Clover Food Lab Cooked Up Breakfast for 135 Plow Drivers

Photo courtesy of Ayr Muir

Although the snowstorm that hit the area didn’t leave as much of the powdery white stuff in the Greater Boston region as expected, plow drivers were still out during all hours of the night, making sure the roads were clear for the morning commute.

And in the eyes of the workers from the Clover Food Lab, a sleepless work shift is deserving of a hearty breakfast as a reward.

To help refuel more than 135 plow truck operators and Department of Public Works employees from Cambridge, Clover’s cooks got up at the crack of dawn on Wednesday and started preparing meals so they would be ready to eat when the crews were finally off the streets.

“The city of Cambridge contacted our catering department late yesterday, and asked us if we could make breakfast for all of their overnight plow crews. While they were finishing up their first shift—and going into their second—we were busy cooking eggs, mixing batter, and slicing tomatoes,” according to Clover Food Lab’s special events coordinator, Lucia Jazayeri.

Cooks from the “Lab” made 135 breakfast sandwiches and cups of coffee, which were ready by 7 a.m., by spreading out the breakfast production between their three store locations in Harvard Square, Inman Square, and Kendall Square. Different plow crews were assigned to each Clover location, with the majority of the orders coming from the Harvard Square restaurant. The city paid for the grub, but Clover threw in the coffee for free.

“They literally pulled up Holyoke Street in a line of snowplows. We make everything from scratch, so we were up at 5 a.m. to get everything started. Everyone was really exhausted,” said Jazayeri.

Clover Food Lab’s CEO Ayr Muir said he was “excited” that his company got to serve the drivers their meals to help rejuvenate them after the overnight shift.