Roots Natural Kitchen

5231 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh
(215) 278-6464

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Roots Flavored Teas Choose Flavor
Create Your Own Bowl
Pesto Caesar Salad
Mayweather Salad
Tamari Salad
'Lil Bob Cobb
Pesto Caesar
Custom Bowl
Mega Apollo
The Balboa

Featured items
El Jefe
Brown Rice with kale, black beans, charred corn, red onion, feta, pita chips, and avocado. Cilantro Lime dressing with the Works (lime squeeze & dash of tabasco), and Grilled Chicken.
Create Your Own Bowl
Pesto Caesar Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), grape tomatoes, shaved parmesan, lime pickled onions, and pita chips; Pesto Vinaigrette & Caesar dressing, with a kick of Sriracha; Grilled Chicken
The Balboa
Brown Rice with roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, feta, pita chips, lime-pickled onions, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Caesar dressing with a dash of frank's red hot; 1.5 servings of Grilled Chicken!
Roots Flavored Teas
Choose one of our three flavors! We make and bottle our own tea. Refreshing and naturally sweetened.
Mayweather Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), roasted beets, roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Pesto Vinaigrette dressing; Grilled Chicken.
Southern
Roots Rice with Kale, chickpeas, roasted broccoli, charred corn, lime-pickled onions, and white cheddar. Lemon Tahini dressing and Grilled BBQ Tofu.
Corner Cobb Salad
Arcadian Mix, with kale, roots rice, roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, red onions, cucumbers, avocado, and hard-boiled egg; Greek Feta dressing and Grilled Chicken
Apollo
Brown Rice with spinach, chickpeas, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, red onion, feta, and pita chips. Lemon Za'atar dressing, and Grilled Chicken.
El Capitán
For a Limited Time Only!Sailing in to steal El Jefe's thunder -Featuring mojo pulled pork or mojo pulled jackfruit, tortilla strips, and creamy chipotle lime dressing.Brown rice with kale, black beans, grape tomatoes, red onions, charred corn, cheddar cheese, tortilla strips. Creamy Chipotle Lime dressing; Mojo Pulled Pork, or substitute it for Mojo Jackfruit (vegan!)
Roots Bowl
Roots Rice with spinach, 2x roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, pita chips, and dried cranberries; Lemon Tahini dressing. (Optional: Add a Grilled Item)

Signature Grain Bowls
El Capitán
For a Limited Time Only!Sailing in to steal El Jefe's thunder -Featuring mojo pulled pork or mojo pulled jackfruit, tortilla strips, and creamy chipotle lime dressing.Brown rice with kale, black beans, grape tomatoes, red onions, charred corn, cheddar cheese, tortilla strips. Creamy Chipotle Lime dressing; Mojo Pulled Pork, or substitute it for Mojo Jackfruit (vegan!)
El Jefe
Brown Rice with kale, black beans, charred corn, red onion, feta, pita chips, and avocado. Cilantro Lime dressing with the Works (lime squeeze & dash of tabasco), and Grilled Chicken.
The Balboa
Brown Rice with roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, feta, pita chips, lime-pickled onions, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Caesar dressing with a dash of frank's red hot; 1.5 servings of Grilled Chicken!
Southern
Roots Rice with Kale, chickpeas, roasted broccoli, charred corn, lime-pickled onions, and white cheddar. Lemon Tahini dressing and Grilled BBQ Tofu.
Roots Bowl
Roots Rice with spinach, 2x roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, pita chips, and dried cranberries; Lemon Tahini dressing. (Optional: Add a Grilled Item)
Apollo
Brown Rice with spinach, chickpeas, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, red onion, feta, and pita chips. Lemon Za'atar dressing, and Grilled Chicken.
Mad Bowl
Brown Rice with spinach, cannellini beans, roasted broccoli, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, red onions, and shaved parmesan; Pesto Vinaigrette & Basil Balsamic dressing; Grilled Chimichurri Mushrooms

Signature Salads
Pesto Caesar Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), grape tomatoes, shaved parmesan, lime pickled onions, and pita chips; Pesto Vinaigrette & Caesar dressing, with a kick of Sriracha; Grilled Chicken
Mayweather Salad
Kale with bulgur (G), roasted beets, roasted sweet potatoes, red onions, goat cheese, and avocado; Lemon Tahini & Pesto Vinaigrette dressing; Grilled Chicken.
Corner Cobb Salad
Arcadian Mix, with kale, roots rice, roasted sweet potatoes, charred corn, red onions, cucumbers, avocado, and hard-boiled egg; Greek Feta dressing and Grilled Chicken
Tamari Salad
Kale and Brown Rice with roasted broccoli, red onions, pickled carrots, purple cabbage, pickled jalapeños, and toasted almonds. Miso Ginger dressing and Grilled Red Chili Miso Tofu

Create Your Own
Create Your Own Bowl

Drinks
Roots Flavored Teas
Choose one of our three flavors! We make and bottle our own tea. Refreshing and naturally sweetened.
Spindrift Tea
Sparkling Half Tea / Half Lemonade
Bottled Water
Lemon Seltzer

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Recent Reviews

The worst run roots by far. They can never get an order right, even if you're standing in front of them. They want all the instructions up front but forget everything after the first step and then don't ask, just do the wrong thing.
May 2025
Roots is my favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh, and I work at a hospital nearby, so order take out regularly.
Unfortunately, on multiple occasions, the bowls have been made incorrectly. Twice now, I've asked for heavy dressing, and have had virtually none. Another time, I paid for extra goat cheese, and got no goat cheese. Tonight, no dressing, and no sweet potatoes even though it does appear on the order and on the lid.
It's disappointing, because...
November 2024
Always happy coming here. Healthy options containing a wide selection of salads and grain bowls. They also rotate a special limited time bowl for a month or two. Service is always great. I have found this to be a better fast casual alternative to
November 2024

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Roots Natural Kitchen

5231 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
(215) 278-6464