Mellow Mushroom

Our first restaurant meal since the start of Covid-19 was just this past week, and we had 2 delicious vegan pizzas from Mellow Mushroom!  They offer a wide variety of vegan toppings for their pizzas, and although pizzas are amazing, that's not the only vegan option that they have!  

When we had Mellow Mushroom recently, we had 2 build your own pizzas.  One was a vegan cheese pizza and the other had vegan cheese, onions, and green peppers!  Unfortunately, we were too hungry and forgot to take pictures of them :) 

Pizza

​Mellow Mushroom is probably best known for their pizza (after all, it's in their logo), so I'll start with that.  It's also the only thing that I've tried from there, so it's the only menu item that I'll be able to give my opinion about. 

Vegan Veg Out
They already have a vegan pizza that requires absolutely no tweaking.  It's called the "Vegan Veg Out" and has "Mellow red sauce", Follow Your Heart vegan cheese, spinach, green peppers, sliced mushrooms, sweet onions, black olives, and Roma tomatoes. 

Build Your Own Pie:
If the toppings don't sound appealing or it's not quite what you're looking for, you can always build your own pizza with the toppings that you desire.  They have a bunch of vegan ingredients to choose from!  Just make sure that you specify no garlic butter or parmesan cheese on the crust. 

Vegan crusts:

• original crust
• thin crust
• gluten-free crust

Vegan bases:

• Olive oil and garlic
• Mellow red sauce

Vegan toppings: 

• Artichoke Hearts
• Avocado
• Banana Peppers
• Basil
• Black Olives 
• Caramelized Onions
• Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese
• Garlic
• Green Olives
• Green Peppers 
• Jalapenos
• Kalamata Olives
• Mushrooms 
• Onions 
• Pepperoncini
• Pineapple
• Portobello Mushrooms
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Roasted Tomatoes 
• Roma Tomatoes 
• Spinach 
• Tempeh*
• Tofu*

*You can have it prepared with BBQ sauce, herb vinaigrette, or jerk.  They are all vegan!

Salads 

For a healthier alternative, you can choose to have a salad instead of pizza.  There are two options at Mellow Mushroom that are already vegan as well as a create your own option.  

Vegan Enlightened Spinach Salad:
Fresh spinach, dried cherries, diced apples, and house-made glazed pecans.

Vegan Greek Salad:
Romaine and iceberg lettuce tossed with shredded carrots and red cabbage. Topped with sweet onions, cucumbers, green peppers, mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, pepperoncini, banana peppers, and Kalamata olives.

Build Your Own Salad:
Get everything that you want in a salad with a build your own salad.  This includes a salad base + 3 Ingredients* of your choice.  

Vegan Bases:

• Lettuce Blend (romaine, iceberg, carrots, and cabbage)
• Romaine
• Spinach
• Spring Mix

Vegan Dressings and Sauces:
Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
Herb Vinaigrette Dressing
Barbeque Sauce
Jerk Sauce
Sweet Chili Glaze
Black Truffle Oil

Ingredients:​

• Artichoke Hearts
• Avocado 
• Banana Peppers
• Basil
• Black Olives 
• Candied Pecans 
• Caramelized Onions
• Cucumbers 
• Diced Apples 
• Dried Cherries
• Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheese
• Garlic
• Green Olives
• Green Peppers
• Jalapenos
• Kalamata Olives
• Mushrooms 
• Onions 
• Pepperoncini 
• Pineapple
• Portobello Mushrooms
• Roma Tomatoes
• Roasted Red Peppers
• Roasted Tomatoes
• Spinach 
• Tempeh**
• Tofu**

*I'm honestly not sure if the 3 ingredients includes dressing or not, so I'd ask your waiter or call ahead about that. 
​**You can have it prepared with BBQ sauce, herb vinaigrette, or jerk.  They are all vegan!

Hoagies 

Mellow Mushroom now offers not one, but two different types of hoagies that are already vegan! Here they are. 

Vegan Tempeh Hoagie:
A hoagie with balsamic marinated tempeh, lettuce, Roma tomatoes, melted vegan cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms, and green peppers!

Vegan Avocado Hoagie:
Lettuce, vegan cheese, Roma tomatoes, sweet onions, topped with avocado slices seasoned in lemon juice, kosher salt and black pepper. 

Calzone

Not many restaurants offer vegan calzones, so enjoy Mellow Mushroom's! 

Build Your Own Calzone:
Create your own calzone by stuffing it with any of the above mentioned pizza toppings, including the vegan cheese!  Your calzone should also come with a side of sauce for you to enjoy with it.  Just make sure that they don't add any butter or parmesan to it!

Vegan Hummus

For a simple and healthy snack, you can order the vegan hummus.  It has a drizzle of olive oil, and with a sprinkling of paprika and fresh basil.  Then, you have the option of either lightly toasted pita wedges or carrots and celery to dip into your hummus.  

Vegan Pretzels

Vegan pretzels topped with kosher salt and served with a side of yellow mustard for dipping!
The pretzel bites are not vegan but can be made vegan by asking your waiter for no butter and no parmesan on top. 

Avocado Smash

Freshly mashed avocado and diced Roma tomato Bruschetta with basil, served with toast points.  Just ask for no feta cheese or replace it with the vegan cheese.