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.
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteThanks 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