Whats the deal with vegan fast food? Some of us never thought that wed see the day when White Castle or Dennys 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 deliciousand cruelty-freeexperience! We put together this handy guide to help you navigate the chain restaurant world.

A&W Canada offers the highly sought-after 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. The chain also carries a vegan Beyond Meat Sausage and Veggie breakfast sandwich.

You can swap meat with a plant-based patty on any burger. Options includeBeyond Burger, Black Bean & Roasted Corn Patty, Farmers Quinoa Patty, and the Sweet Potato & Wild Rice Patty. Order with a sprouted bun.

Baskin-Robbins has a variety of Ice and sorbet flavors, including the delicious Horchata Ice. Keep your eyes peeled for other new vegan flavors at your local store.

The pizza crust and marinara sauce at BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse is vegan! Order a veggie pizza without cheese, and ask for your pizza not to be brushed with butter. Not in the mood for pizza? Order the spaghetti marinara.

Blaze Pizzas traditional, high-rise, and gluten-free crusts are all vegan, and it also offers vegan cheese and an array of vegan toppings. For your sauce, try the classic red or the spicy red sauce or a drizzle of BBQ sauce or olive oil.

There are many vegan options at Italian restaurant chain Buca di Beppo. For an appetizer, try the bruschettajust 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 its 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. You can also add a mixed green saladjust be sure to substitute the Italian dressing for oil and vinegar. Other vegan sides include the steamed green beans and broccoli.

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

BurgerFi offers the Beyond Burger in its 100+ locations. Ask for the multigrain bun to make this delicious burger vegan!

At Burger King, you can get a garden salad, fries, and hash browns as well as some accidentally vegantreasures such as the French Toast Sticks and Dutch Apple Pie.

Select Carls Jr. locations offer the tasty vegan Beyond Burger patty for any burger option, including the Big Hamburger, which comes with pickles, onion, ketchup, and mustard on a sesame seed bun. You can also opt for the new menu item, the Beyond Famous Star burger, which comes with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion on a sesame seed bun and can be ordered vegan by requesting no cheese or mayo. You can also choose to order any burger wrapped in lettuce for a gluten-free option.

AtCheeburger Cheeburger, which can be found throughout the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast, the grilled portobello mushroom sandwich, wrap, and salad are vegan.

There are plenty of vegan options at The Cheesecake Factory, including the Vegan Cobb Salad, and a veggie burger made with brown rice, farro, couscous, mushrooms, black beans.

Chipotle offers Sofritasorganic tofu braised with peppers and spiceswhich 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.

CiCis Pizzais inexpensive, and you can have it delivered to your home. The pizza crusts are all vegan, as well as the regular pizza sauce and ole sauce. Top your pizza with fresh veggies, and add a salad with French or Lite Ranch dressing.

The pizzas atClaim Jumperare vegan if you ask for no cheese. You can also get a Chinese salad with spicy peanut dressing.

The Daily Grill offers vegan starters such as gazpacho soup, a trio of hummus, sweet potato fries, and herbed brown rice with almonds. Vegan entres are also offered, including penne pasta primavera, angel hair pasta pomodoro, and a grilled vegetable plate. You can also get a house salad with Asian ginger dressing or balsamic vinaigrette.

Dairy Queenslight smoothies and are all vegan and come in several flavors.

For a vegan taco or burrito, Del Taco is a good place to go. You can get the 8 Layer Veggie Burrito, the 1/2 lb. Bean & Cheese Burrito, or the Value Bean & Cheese Burrito with red or green sauce. Simply ask for no cheese and no sour cream. The rice at Del Taco is now vegan and some select Southern California locations also carry vegan Beyond Meat.

EvenDennysknown for its traditional breakfast, lunch, and dinner farehas some vegan options. Dennys 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, baked potatoes with several vegetable toppings, garden salads with light Italian dressing or oil and vinegar dressing, and sandwiches that can be made with several vegetable options. It also serves a vegan Amys burger.

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 & Dinerhas several vegan options, including a black-bean veggie burger.

The chain offers a delicious, fully vegan burger patty and bun. Be sure to omit cheese and Freddy sauce.

Freebirds World Burritoa popular fast-food chain with more than 70 locations throughout the U.S.has teamed up with Beyond Meat to offer vegan meat burritos, bowls, tacos, and salads. Customers can add Beyond Meat Feisty Crumbles to any Freebirds order. According to Beyond Meat, Freebirds made the compassionate addition after noticing the rising consumer demand for better plant-based protein options. We cant wait to see what other animal-friendly changes the burrito chain makes next.

At The Habit Burger Grill, the Veggie Burger patty is vegan! Get it on the French roll or seeded bun, with no dressing. The burger comes with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. You can add raw onions and avocado if you like. The Habit also offers French fries, sweet potato fries, tempura green beans, and a side salad to complete your meal.

