As the vegan movement grows, more and more pizza chains and small pizzerias are offering vegan options. Almost regardless of where you live, you can find vegan pizza near you. While ordering vegan pizza at some restaurants simply requires choosing the “accidentally vegan” crust, sauces, and toppings, other restaurants now offer specifically plant-based cheeses and meats. 

Author: Colleen Kane

Although a number of the larger pizza chains do not currently offer plant-based cheeses or meats, with enough public pressure, they very well may someday! Making it easier to be vegan is one of the most effective things vegans can do to promote veganism. As more and more vegan offerings make veganism easy and accessible, more people will see going vegan as something that they could do, too. 

So, the next time you place an order for a vegan pizza, consider calling or writing to the manager. Even if you know a restaurant doesn’t currently offer plant-based substitutes, call and inquire about what vegan options they have. If they say they don’t offer any, ask when they plan to offer them to meet the growing demand for plant-based options. This helps create public pressure and lets restaurants know that there is a growing market for vegan options. 

1. Domino’s

Given that Domino’s has over 6,500 locations across the U.S. alone, plus locations in 84 other countries, it’s likely they have one near you. While Domino’s in the U.S. doesn’t currently offer vegan cheese or vegan meat, you can still create a custom vegan pizza. The secret is to double up on the “accidentally vegan” ingredients, like their chunky robust tomato sauce, jalapenos, and garlic dipping sauce. 

Crust

Only the thin crust is vegan at Domino’s, as the Brooklyn, Handmade Pan, Hand Tossed, and Gluten-Free crusts all contain milk or honey. 

Pizza Sauce

Only the Robust Inspired Tomato Sauce is vegan, as the rest contain milk ingredients. 

Dipping Sauces

Their vegan sauces include Barbeque Dipping Sauce, Garlic Dipping Sauce, Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce, Italian Dipping Sauce, Marinara Dipping Sauce (not the Marinara Pizza Sauce), Robust Inspired Tomato Sauce, and Sweet Mango Habanero (both dipping and regular sauce). While the garlic oil blend contains cheese, the garlic and herb seasoning offers a similar flavor.

Toppings

Then, load your pizza up with as many of their vegetables as you like, including carrots, spinach, banana peppers, canned tomatoes, garlic, green bell peppers, green chili peppers, hamburger dill chips, jalapeno peppers, mushrooms, black and green olives, onions, parsley, pepperoncini, pineapple, and roasted red peppers. 

Additional vegan pizza toppings include butter-flavored oil, cinnamon sugar, cornmeal, creole seasoning, crushed red pepper, garlic, and herb spices, and oregano blend shake-on. If you’d like the add a salad, the garden salad (without cheese) is vegan, and so are the following salad dressings: Ken’s Golden Italian, Ken’s Light Balsamic with Olive Oil, Kraft Catalina, Marzetti Balsamic, and Marzetti Golden Italian. 

2. Pizza Hut

One of the big names of fast food pizza places, Pizza Hut, has more than 18,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. Until Pizza Hut offers vegan cheese, going the no-cheese route is the way to go here. Instead, double up on the veggies. While Pizza Hut offered Beyond Sausage for a limited time, it is no longer offering it, unfortunately. 

Vegan Pizza Dough

• Thin ‘N Crispy Dough*
• Hand-Tossed Style*
• Pan Crust*
• P’Zone Dough* (calzone-like)

Pizza Crust Flavors

• Buttery Blend Crust Flavor

Order with No Crust Flavor or with the Buttery Blend. All other crust flavors, including the Garlic Buttery Blend, contain dairy.

Cheese

• Order ALL pizzas and P’Zone’s with NO cheese, as no vegan cheese options are currently available.

Sauces

• Classic Marinara
• Buffalo Pizza Sauce

Pizza Toppings

• Diced Roma Tomatoes
• Green Bell Peppers
• Mushrooms
• Red Onions
• Mediterranean Black Olives
• Sliced Banana Peppers
• Sliced Jalapeno Peppers
• Sweet Pineapple

Dipping Sauces

• Buffalo*

3. Little Caesars

With over 4100 locations, Little Caesars comes in as the third-largest pizza chain in the U.S. Here, you can order the Planteroni Pizza, which is topped with Field Roast vegan pepperoni. Order without cheese and consider adding your own vegan cheese at home. This option is available at many locations, such as in Detroit, LA, Miami, NYC, San Francisco, and Portland.

