O'Naturals -- a healthy fast-food eatery -- was quite popular in Portland, Maine, while I was living there. I ate there at least once a week. The food was good and affordable, and the place was right in the center of the city. There was a second location in nearby Falmouth, Maine, and in the spring of 2005 O'Naturals came to Massachusetts with a restaurant in Somerville, in what used to be a Carberry's, just outside Davis Square.
Well, I noticed today that the location is now occupied by Boloco, a Boston-based burrito chain. I had visited the Somerville O'Naturals a couple of times and definitely felt it lacking in the atmosphere that is apparent in Portland. Seems I wasn't the only one. Too bad. I was hoping they could recapture that spark.
There is another Massachusetts location in Acton, and also one, strangely, in Wichita, Kansas.
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Hi there,
Thanks for noticing our new restaurant at Davis. Next time you should stop in and give us a try. Actually, this Thursday, Feb 22 from 11am-7pm we have Free Burrito Day at the Davis Square location. All regular size burritos are free, and i believe larges are a buck. Lines may be long, but we move pretty quickly, so hopefully we'll see you!
Through partners, we opened a few stores outside of New England (which makes us appear to be national), but we are 100% Boston-based, as are the bulk of our restaurants (11 in Boston, 1 up in Hanover, NH) and most of our planned growth (Natick in April, for e.g.)
O'Naturals Wichita site is their first franchise, by the way. They plan to open a few in that area, not to mention many others, if things go well.
Thanks again, and hopefully we'll see you and some friends on Thursday!
John Pepper
Co-Founder
Boloco
pepper@boloco.com
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