Try These Vegan Fast-Food and Chain-Restaurant Options on the Go

What’s the deal with vegan fast food? Some of us never thought that we’d see the day when White Castle or Denny’s offered veggie burgers, but now that they do, the millions of omnivores who eat there can see that choosing meat-free meals is easy and tasty.

Almost every restaurant has at least one vegan dish. By making educated choices and asking the server for assistance, dining out can be a delicious—and animal-friendly—experience! We put together this handy guide to help you navigate the chain restaurant world.

A&W (Canada)

A&W Canada offers a Beyond Burger at all its Canadian locations. It comes on a vegan bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, ketchup, and mustard. Keep it vegan by asking for no burger sauce or mayo.

Applebee’s

Lucky for those of us who enjoy catching up with friends and family over appetizers and drinks, Applebee’s has a number of vegan appetizers, sides, and mains to choose from. Check out our full guide to vegan options at Applebee’s in 2025.

Bareburger

You can swap meat with a plant-based patty on any burger. Options include an animal-free patty, Black Bean Poblano Patty, and the Sweet Potato & Wild Rice Patty. Order with a sprouted bun.

Baskin-Robbins

Baskin-Robbins has three vegan ice cream flavors: Non-Dairy Mint Chocochunk, Lemon Sorbet, and Daiquiri Ice. Keep your eyes peeled for other new vegan flavors at your local store.

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse

Order the BJ’s Brewhouse Bowl (order without feta and greek yogurt crema), the Enlightened Mediterranean Chicken Bowl (order without chicken, feta, and greek yogurt crema), the Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad (order without chicken and cheese), or spaghetti with marinara sauce (off-menu).

Blaze Pizza

Blaze Pizza offers dairy-free cheese, spicy meat-free chorizo, and an array of other vegan toppings. The traditional, high-rise, and gluten-free crusts are all vegan, too. A staple vegan pie is also available for mobile app and online orders in the Life Mode Pizzas menu section. It features the chain’s traditional dough, red sauce, spicy vegan chorizo, vegan cheese, red onions, green peppers, basil, and a drizzle of olive oil.

Buca di Beppo

There are many vegan options at Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo. For an appetizer, try the bruschetta—just hold the cheese. Order the Pasta Puttanesca (penne pasta with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, black Kalamata olives, green olives, and capers), which must be specially requested, as it’s not on the menu, or choose to create your own pasta. Select either the marinara sauce or the garlic olive oil. Toppings include various veggies, crushed pepper, and poached garlic. Be sure to ask your server to make sure that your pasta is vegan, as some locations may serve pasta that contains eggs. You can also add a mixed green salad—just be sure to substitute the Italian dressing for oil and vinegar. Other vegan sides include the steamed green beans and broccoli.

Bruegger’s Bagels

Bruegger’s Bagels has several breakfast and lunch options for vegans, including its blueberry, chocolate chip, cinnamon-sugar, cranberry-orange, pumpernickel, and rosemary–olive oil bagels, which can be topped with fresh vegetables, Dijon mustard, or vegan hummus spread. Bruegger’s also serves several vegetarian sandwiches, which can be made vegan by leaving off the cheese and dressing.

BurgerFi

BurgerFi offers a Vegan Beyond Burger in its 100+ locations.

Burger King

At Burger King, you can get an animal-free Whopper (order without mayo), fries, and more! Explore our guide to all the vegan options at Burger King in 2025.

Cheeburger Cheeburger

At Cheeburger Cheeburger, which can be found throughout the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast, you can try three varieties of vegan burgers, along with a grilled portobello mushroom sandwich, wrap, and salad. You can even top your burger with vegan cheese and egg-free mayo.

The Cheesecake Factory

The Vegan Cobb Salad and Thai Lettuce Wraps with Grilled Avocado are vegan as-is. The housemade veggie burger patty isn’t vegan, but you can go for the animal-free burger on the SkinnyLicious menu, which comes with Field Roast Chao cheese and a vegan mayo-based sauce for a dairy- and egg-free option. Ingredients may vary by location, so always check with your server first.

