Angelina’s Kitchen

Went to Angelina’s Kitchen today before they opened. Angelina let us hang out and invited my 2 year old to play with the baskets of wooden toys while she explained the menu. She’s funny and completely charming. We decided to try rice and veggie bowls, which tasted like slow cooked heaven. She claimed my toddler would like her lentils and (amazingly) she was right. Love this place.

WooHoo! The food is amazing!
The best tasting Greek style Chicken Soup in North Carolina! The gyros are excellent, as are the rice bowls. Angelina and John use local farmers and ranchers for her ingredients. The food is so good, it is common to see the your local farmer and rancher dining here.

Every time I’ve been here I’ve gone with the Greek salad. Once with chicken, once with beef. It’s fresh, colorful, and filling! On another note… best baklava I’ve ever had.

Love love love the Greek salad. I like to get a soup too. I couldn’t ask for better food, local and made with love.

Angelina’s Kitchen was a quick stop on our way to the coast, but we were glad we stopped! The gluten free pita was tasty and soft, their commitment to using local and fresh ingredients had us sold. Even our picky 7 year old is a fan! Affordable, tasty and healthy.

Angelina’s Kitchen is a solid pick in Pittsboro. My husband and I were staying out at Fearrington Village Inn for our anniversary and decided to get dinner in town, and we enjoyed our meal there. I got the Greek chicken soup and a salad, and he got a rice bowl, for a reasonable-​to-​slightly-​higher-​than-​expected price.
It didn’t send me home raving, but it did send me home full and satisfied.

Delicious local and seasonal food served by great community minded people. Best salads, falafel and baklava around!

This is an alright establishment. After reading the reviews for this place and seen it has 4 stars I decided to check it out. It wasn’t awsome but it wasn’t bad. I had the chicken gyro with hummus and olives and it was fair.

Angelina’s is my go-​to place in pittsboro for fresh, mostly locally-​sourced and delicious food that I feel good about eating! I’m likely to find my friends here too and Angelina and John are a wonderful support to our community! I’m grateful they’re here!
Libba Adams

Disclosure: I am a regular at Angelina’s Kitchen, so I may be biased. I eat lunch here or bring my family for supper several times each week.
The «sad, just sad» reviewer must have been at a different restaurant, because the place I’ve seen over the years is nothing like that review. From my perspective, there’s nothing sad about this restaurant. It is a locally owned, owner-​operated restaurant, full of wonderful quirkiness, deliciousness, and foods exceptionally prepared with love.
I know of no other business that procures as much local meat and produce as Angelina and John do. Others dabble, or brag about local procurement. Angelina’s shows the way.
100% of the meats are local — I’ve met her farmers eating there. And she features as much seasonally available produce as possible: In November when there are no local tomatoes, your salad comes with an apology and an explanation.
Angelina and John will not compromise and use the junk from Sysco’s refrigerated trucks. And sometimes that means the customer could be disappointed. But those paying attention to flavor, nutrition, and story will never be disappointed.
Try the Avgolemono soup, and if you’re there at an off-​peak time (say 2pm), ask Angelina about it. She will unfold with praise for her local egg sources, how the hens’ feed effects the process of making the soup, and how to make a good bone broth (the base for her soup).
Angelina shares her recipes freely, because she really believes we should all be cooking at home and eating better. (A cynic might say it’s also because her foods are so labor-​and-​love-​intensive that most will prefer to patronize her kitchen, rather than try them on their own. But in truth they’re not so hard. I’ve made bone broth her way, and I’m a klutz!)
Anyone struggling with food allergies or illness will find healing foods within. Celiac and gluten-​free accommodations are made with real care, attention, and expertise.
Try it and decide for yourself. And let them know it’s your first time!

