Tamper-evident paperboard food container

A paperboard container comprising:

• a paperboard receptacle enclosing in an assembled state an interior three-dimensional space configured to receive a food product and having an opening through which the food product enters the space;
• and
• a paperboard closure disposed across the opening,
• the closure comprising first and second surfaces, the first surface attached to the receptacle along a first surface fold line and the second surface attached to the receptacle along a second surface fold line,
• the first surface having a first surface edge opposite the first surface fold line, the first surface edge with a length and a first surface tab attached to and projecting from the first surface edge, and the second surface having a second surface edge opposite the second surface fold line, the second surface edge with a second surface tab attached to and projecting from the second surface edge;
• the closure having a first state wherein the first surface tab is in a first position with the first surface tab overlying a portion of the first surface having a length substantially equal to the length of the first surface edge and the closure having a second state wherein the first surface tab is in a second position with the first surface tab spaced from the first surface,
• the portion of the first surface having an adhesive disposed thereon and the first surface tab having a release coating disposed thereon,
• wherein with the first surface tab in the first position, the portion of the first surface having the adhesive disposed thereon cannot be joined to the second surface to seal the closure, and
• wherein with the first surface tab in the second position, the portion of the first surface having the adhesive disposed thereon is joined to the second surface tab to seal the closure with the first surface edge aligned with the second surface edge and the second surface is disposed exterior relative to the first surface tab which is disposed interior relative to the second surface,
• one of the first and second surfaces having a tamper-evident region of weakness that may be irreversibly split to open the closure.