A New Place to Eat on Holyoke Street

A reader just sent us this tasty tidbit: a new quick-service restaurant might be coming to Holyoke Street.

According to the notice posted on the door of 7 Holyoke St. (which is across the street from the New College Theatre), a public hearing to discuss granting a restaurant permit for the location was scheduled for Mar. 11, 2010. We just called the city's Board of Zoning Appeals, and they have confirmed—the permit was granted!

But we were told that the transcript of the hearing isn't on file yet, so more details will have to come later. We do know, however, that the permit petitioner was Ayr Muir, an MIT grad and the CEO of Clover Food Lab. According to its Web site, Clover operates a "food truck" near MIT that features local (often organic) vegetarian fare on a menu that changes with the seasons. Yelp tells us that Clover food is both good and cheap. We think that's an auspicious sign.

Curious to know more? Check TheCrimson.com for updates.

Staff writer Xi Yu contributed reporting to this post.

Photo courtesy of Scott A. Levin-Gesundheit '11.