Chipotle

Chipotle offers Sofritas—organic tofu braised with peppers and spices—which you can order in a bowl, burrito, taco, or salad. You have the option of black or pinto beans and brown or white rice. Plus, the restaurant has a great selection of vegan toppings, including mixed fajita veggies, salsas, lettuce, and guacamole.

CiCi’s Pizza

CiCi’s Pizza is inexpensive, and you can have it delivered to your home. The pizza crusts are all vegan (just ask for it not to be brushed with garlic butter), as well as the regular pizza sauce and ole sauce. Top your pizza with fresh veggies, and add a salad with Lite Ital dressing.

Claim Jumper

The pizzas at Claim Jumper are vegan if you ask for no cheese. You can also get a Chinese salad with spicy peanut dressing.

Cracker Barrel

If you have a hankering for comfort food, the nostalgic, Southern-inspired chain Cracker Barrel is testing meat-free breakfast sausage patties. This plant-based staple is on the restaurant’s all-day breakfast menu at 50 locations. Always check the status of items with your server before ordering, but vegan options to help build your own homestyle breakfast include the plain oatmeal, the plain grits, the fresh fruit cup, the baked potato, the homestyle fries, the tater rounds, the multigrain toast, pinto beans, the breaded fried okra, the fried apples, and the Country Vegetable Plate.

The Daily Grill

The Daily Grill offers a vegan angel hair pasta pomodoro, along with vegan sides such as sweet potato fries, grilled broccoli, and grilled asparagus. You can also get a mixed greens salad with Asian ginger dressing or balsamic vinaigrette. Offerings vary by location, so be sure to check with your server.

Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen’s Misty Slushes are vegan and come in several flavors, and the chain offers a Non-Dairy Dilly Bar.

Del Taco

The Del Taco (crunchy or soft) can be made vegan by ordering beans instead of beef, and asking for no cheese. The 8 Layer Veggie Burrito can be requested without sour cream and cheese, and the Crunchtada Tostada is vegan without the cheese. The chain’s slow-cooked pinto beans, rice, fries, guacamole, and red and green sauces are all vegan as well.

Denny’s

Even Denny’s—known for its traditional breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare—has some vegan options. Denny’s vegan offerings include oatmeal, the Fit Fare® Veggie Skillet (ask for no egg whites or butter), English muffins, bagels, grits, applesauce, fresh fruit, vegetable plates, seasoned French fries, and baked potatoes with several vegetable toppings. It also serves a vegan burger with a Dr. Praeger’s California Veggie Patty.

Din Tai Fung

Din Tai Fung is an upscale Taiwanese chain with locations around the world, including in four U.S. states. Its many vegan options are clearly marked on the menu with a “V.” Try the Vegan Dumplings, Vegan Wontons with House Spicy Sauce, Vegan Noodles with Sesame Sauce, Sweet Taro Bun, and more.

Dunkin’

Dunkin’’s vegan food options include the Avocado Toast, hash browns, and bagels (plain, sesame, cinnamon raisin, and “everything”). Order your coffee drink with oat or almond milk for a quick and convenient vegan breakfast.

El Pollo Loco

At El Pollo Loco, you can get the BRC burrito without cheese for a vegan option. You can also add avocado. Vegan side dishes include pinto beans and corn on the cob.

5 & Diner

5 & Diner has a black-bean veggie patty which can be ordered vegan, without mayo or cheese.

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

The chain offers a delicious vegan burger patty and bun. Be sure to omit cheese and Thousand Island dressing. Some Texas locations may serve a veggie patty made with egg, so check with the restaurant for specific ingredients.

Freebirds World Burrito

Freebirds World Burrito—a popular fast-food chain with more than 70 locations throughout the U.S.—offers Abbot’s Butcher Plant-Based “Chorizo”  on its burritos, bowls, tacos, and salads.

The Habit Burger Grill

At The Habit Burger Grill, the Veggie Burger patty is vegan! The burger comes with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. You can add raw onions and avocado if you like. The Habit also offers an animal-free burger that can be made vegan by ordering without cheese and mayo and on a vegan bun. Don’t forget to add French fries, sweet potato fries, tempura green beans (without ranch dressing), or a side salad complete your meal.

