Clover Food Lab Central - Cambridge

The menu seems to change frequently, so maybe it's better now, but when I went before one was nothing vegan. the server was nice about it and offered to replace a hard boiled egg with a tomato for me, but it made for a disappointing, expensive and incomplete meal.

We came for breakfast and assumed that because it’s a vegetarian place there would be vegan options but all they could offer was a vegan muffin, even asked if there was anything on the menu that they could adapt to make vegan but the answer was no, even the granola they couldn’t do with alternative milk. The muffin was really good and my brother who loves meat didn’t even realise the impossible sandwich he had was actually vegetarian. Apparently they have lots of vegan options on the lunch menu but yeah not so much for vegan breakfast!

OK for vegetarians, but disappointing for vegans. The sandwiches very quickly get soggy, with the bread falling apart and the juices dripping. The sides (when getting a plate, like lentils and shredded carrots are all drowning in sauce. The falafel are too greasy and thick. They had (have? an impossible-burger meatballs option, but it's not vegan: they add eggs to the vegan meat to make the meatballs. They wrote an angry blog post about it, explaining that they didn't understand why vegans were unhappy about that, since there were other vegan options, and pointing out that they made food for everyone, not for vegans (not sure why food for everyone couldn't be vegan…?

There are very few restaurants that are open late in greater Boston. The fact that this vegetarian location is 24 hours is very awesome. Cheers to that! My two biggest issues are that: 1. While there usually is a vegan bbq sandwich on the list, (which is great! they don 't typically label which items are vegan on the menu. Often the employees are helpful, and the website does include ingredient lists as well as allergen information. While it is a pet peave of mine when (vegetarian restaurants in particular do not readily offer the vegan status of items, it is great they at least offer it online. It would be very cool Clover (if you are reading if you used vegan labels in the store. 2. Some of the should be vegan items, Impossible Meatballs (include eggs/dairy and Just Egg (include cheese for example, are not vegan at all. There does not seem to be a clear way to order them vegan at all either (please let me/us know if you find a way! . From what I have gleaned online is that the company 's stance is that vegans do not comprise the bulk of their customer base and therefore are not a priority. Plenty of vegans have lashed out online. Clover if you are listening, while I 'd like to appologize for that I have to say my feelings are hurt by the decision to make these items non-vegan. I hope that changes!

Many vegan options with the ability to easily make the non vegan dishes vegan friendly. Great staff. Eco friendly establishment where all things are compostable. Many coffee and beer options with an array of plant minded book options. Try the chickpea fritter, you will be impressed for sure!