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title: "Clover Food Lab gets a lifeline"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1f32ed13-9d72-4647-bd61-d95756f1db2d
source: "Nation's Restaurant News"
original_url: https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/clover-food-lab-gets-a-lifeline
author: "Jonathan Maze"
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2026-06-03T21:33:19.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:18:03.276Z
image: https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea7aee2fca050a19/blt4806a231e11d275f/6a209e1964e1e97c753c2e5d/Clover_Food_Lab_2_shutterstock.jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale
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# Clover Food Lab gets a lifeline

**TL;DR:** Clover Food Lab, a plant-based restaurant chain, has secured a deal to resume operations at its core Cambridge and Boston locations after a temporary closure. The company will reopen its doors on June 9, focusing on its core locations in Cambridge and Boston.

*By Jonathan Maze, originally published in Nation's Restaurant News on 2026-06-03. [Read the original](https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/clover-food-lab-gets-a-lifeline).*

## Story

The death of Clover Food Lab has proven instead to be a temporary setback.

The plant-based chain, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has apparently received a lifeline and will reopen its doors on Tuesday.

Clover closed its remaining 11 locations late last month, several weeks after warning that its closure was inevitable. But the company on Wednesday said that it has just finalized a deal to remain in operation and that it will reopen its doors in time for lunch next Tuesday, June 9.

The company said that its reopening next week will focus on its core locations in Cambridge and Boston.

“The level of public support was staggering following last week’s closure announcement,” the company said in a statement over email.

Clover said that its restaurants were “flooded with people” after it announced its closure in a letter sent to customers.

“The sales were staggering,” Clover said. ‘We received hundreds and hundreds of notes from customers.”

Customers apparently took to social media to express their concern and one even came up with an “Ode to Clover” following the announcement.

Details of the company’s deal were not available on Wednesday, but Clover said that the support revealed “several potential paths forward,” leading to a deal with “a mission-aligned investor who was motivated by the strength of the brand” and its menu.

Clover cited inflationary pressures in particular, noting that its ingredient costs have increased 30% to 50% over the past two years. Clover said it is working to implement operational changes to ensure its sustainability.

Cover shut down three years after filing for bankruptcy and two years after it emerged from that process with a vow to expand to 60 locations across New England.

## Entities

- QSR (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Boston (location)
- Jonathan Maze (person)
- restaurant reopening (topic)
- New England (location)
- Cambridge (location)
- investment deal (topic)
- operational changes (topic)
- Clover Food Lab (company)
- temporary closure (topic)
- plant-based chain (topic)

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Originally reported by Jonathan Maze, Nation's Restaurant News (https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/clover-food-lab-gets-a-lifeline). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1f32ed13-9d72-4647-bd61-d95756f1db2d).