Crust

• Original
• Thin N Crispy

Sauce

• Marinara

Sides

• Crazy bread without parmesan and add the Crazy Sauce

Cheese

• Order without the cheese, as no vegan cheese is currently available. 

Proteins

• Vegan pepperoni (planteroni) at some locations

Toppings

• Green Peppers
• Onions
• Mushrooms, canned
• Mushrooms, fresh
• Black Olives
• Jalapeno Peppers
• Mild Banana Peppers
• Pineapple
• Sides
• Crazy Bread – Order ahead with NO Parmesan Cheese
• Crazy Sauce

4. Papa John’s

With over 3100 locations in the U.S., Papa John’s is one of the world’s largest pizza delivery chains.

Crust

Order the original dough, as the other crust options contain milk and/or egg products.

Sauce

The Original and BBQ sauces are plant-based.

Veggies

Choose among sweet, savory, and spicy vegetable toppings, including onions, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers, green bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, pineapple, and spinach. Vegetable selection varies by location. 

Vegan Sauces

Add a little extra flavor to your vegan pizza with these vegan sauces: Signature Garlic Sauce, Buffalo Dipping Sauce, BBQ Dipping Sauce, Pizza Dipping Sauce, Whole Pepperonchinis, crushed red pepper, and special seasonings. 

Vegan Sides

Original breadsticks are the only vegan side offered.

More information here.

5. California Pizza Kitchen

With over 250 locations in 32 U.S. states (plus ten other countries), California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) could be a great option for vegan pizza near you. 

Crust

Choose an Original or Crispy Thin Pizza Crust

Sauce

Pizza Marinara and Spicy Marinara are vegan

Cheese

Unfortunately, CPK does not offer vegan cheese at this time. 

Specific Menu Options:

Plant-Based BBQ Chicken Pizza: Simply order without the cheese. Comes with vegan chicken, BBQ sauce, red onions, cilantro, and pineapple.

California Veggie Pizza: Order without the cheese. Comes with broccolini, eggplant, cremini mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, roasted corn, and red onions. 

Wild Mushroom Pizza: Order without cheese. Comes with shaved cremini, shiitake, portobello mushrooms, and slivered scallions.

California Club Pizza: Order without the bacon, cheese, or mayo, and sub the chicken for the plant-based chicken. Comes with avocado, arugula, fresh tomatoes, basil, and romaine. Add pizza marinara sauce or oil and vinegar.

6. Blaze Pizza

Blaze Pizza is a counter-serve fast-casual pizza chain with over 300 locations – like Chipotle for pizza! One great thing about it is that it doesn’t charge extra for each topping – regardless of how many toppings you get, it’s still the same price. Blaze also offers vegan cheese and spicy vegan chorizo. To build your own pizza at Blaze, choose:

Dough

• Classic
• High Rise (for an extra cost)
• Gluten-Free
• (The Keto Crust and Cauliflower crust are not vegan, unfortunately.)

Sauce

• Red Sauce
• Spicy Red Sauce
• Red Sauce Dollops

Cheese and Meat

• Vegan Cheese (Daiya shreds)
• Spicy Vegan Chorizo

Veggies

• Artichokes
• Banana Peppers
• Basil
• Black Olives
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Chopped Garlic
• Jalapenos
• Kalamata Olives
• Mushrooms
• Pineapple
• Red Onions
• Roasted Garlic
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Spinach 
• Fire Roasted Butternut Squash

Finishes

• Arugula
• BBQ Drizzle
• Balsamic Glaze
• Franks Red Hot Sauce
• Olive Oil Drizzle
• Oregano
• Sea Salt

Sides

Cheesy Bread – Ask for vegan cheese and choose Red Sauce or Spicy Red Dipping Sauce. It also comes with oregano and olive oil drizzle.