You have several vegan options atHard Times Cafe, including the veggie burger and the vegetarian chili. (Be sure to tell your server that you dont want any dairy products in your chili.)

Houstons Restaurant offers a veggie plate and a vegetarian burger. Just be sure to order the burger on vegan bread.

At IHOP, you can get hash browns, fresh fruit, grits, sauted spinach and mushrooms, a plain baked potato, or a salad with fat-free or regular raspberry vinaigrette dressing.

The vegan options at Jasons Deli include organic vegetable soup, a spinach veggie wrap (request no cheese), salsa, hummus, guacamole, and many options from the salad bar. Be sure to ask about the vegan status of each of these dishesit varies by location.

Johnny Rocketsfeatures a vegan gardein black bean burger with grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and mustard.

Kona Grill has a separate vegan menu. For appetizers, youve got edamame and seaweed salad. For sushi, theres a cucumber roll, an avocado roll, and a vegetarian roll (with asparagus, avocado, yamagobo, cucumber, and sprouts). The house, roasted asparagus, and oriental salads are all vegan, and there are many vegan dressings, including onion soy, sweet soy, oil and vinegar, and balsamic, red, or white wine vinegar. Finally, both the Pan-Asian noodles and the linguine with marinara sauce are vegan, as are the sides of steamed baby bok choy, white rice, and seasonal vegetables.

The pizza sauce and dough at Little Caesars and Papa Johns are vegan, while Pizza Hut uses vegan marinara sauce and its Thin N Crispy Pizza crusts are vegan. By omitting the cheese and choosing your favorite vegetable toppings, you can easily make a delicious vegan pizza.

All ofManhattan Bagels bagels are vegan, except for the jalapeo cheddar cheese and egg varieties, and its bialysa flattened onion and poppy seed bagelare also vegan. The Manhattan Grille and Vegetable Garden sandwiches can be made on a bagel, roll, or tortilla and are vegan if you omit the spreads and cheese.

Pizza chainMellow Mushroomoffers 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.

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

Newks Eatery has a vegan Grilled Veggie Salad with grilled zucchini, eggplant, and asparagus layered with fresh roasted corn, sundried tomatoes, green onions, and crisp romaine lettuce. The restaurant also offers a large assortment of vegan dressings, including balsamic vinaigrette, ginger wasabi, Greek dressing, and sherry vinaigrette.

Noodles & Company is noodle heaven for vegans. It has five vegan dishes: the Chinese Chop Salad without wontons, the Indonesian Peanut Saut, the Japanese Pan Noodles, the Penne Rosa without cream and cheese, and the Whole Grain Tuscan Fresca without cheese. Tofu can also be added to any dish.

ONaturals, a restaurant chain in New England, offers healthy, all-natural fast food for diners who want great food to go. Its menu features a large vegetarian selection, and vegan items are marked for easy identification, such as the vegetarian chili, the carrot-ginger soup, and the chipotle sweet potato and veggie lentil soup.

The Olive Gardens breadsticks are vegan, as the butter topping is made with soy, not dairy products. There are many vegan pasta options: angel hair, cavatappi, fettuccine, gluten-free rotini, rigatoni, small shells, spaghetti, and whole-wheat linguine. All these can be topped with the vegan marinara sauce or kids tomato sauce. Theminestrone is now dairy-freeat all locations, too, so you can order the soup, salad, and breadsticks combo! Simply hold the croutons and choose the oil and vinegar dressing. You can also get a side of steamedbroccoli to round out your meal.

All 26 locations offer Tofusada, a tofu marinated and sauted in Southwestern-inspired sauce.

Panera Bread offers two vegan broth bowls: the Vegan Lentil Quinoa Broth Bowl and the Soba Noodle Broth Bowl with Edamame. The restaurant also offers a vegan Black Bean Soup that is hearty and delicious.

P.F. Changs China Bistro is one of the most vegan-friendly restaurant chains around. Its vegetarian menu is terrific, and everything can be made vegan, from appetizers such as tofu lettuce wraps to entres such as Buddhas Feast.

Pieologyoffers Daiya cheese at select locations, and its red sauce, olive oil, and BBQ sauce as well as its gluten-free crust are all veganso are the delicious veggie toppings.

PizzaRev has vegan sausage at many of its locations when youre 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.

Located throughout the southern United States,Pollo Tropicaloffers Caribbean-inspired fast food. Vegan options include the Vegetarian TropiChop, and the Balsamic Tomatoe. The chains black beans, French fries, white rice, boiled or fried yucca, sweet plantains, and corn are vegan, too.

Pyramid Breweries restaurantsoffers a Boca burger that can be substituted for any nonvegan burger on its menu. The Margherita Pizza can be made vegan if you get it without cheese.

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.

