Slide Show: The Definitive Guide to Portland's Vegan Pizza
Cheese: roasted red pepper cashew cheese, herbed tofu ricotta
Meat: none
Slices: no, whole or half pie only
Specialty Pies: two—the Corn Cashew is curiously famous.
GF Crust: no
Delivery: no
Order this: Della Salute: eggplant, marinated green peppers, caramelized onions, mushrooms, tomato sauce, herbed tofu ricotta
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Cheese: rotating varieties of housemade cashew ricotta
Meat: no
Slices: no, 10" pies only
Specialty Pies: menu changes daily, so every pizza is special!
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: no, but it's worth the trip to Zidell Yards
Order this: Whatever is on the menu that day – it can all be made vegan and gluten free
Cheese: Daiya and, if you're lucky, housemade tofu ricotta
Meat: none
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: none
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: no
Order this: a custom pie with eggplant and artichoke hearts
Cheese: cashew cheese
Meat: housemade fennel sausage
Slices: no
Specialty Pies: two
GF Crust: yes, a polenta crust is available
Delivery: no
Order this: Vegan Sausage: tomato, fennel sausage, kale, red onion and cashew cheese
Cheese: Follow Your Heart mozzarella
Meat: Field Roast sausage
Slices: no, 12" pies only
Specialty Pies: none, but it's easy to hack one
GF Crust: no
Delivery: no
Order this: Fennel Sausage, veganized: red sauce, FYH mozzarella, basil, red onion, Field Roast sausage
Cheese: Daiya, not-a-ricotta, tofu cheese, basil cashew spread and caramelized onion spread
Meat: soy curls, pepperoni, seitan Italian sausage, seitan chorizo, shredded buffalo jackfruit
Slices: three, always!
Specialty Pies: TEN. (Not including BRUNCH PIZZA.)
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: Where to begin?
Cheese: cheesy tofu scramble
Meat: baco bits, cheesy seitan chorizo, tofu scramble
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: four
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: Green Reaper: hatch green chili, white bean and shallot spread, cheesy tofu scramble, baco bits and hashbrowns
Cheese: housemade cashew cream
Meat: seitan arrabbiata sausage and seitan pepperoni
Slices: no, 12" pies only
Specialty Pies: five: cheese, pepperoni, sausage, and two seasonal combos
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: no
Order this: Arrabbiata: chili-fennel marinara cashew cream, hot peppers, garlic, seitan sausage. Zesty!
Cheese: cashew roasted red pepper spread
Meat: marinated tempeh
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: one: red pepper spread, marinated tempeh, and your choice of three vegetables
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: no
Order this: a specialty pie with roasted pepper/cashew spread, marinated tempeh and your three favorite veggies
Cheese: housemade cashew cheese
Meat: tofu
Slices: no
Specialty Pies: one
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes, take-out or delivery only
Order this: #15: Ethopian spiced tomato sauce, broccoli, cashew cheese and onions
Cheese: Daiya
Meat: SortaSausage
Slices: no
Specialty Pies: five veggie combos easily made vegan
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: VegiRu: spinach, onions, green peppers, artichoke hearts, portabella mushrooms, black olives, roma tomatoes and roasted garlic
Cheese: Daiya (and nutritional yeast)
Meat: no
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: four options with an exciting variety of bases, cheeses, and toppings
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: no, but there's live music and fun every night, so come on in!
Order this: Hey Jude: house-made pesto, roma tomato, carmelized onion, pine nus, artichokes hearts, fresh basil and nutritional yeast.
Cheese: housemade cashew-based parmesan
Meat: Field Roast sausage
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: one, and you'll want to eat it forever
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: Greek Vegan: mushrooms, artichoke hearts, red and green peppers, roasted garlic and mixed olives on a pesto/red sauce base, topped with vegan parmesan
Cheese: none, but you can sprinkle on nutritional yeast
Meat: seasoned soy curls
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: two veggie pies with vegan options
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: a custom pie with chipotle tomato sauce
Cheese: Daiya
Meat: no
Slices: yes
Specialty Pies: one
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes, west side only
Order this: "The Vegan:" Daiya and vegetables over marinara
Cheese: Daiya
Meat:no
Slices: yes, two: a veggie focaccia and a combo with Daiya
Specialty Pies: five—we're intrigued by the Waldorf with apples and walnuts
GF Crust: yes
Delivery: yes
Order this: Squash + Hazelnuts: squash sauce, seasonal vegetable, onion + hazelnuts
Cheese: Daiya
Meat: no
Slices: no
Specialty Pies: five veggie combos
GF Crust: no
Delivery: yes
Order this: any veggie combo—they're nearly identical
Cheese: Daiya, Kite Hill ricotta and other goodies at select locations
Meat: Field Roast sausage and/or Beyond Meat Chicken at select locations
Slices: yes, usually
Specialty Pies: not that we've seen
Delivery: no
Order this: whatever's available
"Does vegan pizza exist? Is there a place in Portland that serves it? Is it just bread and sauce and a few mushrooms, or what?" I couldn't tell you exactly how many questions I've fielded about plant-based pizza, but it's somewhere between several and a million. And while it's wonderful that Portland houses so many veg*ns, dairy-free folk, and curious omnivores, all this pizza talk was cutting into time that could be better spent, say, cutting into another hot slice of deep-dish. Thus, the Definitive Guide to Portland's Vegan Pizza.