7. Amici’s

With numerous vegan-friendly options, this New York-style pizza chain is a great option for vegan pizza. It specializes in East Coast-style crispy, airy, and chewy thin-crust pizza, in addition to pasta and salad. Amici’s has 10 locations in California, as well as New York, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Las Vegas, Nashville, Seattle, and Boston.

Crusts

All pizza crusts are vegan, including the regular, whole-wheat, and gluten-free.

Cheese and Meat

Amici’s offers vegan Daiya cheese and Beyond Meat Sausage.

Salad Dressings

Lemon vinaigrette or extra virgin olive oil and lemon

8. Mellow Mushroom

Founded in Georgia, most of Mellow Mushroom’s 165 locations are concentrated in the Southeast of the U.S., with a few scattered locations to the West. The chain offers two vegan crusts, two vegan cheeses, two vegan proteins, and plenty of toppings.

Crust

• Both the baked and thin crusts are vegan, but be sure to specify no butter or parmesan is added.

Sauce

• Olive Oil and Garlic
• Mellow Red Sauce

Toppings

• Apples, diced
• Artichokes
• Avocado
• Banana Peppers
• Basil
• Cherries, dried
• Cucumbers 
• Garlic
• Green Peppers
• Jalapenos
• Mushrooms (portobello or roasted trio)
• Onions (raw or caramelized)
• Recans glazed
• Peppadew Peppers
• Pepperoncini
• Pineapple
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Roasted Tomatoes
• Roma Tomatoes
• Spinach

Vegan Dressings/Sauces

• Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Barbeque Sauce
• Jerk Sauce
• Sweet Chili Glaze
• Black Truffle Oil

Cheese

• Mellow Mushroom offers Follow Your Heart vegan cheese and vegan feta.

Protein

• Tofu
• Tempeh
• (Can be prepared with BBQ, jerk, or teriyaki sauce)

9. Pieology

Pieology has 121 locations in 19 states and territories and 104 cities, mostly towards the West Coast, with a few scattered throughout the center of the country and the East Coast. While none of the Signature Pizzas are vegan, there are plenty of options to create your own. Pieology offers Gardein vegan meatballs, vegan chicken, and vegan Italian sausage, as well as Daiya cheese! The gluten-free crust, red sauce, olive oil, and BBQ sauce are vegan as well. 

Crust

• Gluten-Free (made with rice flour)

Sauce

• House-Made Red
• Garlic Herb Butter Blend
• Sunflower-Olive Oil Blend
• Fiery Buffalo
• BBQ

Cheese

• Daiya Mozzarella
• Vegan Meat
• Vegan “Spicy Italian Sausage Rounds”
• Vegan “Beef Meatball”

Veggie Toppings

• Black Olives
• Mushrooms
• Red Onions
• Green Peppers
• Artichokes
• Garlic
• Pineapple
• Jalapeños
• Fresh Cilantro
• Spinach
• Banana Peppers
• Fresh Basil
• Grape Tomatoes
• Roasted Red Peppers
• After Bake Sauces
• BBQ Sauce
• Fiery Buffalo Sauce

10. ZPizza

Simply by swapping the dairy cheese for vegan cheese, you can make over a dozen pizzas at this chain vegan. It offers Beyond Meat sausage, veggie burger crumbles, and an interactive online menu that shows you how to make your pizza vegan.

11. Buddy’s Restaurant and Pizzeria

This Detroit-based establishment with 19 locations offers a lovely Tuscan vegan pizza on a multigrain crust topped with Daiya cheese. 

12. Papa Murphy’s 

The Dairy-Free Cheese Garden Veggie pizza is a vegan-as-is pizza, or you can create your own using Violife vegan cheese. 

13. Toppers Pizza

Choose from the ready-made vegan options, including Vegan Buffalo Chicken-Less Topper, Vegan Korean BBQ Chicken-Less Topper, and the Vegan Tuscano Topper. All its crusts are vegan, along with many sauces (even vegan ranch). 

14. UNO Pizzeria & Grill

Customize your pizza at UNO with Daiya mozzarella cheese and Beyond Burger Crumbles. 