This Mexican-inspired chain offers a vegan Beyond Meat Burrito and Burrito Bowl at its more than 100 locations across Canada.

Quiznosoffers a veggie sub thats filled with guacamole, black olives, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, and mushroomsjust 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 theres also an herb wrap. Grab a side garden salad and some potato chips, and your stomach will be appeased in no time.

Red Lobsters tempting Dragon Broccolidrizzled with a spicy and sweet sauce and topped with fried chili peppersis vegan. 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 restaurants margaritas, frozen or on the rocks.

Red Robin offers a vegan burger patty made with ancient grains and quinoa. Try your burger with fresh tomato bruschetta salsa, avocado slices, and shredded romaine on a ciabatta bun, rustic Italian bread, or a lettuce wrap. Diners can also get a side of bottomless fries or bottomless broccoli.

Ruby Tuesdayhas an Endless Garden Bar, where you can make your own vegan salad.

After talks with PETA, Shake Shack is now testing a veggie burger in several New York City, Los Angeles, and Austin locations. This black bean, brown rice and roasted beets burger comes with delicious Sir Kensingtons vegan mayo. Remember to hold the provolone cheese and substitute for the gluten-free bun or lettuce wrap.

Smoothie King offers vegan Pineapple Spinach and Lemon Ginger Spinach smoothies featuring Sunwarrior Raw Plant-Based Protein and a stevia-based sweetener.

Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes, located throughout the South and the West, has a variety of salads, sandwiches, and soups, including the Strawberry Fields Tossed Salad With Caramelized Walnuts and the Summer Vegetable Soup. Their menu changes seasonally, and vegan items are clearly marked on the menu.

Starbuckscarries theLentils & Vegetable Protein Bowl with Brown Rice. Other options include a plain or multigrain bagel, classic or blueberry oatmeal, and the Seasonal Harvest Fruit Blend.

This casual family-dining restaurant with multiple locations across Southern California features a handy ordering guide for vegans. Try one of its signature salads, enjoy a Cheeseless Roasted Veggie Pizza or a Roasted Cauliflower Pita, or grab one of its vegan side disheslike Nutty Coleslaw or freshly baked breadsticks.

SubwaysVeggie Deliteon Italian bread and without cheese or mayois delish. And in select locations, you can enjoy two completely vegan subs: the Malibu Garden (a vegan patty topped with fire-roasted tomato sauce) and the Black Bean (a vegan patty topped with sweet potato curry sauce).

Taco Bellhas many great options for vegans! The fast-food chain has a variety of sides that are veganincluding the cinnamon twists, chips and guacamole (or pico de gallo), cilantro rice, black or refried beans, and Mexican riceand 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 Bells other dishes can be veganized simply by omitting a few ingredients or asking for it fresco style. The 7 Layer Bean Burrito can be made vegan if it has five layersjust forgo the cheese and sour cream. The tacos, nachos, Crunchwrap Supreme, and Mexican Pizza are vegan when you hold the meat (substitute beans if youd like), cheese, and sour cream.

TGI Friday now serves the vegan Beyond Burger.Simply opt for the challah bun (the gluten-free bun isnt vegan), ask for dairy-free sauces, and skip the cheese. Add peppers and onions if you want a Philly-style burger. The nachoswhich consist of tortilla chips, jalapeos, guacamole, and pico de galloare 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 restaurants Jack Daniels and BBQ sauces are also vegan and go well with its crispy fries or Cajun onion rings.

Tubbys Grilled Submarines, with locations in Michigan, has the vegan Hot Veggie Stir Fry sub and Cold Veggie specialty sub.

Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurtoffers vegan soy flavors, such as peanut butter, soy latte, black sesame, banana milk, and plain soy as well as fruity sorbets, including raspberry, strawberry, pineapple, and more. Top your frozen yogurt off with some fresh fruit, nuts, or other vegan toppings, and youll have a delicious treat.

Try Twin Peaks take on the delicious Beyond Burger, The Imposter, which is served with a side of sweet potato fries. Order it on the vegan Challah bun and be sure to hold the pepper jack cheese and sun dried tomato mayo.

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.

Head toWendysfor a plain baked potato, the garden side salad with red Italian dressing, or French fries. You can also ask for a veggie sandwich, which has everything that would normally be included on the burger except the meattheres even a button for it on the cash register.

White Castlenow offers vegan sliders (it uses Dr. Praegers brand), which you can get plain or with a sweet Thai sauce.

World Wrapps, with locations in California and Washington, offers its vegan customers the Teriyaki Tofu and the Bombay Curry Wrapp, and the Classic Burrito Wrapp can be made vegan by omitting the cheese and sour cream.

Gardein is offered at all Yard House locations. Although not all dishes featuring Gardein products 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 Summer Salad or Citrus Soy Salad.

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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