True Food Kitchen closes in Roosevelt Field

True Food Kitchen, the health-conscious national chain restaurant that opened in 2020 in Roosevelt Field, has closed.

Earlier this morning, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

"True Food Kitchen has closed 12 restaurants, with their final day of service on Sunday, October 4," the company said in a statement. "The Company's remaining 34 restaurants across 14 states are open and serving guests as usual."

Kathy Smith, director of marketing for Roosevelt Field, said that the spot would be taken over by Sally’s Apizza, a burgeoning chain that grew out of the iconic New Haven pizzeria.

  True Food Kitchen got its start in 2008 in Phoenix. It was co-founded by alternative-medicine guru Dr. Andrew Weil and its menu focuses on vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean meats and other current signifiers of "clean eating."

The Roosevelt Field spot was flanked by two other restaurants that have since closed: Havana Central, which closed last year, and Osteria Morini, which closed in 2024.

Sally’s is one of three historic pizzerias on New Haven’s Wooster Street, along with Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (est. 1925) and Modern Apizza (1934). Sally’s was founded in 1938 by Frank Pepe’s nephew Salvatore "Sally" Consiglio. According to PMQ Pizza, an industry source, the Consiglio family sold the restaurant in 2017 to Lineage Hospitality, which has plans "to open 225 locations in 12 states." There are currently seven locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Roosevelt Field's Smith said that Sally’s was planning to open in 2027.