Sad to say food has gone way down hill in last year– let’s see lunch for 2 — $ 20– served in take– out containers — small servings– not very fresh
Passion seems gone– will not be back

I love Angelina’s, it’s the only place we can go and my kids will eat their entire meal, and it’s a healthy one too! Perfect salads, delicious chicken gyros and spinach pies and I really enjoy their specials, I love it when they do the ratatouille. Angelina also does an amazing job of catering, we’ve had her do food for several parties and get togethers and the presentation is always beautiful and her food is great when trying to please a group of people with different tastes and who may be vegan, vegetarian etc. Can’t recommend this place enough.

Good local food! no atmosphere, food served in take out containers and plastic utensils.

Angelina’s Kitchen is not to be missed. I eat here several times a month, and I’ve never had a bad meal. There are plenty of options for vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Angelina’s soups will cure what ails you, and the falafel is the best in the land. The baklava alone is worth a trek to Pittsboro. Perhaps best of all, most of the ingredients used are locally grown, Money spent here benefits local farmers and the local economy.

I think we met THE Angelina today ;) What a gracious person, talking our 5yo through a particularly persnickety day in which nothing was quite right enough or came quite fast enough for her (when gramma GG is visiting, she’s a handful).
She took a seat at our table and discussed culinary preferences with her like they were peers. We loved it… and she got our daughter to eat her meal (and like it!), and agree to a salad lunch with Angelina herself at some future date ;)
With a non-​vegan guest in tow, we compromised to lacto-​ovo-​vegetarian and partook of the spanakopita/​cheese pies, dolmas, Greek salad, lentil soup, baklava, and falafels and tzatziki, all of which was as lovely as our host. For the gluten free among us, there were fresh specialty pitas and chocolate-​coconut-​oat blondies.
Pittsboro is a bit of a drive for us, so we bought some extra to go.
The restaurant is adorned inside and out by local artists. It is located just off of West St (64W), one of the radial arteries leading to the town’s historic refurbished copper-​domed courthouse a couple blocks away. Come see it in all its gilded splendour, before it patinas green.

One of my all-​time favorite places to eat; not just in Pittsboro but anywhere. It ain’t fancy, and no one is wearing a tie (unless it’s a tie-​dye), but the food is fresh and delicious (and where possible, local!) and you won’t find a friendlier bunch of folks — not just Angelina and John, but their whole team.
I’ve eaten there or taken out a zillion times, and I’ve also benefited from their catering when my wife turned 39 for the second time… sparking more than one argument over who would get which leftovers!
Great menu, great folks, and lots of cool things not on the menu… local honey and preserves, art, super-​cool aprons, etc. And don’t miss the incredible cheesecake when available!

Yep, Angelina’s is a fun place for delicious, fresh, and local food. And Angelina herself is lovely, welcoming, and full of great suggestions.

Since moving out of North Carolina, I really miss Angelina (and John) and her (their) superb, home-​style, Greek (and New Mexican) with a twist cooking.
Top things I love about Angelina’s:
#1 — Friendly!
#1 — Awesome food with great flavor combinations
#1 — Real commitment to and focus on LOCAL foods
#1 — John’s Frito Pie
#2 — bah, everything about this place holds an equal #1 spot!

On my first visit to Pittsboro, I stumbled upon Angelina’s Kitchen. What a pleasant surprise! The environment is as cozy and welcoming as Angelina herself. She welcomes you and makes you feel like a guest in her home. We found a table and shared a Greek salad (the portions are generous). The salad was perfectly seasoned, the vegetables were fresh and crisp and the chicken was delicious. We enjoyed the boisterous atmosphere. I had some work to do and, as the lunch crowd cleared out, I plugged in my laptop and worked away. It’s a wonderfully friendly environment and I’d definitely stop if I happen to be visiting Pittsboro again. Before leaving, I did notice the fine selection of local preserves for sale. I couldn’t resist the peach jalapeño jelly and I’m glad I didn’t!

Agreed– insanely good food. The fact that it is all sourced locally at that price is incredible. Something for everyone, including carnivores, vegans and gluten freebies. The food is tasty, healthy and reasonably fast. I also love the brownies made with local eggs– only $ 1.50 for a huge one!!! :)