Cumberland Farms: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Cumberland Farms has more for vegetarians than you’d expect from a gas-station counter. It’s a convenience store with a real kitchen, not a sit-down restaurant, so the meatless wins hide between the roller grill and the coffee bar rather than on a printed menu. The newer stores lean hard into food, turning out pizza, burritos, and breakfast sandwiches alongside the coffee and frozen drinks, so there’s more to work with than at an older-style gas station.

What to order at Cumberland Farms

The Whole Cheese Pizza, hand-stretched under the Ria’s Pizzeria name in newer stores, is the best hot bet: just cheese, sauce, and dough. The Bean and Cheese Burrito is the other solid pick, built from beans and cheese with no meat in it. A plain Farmhouse Kitchen Bagel or an egg and cheese made without meat cover breakfast, and Farmhouse Blends coffee and Chill Zone frozen drinks are both vegan as poured.

What to watch out for

Cumberland Farms doesn’t publish whether its pizza cheese uses animal or microbial rennet, so strict vegetarians who avoid animal rennet should treat it as a check. Ask whether the refried beans in the burrito are made with lard, since that varies by supplier. Skip the roller grill entirely. It’s hot dogs, sausages, and taquitos, and steer clear of the Angus bacon cheeseburger, the Rib-BQ sub, and the shredded steak burrito, all of which carry meat.