Owner: Claire Keane

Although Clairesquares offi­cially opened for busi­ness in 2006, Claire has been mak­ing her delec­table treats since she was a child grow­ing up in County Cork, Ire­land. By the age of 12, she was bak­ing from her mother’s recipe books and exper­i­ment­ing with fudge, but­ter­scotch, tof­fee and caramel. She found that the best result was a mouth­wa­ter­ing com­bi­na­tion of short­bread, caramel and chocolate.

A young entre­pre­neur, Claire tried her hand at sell­ing the squares at school. It wasn’t long before her class­mates were addicted and she was sell­ing out every week. Over the years, Claire con­tin­ued to bake her famous squares, devel­op­ing a fol­low­ing among fam­ily and friends in Ire­land. Years later and miles away in San Fran­cisco, she whipped up a batch of her but­tery Irish treats for her friends. They had never tasted any­thing quite like them. Encour­aged by her friends’ enthusiasm—and con­stant harass­ment for just one more square—Claire decided to sell them again here in Amer­ica, and Clairesquares was born!

Though our prod­ucts may be sin­ful, Clairesquares is ded­i­cated to being a socially respon­si­ble busi­ness. We oper­ate out of a cer­ti­fied Green Busi­ness com­mer­cial kitchen and are licensed as a green busi­ness with the City and County of San Fran­cisco. We are com­mit­ted to an aggres­sive recy­cling and com­post­ing pro­gram, and we recy­cle 90% of our waste. Our online orders are shipped using recy­cled and biodegrad­able sty­ro­foam, which ensures that your prod­uct arrives to you in per­fect shape with min­i­mal effect on the envi­ron­ment. We are just as com­mit­ted to our local com­mu­nity as we are to the envi­ron­ment; through our dona­tion pro­gram, we have assisted local food banks and char­i­ta­ble non­profit organizations.

Tele­phone: 415.722.2080

Email: claire@clairesquares.com

Web­site: www.clairesquares.com