Hard Times Cafe

You have several vegan options at Hard Times Cafe, including the veggie burger and the vegetarian chili. (Be sure to tell your server that you don’t want any dairy products in your chili.)

Houston’s Restaurant

Houston’s Restaurant offers a veggie plate and a vegetarian burger. Just be sure to order the burger without cheese and on vegan bread. It also offers vegetable rolls, avocado rolls, and cucumber avocado rolls.

IHOP

At IHOP, you can get hash browns topped with a variety of veggies, animal-free breakfast sausage, fresh fruit, grits, sautéed spinach and mushrooms, and a plain baked potato.

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches

Ike’s Sandwiches offers customizable sub sandwiches with plenty of kind options, including vegan chicken, turkey slices, meatballs, and cheese. Ike’s even makes an egg-free, vegan version of its Dirty Secret Sauce, a creamy garlic sauce that perfectly complements every sandwich. The menus vary by location, but you can find a great vegan sub at any store—just ask the staff, and they’ll help you avoid any animal-derived ingredients.

Jason’s Deli

The vegan options at Jason’s Deli include the Nutty Mixed Up Salad (request no chicken or cheese), a spinach veggie wrap (request no cheese), steamed veggies, salsa, hummus, guacamole, and many options from the salad bar. Be sure to ask about the vegan status of each of these dishes—it varies by location.

Johnny Rockets

Johnny Rockets serves The Streamliner, a vegan soy burger with caramelized onions, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and mustard. At select locations, it offers another animal-free burger and cashew– and oat–based vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate milkshakes topped with coconut whipped cream.

Just Salad

With locations on the East Coast, Just Salad offers delicious vegan salads packed full of nutrients, including protein. After talks with PETA, the chain launched several vegan options, including Beyond Chicken and Violife feta. Choose from one of five specialty vegan salads and one vegan wrap, or get creative and build your own.

Kona Grill

For appetizers, you’ve got edamame and miso soup. For sushi, there’s a cucumber roll, an avocado roll, and a vegetarian roll (with asparagus, avocado, yamagobo, cucumber, and sprouts). The house salad (without blue cheese) and oriental salad are vegan, and there are many vegan dressings, including onion soy, sweet soy, oil and vinegar, and balsamic, red, or white wine vinegar. Finally, the sides of crispy soy Brussels sprouts, steamed baby bok choy, white rice, and seasonal vegetables are vegan.

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

This Hawaiian barbecue chain served vegan “spam” musubi made with OmniPork Luncheon at select locations in Honolulu. Musubi is a Japanese-inspired snack food that’s popular on the Hawaiian Islands. It features a block of sushi rice with a slice of seasoned, grilled “spam,” wrapped in nori seaweed. By choosing vegan musubi, customers can help spare the lives of intelligent pigs, who love to cuddle, play, and even listen to music. We hope the chain brings back the offering and expands it to all its stores (including those on the mainland) along with more animal-friendly options—like a vegan Hawaiian plate lunch, please!

Little Caesars, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut

The pizza sauce and dough at Little Caesars and Papa John’s are vegan. Pizza Hut’s marinara sauce is vegan, as are all its crusts except for the stuffed crust. Pizza Hut offered Beyond Meat Italian Sausage Crumbles and Little Caesars tested vegan pepperoni, but both options were served for a limited time. By omitting the cheese and choosing your favorite vegetable toppings, you can easily make a delicious vegan pizza at any of these chains.

Long John Silver’s

In 2021, seafood chain Long John Silver’s tested vegan fish fillets and crab cakes at select locations in California and Georgia. The chain partnered with vegan seafood brand Good Catch to offer the selections as part of the Plant-Based Platter, which included two Fish-Free Fillets, two Crab-Free Cakes, and two sides. Vegan sides include cut corn and green beans. We hope the chain will bring back its vegan options nationwide soon.

Luna Grill

The Mediterranean chain Luna Grill offers a Vegan Bowl, which features falafel, chickpea salad, and a tahini sauce. Other vegan options include the Falafel Pita, Veggie Kabob, stuffed grape leaves, quinoa, tabbouleh, and the Modern Greek Salad (ask for no feta).