15. Sarpino’s Pizzeria

Sarpino’s offers a number of vegan entrees, such as Vegan Margarita pizza and a Vegan Sausage Calzone made with Daiya cheese and Beyond Meat Italian sausage. Some locations even offer vegan cheesy bread, vegan garlic bread, vegan salads, vegan pasta, and vegan grilled cheese. 

16. Boston’s Pizza

Boston’s Pizza has over 400 locations and includes Beyond Meat crumbles and vegan cheese at some locations. Both the Original and Thin crusts are vegan.

17. Brixx Pizza

While Brixx doesn’t offer a specifically vegan pizza, there are four specialty pizzas that are easily veganized by simply subbing vegan cheese (for no extra charge!). Both their traditional and whole wheat crusts are vegan. Similar to Blaze Pizza, Brixx offers wood-fired thin-crust pizza. It’s a sit-down and order style rather than counter-serve.

To veganize their specialty pizzas:

Greek Pizza: Sub with vegan cheese. Comes with Roma tomatoes, kalamata olives, and red onions on an olive oil base topped with basil and balsamic.

Wild Mushroom Pizza: Sub with vegan cheese. Wood-roasted shiitake, portobello, and button mushrooms on an olive oil based with arugula.

Pear & Gorgonzola Pizza: Sub vegan cheese. Comes with sliced pears, walnuts, and caramelized onions on an olive oil base.

Wood-Roasted Vegetable Pizza: Sub with vegan cheese. Comes with wild mushrooms, broccoli, onions, peppers, and oregano with tomato sauce.

18. Minsky’s Pizza

Multiple locations and Kansas and Missouri. Simply swap dairy cheese for the Daiya vegan cheese.

19. Patxi’s Pizza

All crusts are vegan, and it offers Daiya vegan cheese and a homemade vegan sauce. Both Chicago-style deep-dish and thin-crust pizzas are available. Patxi’s has 17 restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Barbara, Denver, and Seattle.

20. Fresh Brothers

Fresh Brothers offers vegan sausage and Impossible Meat options and Daiya mozzarella cheese. Daiya’s dairy-free mozzarella melts, oozes, bubbles, and stretches just like the dairy kind. Known for their crispy, crunchy crust, and the vast array of vegan toppings. They even offer baked vegan tenders, dairy-free cinnamon rolls, and brownies. Fresh Brothers has 24 locations scattered throughout LA, Orange County, and San Diego.

21. Picazzo’s Organic Italian Kitchen

This Arizona chain has locations in Sedona, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, Paradise Valley, and Arrowhead. They offer vegan cheese, dairy-free Alfredo, Beyond Meat Beyond Chicken Strips, vegan chicken strip appetizers, and dairy-free cheesecake for dessert.

22. Pizza Luce

Luce has nine locations in downtown Minneapolis, Duluth, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Richfield, Roseville, Seward Minneapolis, St Point, and Uptown Minneapolis. Offers vegan bacon, vegan mock chicken, vegan meatballs, and soy-free vegan cheese made from tofu and cashews. 

23. Pie Five Pizza

With 87 locations in 24 states, this Dallas-based pizza chain may have a location near you. To create a vegan pizza here, combine their already-vegan crust with Daiya cheese and one of their five vegan sauces.

24. MidiCi 

Midci’s has 7 locations in California; one in Salt Lake City; one in Dallas; one in Rogers, Arkansas; Gainesville, Florida; and one in Providence, Massachusetts, just south of Boston. MidiCi specializes in Neapolitan pizzas and offers vegan cheese and vegan sausage at all its locations.

25. Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint

Uncle Maddio’s offers a decent selection of toppings and a handful of unique toppings to create your own vegan pizza, including gluten-free crust, whole wheat crust, Daiya cheese, Tomato Basil Sauce, Garlic Olive Oil, Zesty BBQ sauce, Spicy Buffalo sauce, Balsamic Vinaigrette, fresh veggies, Grilled Tofu, Black Bean Corn Salsa, walnuts and fresh herbs.

26. &Pizza

This chain offers clearly marked vegan options and a number of unique toppings and sauces.

