Empowering women through homemade food
Fresh grab-and-go breakfast and lunch in downtown Raleigh. Every order funds a paycheck, culinary training and a path to stability for a woman overcoming crisis.
Breakfast and lunch for meetings and events of 10 or more. Or make an impact directly.
Carroll’s Kitchen is a nonprofit social enterprise restaurant in downtown Raleigh. We serve fresh grab-and-go breakfast and lunch, cater meetings and events, and run a Restorative Employment Model program that gives women overcoming crisis a paid job, culinary training and a path to lasting stability.
Ten years of second chances, since 2016.
- 63
- women have graduated from our program
- $1.3M
- paid directly to women in wages
- 36
- families reunited
- 0%
- recidivism among our graduates
- 241K
- customers served
- 3,760
- hours of case management
Community favorites
Full menu with prices-
Cheeseburger Kolache $3.85
Seasoned ground beef and melty cheese, with a choice of sriracha mayo drizzle and pickle topping.
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Cream Cheese Crumble Kolache $3.85
Sweet cream cheese and butter crumble.
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Turkey Brie $15.21
Turkey, brie, caramelized onions, crispy bacon and honey maple mayo on grilled panini bread.
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Buffalo Chicken Wrap $13.70
Grilled chicken, house buffalo sauce and mozzarella, with ranch or blue cheese for dipping.
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Chicken Pesto Wrap $13.70
Grilled chicken, basil pesto, tomatoes, mozzarella.
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Kale Salad $7.70
Chopped kale, house-made tahini, shredded carrots, purple cabbage, chickpeas.
The tools that they gave me and the networks that they connected me with enabled me to not go back to prison, to not be put on parole, to not be homeless. Being at Carroll's Kitchen gave me the opportunity to truly find myself.
Feeding a group of 10 or more?
Boxed lunches, sandwich and salad platters, quiche and kolaches by the dozen for meetings and events across Raleigh.
Stay in the know
Program milestones, monthly specials and event news from our kitchen.
Follow along
Daily specials and graduation days show up on Instagram first.