Manhattan Bagel

All of Manhattan Bagel’s bagels are vegan, except for the jalapeño cheddar cheese and egg varieties, and its bialys—a flattened onion and poppy seed bagel—are also vegan. The Avocado Veg Out sandwich can be made vegan if you omit the cream cheese.

McDonald’s

McDonald’s does not currently offer vegan options in the U.S. Previously, McDonald’s tested a meat-free burger option called the McPlant, which featured a patty made with peas, rice, and potatoes. Urge the chain to make it available nationwide.

Mellow Mushroom

Pizza chain Mellow Mushroom offers a vegan menu that includes tofu, tempeh, and Follow Your Heart cheese and a variety of sauces for your pizza, including red sauce, olive oil, or BBQ sauce.

Moe’s Southwest Grill

All tacos, fajitas, salads, and burritos can be made vegan by substituting tofu for meat and skipping the cheese at Moe’s Southwest Grill.

Newk’s Eatery

Newk’s Eatery has a Greek Salad with artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives, cucumbers, pepperoncini, red onions, tomatoes, and crisp romaine lettuce that can be made vegan by omitting the cheese. The restaurant also offers a large assortment of vegan dressings, including balsamic vinaigrette, ginger wasabi, Greek dressing, and sherry vinaigrette.

Noodles & Company

This chain is testing an animal-free Orange Chicken Lo Mein at its locations in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. Other vegan menu options include the Japanese Pan Noodles. Several other items can be made vegan, too—for instance, order the Penne Rosa without cream and cheese.

Olive Garden

Olive Garden is a casual dining chain famous for its Italian-American menu of breadsticks, soups, salads, and pasta. With over 900 locations, it’s everywhere and it’s a great go-to spot for a casual dinner with friends and family. Dive into our full guide to all the vegan options at Olive Garden in 2025.

On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina

Vegan offerings include the Portobello & Vegetables Fajitas without sour cream and cheese, the fajita salads with grilled portobello mushrooms instead of chicken and without queso fresco, and the Veggie Burrito without cheese. Locations in San Diego also offer additional vegan selections, such as Fried Portobello Tacos and Spicy Avocado Enchiladas.

Pancheros Mexican Grill

All locations offer Tofusada, a tofu marinated and sautéed in Southwestern-inspired sauce.

Panda Express

Panda Express has lots of vegan options, including noodles, rice, tofu, and more.

Panera Bread

Panera Bread offers a veggie sandwich and salads which can be made vegan as well as vegan breads and bagels. Visit our guide to discover all the vegan options at Panera.

Peet’s Coffee

In addition to offering three types of vegan milk (oat, almond, and soy), Peet’s Coffee also launched its Everything Plant-Based Sandwich after talks with PETA. The sandwich features a plant-based egg, a Beyond Meat Breakfast Sausage patty, and a slice of melted Violife cheddar cheese on a thin “everything” bagel. Peet’s has tons of seasonal beverages that are often vegan, including the Horchata Cold Brew Oat Latte and the ever-popular Pumpkin Latte.

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

Check out our P.F. Chang’s vegan guide for all of the items, from appetizers such as tofu lettuce wraps to entrées such as Buddha’s Feast.

Pieology

Pieology offers Daiya cheese at select locations, and its red sauce, olive oil, and BBQ sauce as well as its gluten-free crust are all vegan—so are the delicious veggie toppings. It also offers vegan meatballs and sausage.

PizzaRev

PizzaRev has Beyond Meat Italian Sausage at many of its locations when you’re in the mood for a hearty pizza, and it also offers vegan cheese. Choose either the original or gluten-free crust, which are both vegan, and top it with some veggies.

Pokéworks

This nationwide chain specializes in customizable bowls, burritos, and salads. Build your own vegan bowl by starting with a base of sushi rice, organic brown rice, or quinoa. Then add organic tofu and veggies and choose the Classic Salt flavor. Top it off with avocado, green onion, or Thai chili, and add some lotus chips for crunchiness. Since menu offerings vary by location, be sure to check with the restaurant to confirm its vegan offerings.

