I’m traveling this week so my eating options is a bit on the limited side. I had read that Papa Johns had vegan pizza dough and sauce. That was to be my backup plan if all else fails. After five days on the road, I placed an online order for pizza delivery. Now I haven’t had pizza delivery in years but desperate times call for desperate measures.
The online ordering was super easy and straight-forward. There’s options to change the toppings and even a “no cheese” button. I went with a large veggie thin crust pizza with no cheese.
Sadly, their thin crust is not vegan, its got some milk product something or other in it. I got all mixed up after reading about which pizza chain has what vegan crusts. I thought it was but it’s the original crust that’s vegan. Lesson learned. I should have double-checked before placing the order. Duh.
Otherwise the pizza was great, the veggies were good, the delivery was on time, and the delivery person pleasant. It came with a couple packets of special seasonings which I didn’t use, and a pepperoncini pepper in the corner of the box. Apparently, pepperoncinis are a traditional Italian garnish. I even got an online discount. Not bad for a chain restaurant in a small town.
Cool…where did you find the list of pizza chains with vegan crusts?
Somtimes, I need a brake from cooking every day.
Thanks so much for posting this.
Thanks for the review. I haven’t eaten pizza out since going vegan, and it’s nice to know about options.
I travel a lot as well!
I utilize the search engine and type VEGAN CITYNAME RESTAURNTS<<
usually you can find at least one!
Never trust the corporate KRUST!
/F/T/
VeganTickles – I read it on one of the vegan boards. Peta also has a list of places to eat that are vegan here.
Lisa – I’m so glad to have more options nowadays. I had no idea that pizza chain pizza was even vegan.
foodtrance – I’m always trying to find vegan places, but sometimes in small towns there just aren’t any. I’ve think it’s gotten better and most places are trying add more vegan/vegetarian dishes.
Which small town, Flagstaff….I wondered?
The “special garlic sauce” is vegan, too! Gross, but tasty.
It’s not something I would eat all the time, but I’m traveling right now and just ordered Papa John’s to my hotel. I checked to make sure everything I added was vegan first and I came up with this… Pineapple, green peppers, onions, and buffalo sauce. No red sauce. That with a little of the garlic sauce (even though yes, the ingredients are a bit off-putting) but it’s actually pretty delicious and something you can get in almost any city. Thanks for your review, it swayed my order.
im not sure how accurate whatever you read could be. papa johns refuses to release their ingredient list and is notorious for giving little to no info to people who inquire.
I haven’t been to Papa Johns since I wrote this post back in 2008. I’m not sure if they’ve changed their ingredients since then. Lately I’ve been having great luck just going to local pizza places and requesting a veggie pizza with no cheese.
Mellow Mushroom is chain we have in dfw and I have seen them in other cities they have vegan options even vegan cheese and tempeh and tofu for toppings.