Crust

• Traditional and “Ancient Grains”

Sauces

• Classic Tomato
• Spicy Tomato
• Red Chickpea Puree
• Roasted Garlic Puree
• Basil Spinach Pesto
• Tomato olive pesto

Cheese

• Mozzarella-style Daiya

Proteins

• Falafel crumbles
• Spicy Chickpeas
• Vegan beef crumbles

27. Two Boots

An NYC-based pizzeria, Two Boots has locations in West Village, East Village, Williamsburg, Park Slope, Jersey City, Upper East Side, and Nashville. With nine specialty vegan pizzas, Two Boots is a haven for vegan pizza lovers. 

“V for Vegan”: artichokes, red onions, shiitake mushrooms, sweet red pepper pesto, basil pesto, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“Earth Mother”: spinach, roasted garlic, roasted peppers, mushrooms, red onions, and marinara sauce

“My Brilliant Vegan Friend”: vegan sausage, broccoli rabe, hot cherry peppers, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“The VCBGB”: vegan chicken, broccoli, garlic, and basil pesto, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“Vegan Cleo”: vegan sausage, roasted peppers, red onion, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“Super Vegan”: broccoli, artichokes, red onions, shiitake mushrooms, basil pesto, sweet red pepper pesto, Daiya non-dairy cheese, and vegan ricotta

“Vegan Tony Clifton”: shiitake mushrooms, vidalia onions, sweet red pepper pesto, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“Vegan Larry Tate”: spinach, plum tomatoes, and fresh garlic with vegan ricotta and Daiya non-dairy cheese

“Vegan Mr. Pink”: vegan chicken, plum tomatoes, fresh garlic, and Daiya non-dairy cheese

More information here.

28. The Pie Pizzeria

Offers vegan cheese and vegan ground beef.

29. 800 Degrees

Daiya mozzarella shreds are available at all locations, and some also offer vegan Soyrizo topping.

30. MOD Pizza

Vegan dough, vegan cheese, vegan sauces, tons of veggies, and a plant-based Italian sausage. As a counter-serve style joint, there is no additional charge for extra toppings! 

Crust

• Original
• Gluten-free (extra cost)

Sauces

• BBQ
• Garlic Rub
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Red sauce
• Spicy red sauce

Vegan Cheese/Meat

• Dairy Free Cheese (Daiya)
• Plant-Based Italian Sausage (Plantly)

Toppings

• Artichokes
• Arugula
• Basil
• Black Olives
• Corn, roasted
• Chickpeas
• Cucumbers
• Garlic, chopped
• Garlic, roasted
• Green Bell Pepper
• Jalapenos
• Mama Lil’s Sweet Hot Peppers
• Mushrooms
• Oregano
• Pineapple
• Red Onion
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Romaine
• Rosemary, freshly chopped
• Spinach
• Mixed Greens
• Tomatoes, sliced or diced
• Sea Salt
• Sea Salt & Pepper

Finishing Sauces

• Balsamic Fig Glaze
• BBQ Swirl
• Hot Buffalo Sauce
• Red Sauce Dollops

Is there vegan pizza near me? Yes – simply customize it!

Almost everywhere across the U.S., you can find a pizza chain or smaller pizzeria to satisfy your vegan pizza cravings! One route is to omit the cheese and double up on the sauce and veggies, and maybe even add your own vegan cheese or vegan proteins at home. This is the best option at some of the very large chains that don’t yet offer vegan cheese and meat substitutes. 

However, many other pizza franchises are beginning to catch on, that a growing number of consumers want compassionate, eco-conscious, and healthier plant-based options. At these restaurants, vegans can easily swap out dairy for vegan cheeses like Daiya and proteins Beyond Meat, tofu, tempeh, and plant-based pepperoni. 

As veganism continues to spread worldwide, we’ll continue to see plant-based offerings at pizza restaurants increase. If you share your delicious vegan pizza pie with friends, you might even make a few converts along the way!

Author Bio:

Colleen Kane is a vegan activist, blogger, and public speaker. She writes about the power of veganism to promote social justice, health justice, and climate justice on her blog, Veganspired. You can connect with her on LinkedIn for guest blogging and speaking requests.