Pollo Tropical

Located throughout Florida, Pollo Tropical offers Caribbean-inspired fast food. Vegan options include the Create Your Own TropiChop Bowl, which you can customize with black beans, white or brown rice, romaine, tomatoes, peppers, onions, corn, and various sauces (fresh salsa, garlic sauce, BBQ sauce, guava BBQ sauce, Spicy Poyo-Poyo, ketchup, and Pineapple Rum Sauce). The chain’s French fries, boiled or fried yuca, sweet plantains, balsamic tomatoes, and guacamole are vegan, too.

Qdoba Mexican Grill

At Qdoba Mexican Grill, you can make a burrito, taco, or salad bowl with the following vegan ingredients: corn or flour tortillas, black or pinto beans, brown or cilantro-lime rice, fajita vegetables, grilled vegetables, potatoes, guacamole, and most salsas. You can also enjoy the tortilla soup.

Quesada (Canada)

This Mexican-inspired chain offers Spicy Chipotle Tofu, black beans, and refried beans as protein options in its bowls, burritos, and tacos. Add on your choice of salsas, Paprika Mayo, hot sauces, guacamole, and various veggie toppings.

Quiznos

Quiznos offers a veggie sub that’s filled with guacamole, black olives, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, and mushrooms—just be sure to order it without the cheese and ask for the balsamic vinaigrette instead of the red-wine vinaigrette. The vegan bread options include white or wheat, and there’s also an herb wrap. Grab a side garden salad and some potato chips, and your stomach will be appeased in no time.

Red Lobster

On the side, the chain offers a few vegan options. Try a plain baked potato, the rice pilaf, some seasoned fresh broccoli, or an order of sea-salted French fries. Complete your meal with one of the restaurant’s margaritas, frozen or on the rocks.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews

Red Robin offers two vegan burger patties: one made with ancient grains and quinoa and and animal-free patty. Both burgers can be ordered without cheese and mayo. Try your burger with fresh tomato bruschetta salsa, avocado slices, and shredded romaine on a vegan-friendly brioche bun or a lettuce wrap. Diners can also get a side of bottomless steak fries, sweet potato fries, or steamed broccoli.

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday offers an animal-free burger. You can also make your own vegan salad at the Endless Garden Bar or add one as a side with your burger. Other sides include fries, tater tots, baked potato, grilled zucchini, steamed broccoli, garden vegetable soup, and green beans.

Seasons 52

The menu at Seasons 52 changes with the seasons and offers a variety of fresh vegan options. Appetizers include the Roasted Tomato Flatbread (request without cheese), Grilled Artichokes with Preserved Lemon Hummus, and the Avocado Toast. For your entrée, try the Vegetables and Pasta without Parmesan cheese.

Shake Shack

After talks with PETA, Shake Shack launched a Veggie Shack burger patty made with mushrooms, sweet potatoes, grains, and herbs. To make it vegan, order it without cheese, ShackSauce, or crispy onions and request it on a gluten-free bun or lettuce wrap. The chain also offers Non-Dairy Chocolate Custard scoops and a Non-Dairy Chocolate Shake.

Smoothie King

Smoothie King offers several vegan smoothie options, including some made with Sunwarrior Raw Plant-Based Protein.

Starbucks

Starbucks currently offers a Spicy Falafel Pocket, oatmeal, fruit, and more. Check out our guide to all the vegan food at Starbucks in 2025.

Stonefire Grill

This casual family-dining restaurant has multiple locations across Southern California. Try the Cartwheel Salad, Whole Roasted Cauliflower, or the Superfood Fiesta Bowl with Cilantro Vinaigrette Dressing instead of Sriracha Ranch.

Subway

At Subway, you can order the Veggie Delite without cheese or mayo, which is delish. The following bread options are vegan, so be sure to ask for one of these when building your sandwich: 9-Grain Wheat, Hearty Italian, Italian (White), Roasted Garlic, or Sourdough. Or opt for a spinach or tomato basil wrap. Dress up your sub with yellow mustard, deli brown mustard, sweet onion sauce, Subway Vinaigrette, or oil and vinegar.

