.69 • 95% (82)Traditional Italian meatballs are made with impossible foods meat, house marinara sauce, two kinds of cheese, and house-made organic pita.
- Egg and Eggplant Sandwich$12.86Warm eggplant slices and a sliced hard-boiled egg, on house-made organic pita with silky hummus, cucumber tomato salad, and tahini. People scream when we threaten to take this off the menu.
- BLT Sandwich$12.86 • 96% (55)A classic BLT, just-cut tomatoes, lettuce, vegan mayonnaise and smoky tempeh served on house-made organic pita.
- Crispy Chicken (Tender) Sandwich$15.71We've been having fun playing with Tender (meat made from plants right here in Somerville).
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This sandwich gets Tender chicken strips we batter and fry here, lettuce, tomato, and pickles, with a sauce made with honey, mustard, and liquid smoke.
*** - Japanese Sweet Potato Sandwich$15.81Shoyu mayo, twice-cooked sweet potatoes, a salad made with red cabbage, shiso, scallions, daikon radish, crisp fried tempura sesame seeds.
Bowls
- Chickpea Fritter Platter$14.50 • 95% (262)Silky hummus, falafel balls, pickled vegetables, tahini, cucumber tomato salad, and two hearty side salads or local greens and a small pita.
- Brussels Sprout Bowl$15.24Sour cream dijon spread, smoked Grafton cheddar, fried MA brussels tossed with zaatar, pickled red cabbage, toasted hazelnuts. Served with two seasonal hearty side salads or greens and a pita.
- Japanese Sweet Potato Platter$18.11 • 100% (5)Shoyu mayo, twice-cooked sweet potatoes, salad made with red cabbage, shiso, scallions, daikon radish, crisp fried tempura sesame seeds. The platter comes with two seasonal side salads, and a side of pita bread.
- Impossible Meatball Bowl$19.51Traditional Italian meatballs are made with impossible foods meat, house marinara sauce, and two kinds of cheese. Plus four hearty side salads.
- Egg and Eggplant Bowl$14.88 • 86% (43)Silky hummus, warm eggplant, sliced hard-boiled egg, tahini, cucumber-tomato salads, and two hearty side salads or local greens, and a small pita.
- Mediterranean Bowl$14.94**Meet the Mediterranean Bowl** - (Version 2 thanks to feedback from all of you!) a rainbow 🌈 of spreads, salads, falafel, and sauces, with a variety of vegetables and tons of protein in every order. We've been inspired by Middle Eastern recipes using Western Mass ingredients. We start with a layer of our **silky hummus** so you get a little bit in every bite. Then we add two beautiful salads: a hearty **Farro Lemon Dill** and a **Chickpea Eggplant Pepper** salad made with organic chickpeas from Connecticut. For some light brightness we add a **Cucumber Tomato Salad** (*use the lemon wedge to squeeze a little fresh juice on top*) and bright magenta **Pickled Cabbage.** Of course we can't skip our **Falafel** balls, fried to order, crispy/craggy on the outside, and bright green inside from fresh cilantro and parsley we fold into the batter. Then drizzle everything with a beautiful herby green tahini.
*** - Verde Rice and Bean Bowl$13.79 • 90% (22)Jenny (Clover Kitchen) brought us a recipe for Verde Rice that is so packed with green that it's basically a garden! Tomatillos, cilantro, serrano & poblano peppers, garlic...we knew we had to build a bowl around her recipe.
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To her warm verde rice we add **Charley Baer's heirloom black beans grown in Maine, pickled carrots and red onions, tostones (fried smashed plantains), fried jalapeños and a sprinkling of scallions.** For drizzling: **a smoky vegan crema sauce.** - The Buddha Bowl$14.94Inspired by early spring, when we celebrate root veggies, early greens, and storage staples, this bowl features a quinoa kale salad, Jasper's sweet potato and fresno chili salad, an herby cucumber salad, carrot curls, sliced radishes, chickpea carrot salad, a super creamy/savory almond sauce, fresh lime, and sesame seeds.
- Mushroom Shawarma Bowl$16.96a savory, smoky, creamy white bean and **eggplant baba ghanoush** - made with our favorite local beans from Baer's Best
- a **sumac tzatziki** - if you've never had sumac it's like lemon juice mixed with sundried tomatoes - a totally wonderful herb and great mixed with yogurt and cucumbers
- savory, meaty **Shawarma-style portobello mushrooms**
- a **sumac lemon vinaigrette** (based on something Jasper makes at home)
- **fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and lemon**
- an herby, fresh, crunchy **quinoa and kale "fattoush" salad**
- early spring **radishes and late season parsnips** - BBQ Bowl$17.82Jasper’s BBQ Bowl is a hearty bowl featuring BBQ bean spread, potato tempeh salad, German slaw, fresh tarragon pepper slaw, savory collard greens, cornbread topped with fried jalapeños, pickles, tender BBQ pork, and a delicious fennel onion jam. Perfect for fall!
Sides & Snacks
- Falafel Skewers with Hummus and Green Tahini$8.84 • 94% (202)Eight house-made falafel balls, crisp on the outside, bright green with herbs on the inside, threaded onto a skewer. Served with house-made hot sauce, house-made silky hummus, and pickled veggies. Great as a meal or as a snack to share with a friend.
- Hummus with Za'atar and Olive Oil$4.93 • 95% (92)House-made silky hummus, zaatar, and olive oil.
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