Welcome to RootDish

We support restaurants that are local or use local ingredients in Charlotte, NC and beyond.

Local Restaurants and Local Ingredients

Sustainability and Community Focus

Do a Beehive Partnership with us! Show your commitment to the biodiversity, sustainable food supply chain and community!

Nourishing Communities, One Local Meal at a Time

Built in Charlotte, NC, RootDish is redefining food delivery with a local-first approach.
We believe that food delivery should strengthen the places we live — supporting local restaurants, empowering farmers, and connecting people through fresh, sustainable food.

🏪 Empowering Local Restaurants

RootDish proudly partners with locally owned restaurants. Why? Because local ownership itself keeps money, culture, and flavor within our communities.
We offer a fair, transparent platform that helps these independent restaurants reach more customers without the high commissions charged by national delivery apps.
Every order placed through RootDish helps strengthen our neighborhoods and keep small businesses thriving.

🍔 Partnering with Local-Minded Chains

We also welcome larger restaurant chains — but only those that commit to using locally sourced ingredients.
By featuring these chains, RootDish encourages responsible sourcing at scale, helping regional farmers grow and ensuring that local ingredients appear on more plates across our communities.
This balance allows us to stay true to our values while expanding impact — connecting more people to food that’s rooted close to home.

🌾 Supporting Local Farmers

RootDish works directly with regional farms and producers to help restaurants integrate fresh, seasonal ingredients into their menus.
Every partnership between a restaurant and a farmer creates a stronger, more sustainable local economy — one that rewards quality and transparency.
Together, we’re building a resilient, community-based food system that benefits everyone.

🐝 Committed to Sustainability

Every delivery through RootDish shortens the distance between farm and table, cutting emissions and supporting environmental responsibility.
Through our Bee Certified™ initiative, we highlight restaurants that protect pollinators and prioritize local sourcing — helping customers identify businesses that truly care about sustainability.

🤝 Transparency You Can Taste

We make it easy for customers to learn where their food comes from — the chefs, the farms, and the ingredients behind every dish.
This transparency empowers diners to choose responsibly and motivates more restaurants to celebrate their local stories.

🍽️ More Than Delivery — A Local Movement

RootDish is not just an app — it’s a community platform.
We host local events, educational workshops, and storytelling campaigns that bring people closer to their food.
When you order through RootDish, you’re not just getting a meal — you’re supporting a movement that values community, sustainability, and real connections.

💛 Join the RootDish Movement

Whether you’re a locally owned restaurant or a chain that sources from local farms — RootDish is your partner in building a stronger food future.
Join us today, and let’s nourish our community, one meal at a time.

What is Bee Certified with RootDish?

Bee Certified is a special recognition for restaurants, cafés, and bakeries that they host live beehives through Bee & Comb’s Hive Partnership Program — either at their own location or at one of our partner apiaries.

These partners play a vital role in pollinator health, local food sustainability, and community education. By hosting a hive, they help protect the very foundation of our food system — because more than one-third of the food we eat depends on honey bees and other pollinators.

When you see the Bee Certified badge on RootDish, it means that business is directly helping to:

• 🐝 Protect and grow local bee populations

• 🌼 Support urban and regional pollination

• 🍯 Produce small-batch, local honey

• 🌍 Strengthen sustainable food ecosystems

• 📚 Provide community education on bees, nature, and food systems

Every Bee Certified restaurant or café on RootDish proudly supports real hives, real bees, and a thriving planet — reminding us that every meal begins with the work of the bees.

Connecting you with local flavors.

Delivery

Fast and reliable food delivery.

Partnerships

Collaborating with local restaurants.

Supporting local ingredients and businesses.

Quality