Taco Bell

Taco Bell has many great options for vegans! The fast-food chain has a variety of sides that are vegan—including the cinnamon twists, chips and guacamole (or pico de gallo), cilantro rice, black or refried beans, and Mexican rice—and all of its salsas are vegan. You can also order the Bean Burrito “fresco style,” the regular Black Bean Burrito without cheese, or the Veggie Cantina Power Bowl (ask for no sauce). Several of Taco Bell’s other dishes can be veganized simply by omitting a few ingredients or asking for it “fresco style.” The tacos, nachos, Crunchwrap Supreme, and Mexican Pizza are vegan when you hold the meat (substitute beans if you’d like), cheese, and sour cream.

Taco Cabana

A Texas-based chain with locations in New Mexico, Taco Cabana offers vegan tacos, burritos, and bowls. The rice, black beans are vegan, so start with them and then pile on the shredded lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and any of the animal-free options from the salsa bar. Just be sure to ask for no cheese, sour cream, and salsa ranch dressing. The fresh flour tortillas used for the tacos aren’t vegan, so ask for corn tortillas instead.

TGI Fridays

TGI Friday now serves the vegan Beyond Burger. Simply opt for the challah bun (the gluten-free bun isn’t vegan), ask for dairy-free sauces, and skip the cheese. Add peppers and onions if you want a Philly-style burger. The nachos—which consist of tortilla chips, jalapeños, guacamole, and pico de gallo—are a great vegan option if you get them without cheese or sour cream. The cilantro-lime dressing and balsamic vinaigrette are great vegan choices on a house salad. The restaurant’s Jack Daniel’s and BBQ sauces are also vegan and go well with its crispy fries or Cajun onion rings.

Tubby’s Grilled Submarines

Tubby’s Grilled Submarines, with locations in Michigan, has the vegan Hot Veggie Stir Fry sub and Cold Veggie specialty sub. Just order both without cheese.

Twin Peaks

Try Twin Peaks’ delicious Beyond Burger on the vegan Challah bun and be sure to hold the cheese and mayo.

Two Boots Pizza

Two Boots lets you load up pies with dairy-free cheese, vegan sausage, and all the veggies. The chain also offers its own vegan creations with fun names like V for Vegan and Earth Mother, available all the time as full-sized pizzas or in rotation for by-the-slice.

Wendy’s

Head to Wendy’s for a plain baked potato, a salad, and more. Explore our guide to all the vegan options at Wendy’s.

White Castle

White Castle now offers vegan sliders (it uses Dr. Praeger’s brand) and animal-free sliders (order without cheese), which you can get plain or with a sweet Thai sauce. The burger chain is also testing dairy-free cheese at select locations, so be sure to ask.

Wienerschnitzel

Wienerschnitzel offers a smoky vegan Field Roast Plant-Based Signature Stadium Dog at participating locations nationwide. You can order it as part of three menu options: the Backyard Veggie Dog, which comes with a pickle spear, tomato, ketchup, and mustard and can be made vegan by ordering it without the cheese; the Barbeque Veggie Dog, with barbeque sauce, a pickle spear, and onions; and the Chicago Veggie Dog, with a pickle spear, tomato, sport peppers, onions, relish, mustard, and celery salt.

World Wrapps

World Wrapps, with locations in California and Washington, offers several options for its vegan customers, including the Beyond Bulgogi, Umami Kale & Sweet Potato, Tikka Masala Tofu (without raita), and the Adobo Burrito (without cheese and crema).

Yard House

Yard House offers a menu featuring Gardein products and while not all of the offerings are vegan, they can easily be modified. Two dishes that are vegan by default are the Gardein Chicken Rice Bowl and the Gardein Orange Peel Chicken. You can also order the vegan Beyond Burger, which comes with Follow Your Heart cheese.

zpizza

The Berkeley Vegan Pizza and the California Salad are completely vegan at zpizza. And by simply swapping dairy cheese for vegan cheese, you can have more than a dozen of the pizzas, three of the salads, the veggie calzone, and the veggie sandwich. Check the online menu to see all the vegan options.

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