Looking for Fox’s Pizza Den vegetarian options? Start with the Veggie Pizza, a custom Stromboli loaded with vegetables, or the Veggie Hoagie. Those three cover the easy wins. A few sides and desserts round out the list. What’s Vegetarian exists to answer exactly this question at chains big and small, so here’s what to order and what to skip at this regional pizza chain.
A Quick Look at Fox’s Pizza Den
Jim Fox opened the first Fox’s Pizza Den in 1971 in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. He ran the shop out of a small rented space with secondhand equipment. Delivery service started in 1973. Franchising took off through the rest of the decade, turning a single storefront into a regional chain. By the 1990s, the company had built a distribution network to supply its growing list of franchisees. The Small Business Administration recognized Jim Fox during National Small Business Week in 2002.
Fox’s Pizza Den now runs its headquarters out of Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Roughly 200 locations operate across about 25 states, and every single one is independently franchise owned. No corporate-run store exists anywhere in the system, so the exact menu and substitution policy can vary a bit from one Fox’s to the next.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland hold the heaviest cluster of stores, with scattered locations further out, including one as far as Mackinaw City, Michigan. This is a much smaller footprint than a national chain, which is exactly why it hasn’t had a vegetarian guide before. Franchisees run their own stores, so some locations lean harder into delivery and carryout while others keep a small dine-in counter. Hours and menu boards can differ by town even though the core recipes stay the same.
Fox’s Pizza Den Vegetarian Options: What to Order
The table below covers the core menu. Ratings stay conservative on purpose. A “check” means the ingredient depends on the store, or the recipe hasn’t been confirmed dairy-free or egg-free. Ask before you order if that matters to you.
| Menu Item | Vegetarian | Vegan |
|---|---|---|
| Veggie Pizza (green pepper, onion, mushroom, black olive) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (cheese) |
| Custom Stromboli or Calzone, veggie toppings | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (cheese, sauce varies) |
| Veggie Hoagie or Wedgie | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (melted cheese, creamy dressing) |
| Tossed Salad | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (cheddar, dressing) |
| Mac & Cheese Bites | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (dairy) |
| Jalapeño Poppers | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cream cheese) |
| Mozzarella Sticks | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (dairy) |
| Wedge Fries (plain) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (shared fryer) |
| Breadsticks, regular or cheesy | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (cheesy has dairy) |
| Pizza Cookie, Pizza Brownie, Cinnamon Sticks | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (dairy, eggs) |
| Steak Rancher, Chicken Rancher, Meat Supreme, Buffalo Chicken, Barbecue Chicken, Taco, Hawaiian pizzas | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Club, Turkey Breast, Pizzaroni, BLT, Meatball, Ham & Cheese, Roast Beef hoagies | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Traditional and boneless wings, chicken tenders | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Pizzas
The Veggie Pizza is the only named vegetarian pie on the printed menu: green pepper, onion, mushroom, and black olive over cheese. Everything else in the “gourmet pizza” lineup leans on meat. The five-way Meat Supreme piles on pepperoni, ham, bacon, sausage, and beef. The Bacon Double Cheeseburger pizza does exactly what it sounds like. The Steak Rancher tops steak, ranch, sweet peppers, onions, and mushrooms, and the Chicken Rancher swaps in diced chicken and tomatoes. The Taco pizza uses seasoned taco meat and nacho chips over pizza sauce, and even the Hawaiian pizza is built with ham. A lot of independently owned locations will swap toppings on request even outside the named combos. Ask your local store if they’ll build a plain cheese pie or load a different base with vegetables instead of meat. Don’t assume it. Confirm before you order if you’re driving across town for it.
Stromboli and Calzones
This is where Fox’s actually gives vegetarians the most control. The Custom Stromboli and Calzone let you pick up to five toppings. Load one with mushrooms, green peppers, onions, and black olives, then choose a sauce. The Italian stromboli on the menu uses a garlic sauce, which is a good starting point, or ask for plain marinara if you’d rather skip the garlic. Skip the meat entirely and you get the closest thing on the menu to a build-your-own vegetarian entree. It comes out bigger and more filling than the Veggie Pizza, since it’s rolled and baked rather than served open-faced. A Custom Stromboli is also easier to split evenly than picking meat off a shared pizza, which helps if only one or two people at the table are vegetarian.
Hoagies, Wedgies, Salads, and Sides
The Veggie Hoagie, or Veggie Wedgie for the shorter version, stacks mushrooms, green peppers, black olives, and onions under melted cheese, then adds lettuce, tomato, and Italian dressing. It’s a straightforward vegetarian sandwich, though the cheese and dressing keep it off the vegan list. Most of the other hoagies skip vegetarians entirely: Club, Turkey Breast, Chicken Breast, Pizzaroni, BLT, Turkey Bacon Cheddar, Meatball, Ham & Cheese, Roast Beef, and Beef Bacon Cheddar all lean on meat.
The Tossed Salad with cheddar is the lightest vegetarian option if you want something besides bread or cheese. The Antipasto, Chef Salad, Chicken Fry, Steak Fry, Taco, and Buffalo Chicken Fry salads all carry meat, so steer clear of those. For sides, Mac & Cheese Bites, Jalapeño Poppers, and Mozzarella Sticks are all meat-free, and Fox’s also sells plain Wedge Fries and both regular and cheesy Breadsticks. Traditional and boneless wings, tossed in sauces like buffalo or ranch, aren’t vegetarian at all. If you’re vegan or avoiding cross-contact with meat, ask whether the fryer is shared with the wings and chicken tenders before you order the fried sides.
Desserts
Fox’s dessert menu is short but entirely vegetarian: an Original Pizza Cookie, a Pizza Brownie with chocolate chips, an 8-inch S’Mores Pizza Cookie, and Cinnamon Sticks with vanilla icing. None of them are vegan, since they’re built on butter, eggs, and dairy icing. If you’re just avoiding meat, any of these work as an easy way to close out the meal. The Cinnamon Sticks come as a full 3/4-pound order, so plan to share rather than eat a single-serving treat.
Ordering and Delivery
Most Fox’s Pizza Den locations take orders through their own online ordering system and through third-party apps like Grubhub. Calling the store directly usually gets you more flexibility than clicking through a delivery app if you’re building a Custom Stromboli or asking for a plain cheese pizza instead of a named combo. Delivery apps often limit the menu to the pre-set combinations. A quick phone call before you order is worth the extra minute if a substitution matters to you.
Special Dietary Requirements and Allergies
Fox’s Pizza Den doesn’t publish a national allergen or ingredient PDF the way larger chains do. That’s a real gap if you’re managing a strict allergy. The cheese blend’s rennet source isn’t disclosed, so strict vegetarians who avoid animal rennet should ask in-store. The dough and garlic sauce used on the Stromboli line haven’t been confirmed dairy-free either.
Fried sides like the Mozzarella Sticks, Jalapeño Poppers, and Wedge Fries may come out of the same fryer as breaded chicken and wings, so cross-contact is possible. A Tripadvisor review of a Rittman, Ohio location noted the store can make a vegan pizza, but only as a special off-menu request, not a standard listed item. Vegan cheese isn’t confirmed system-wide. Every location is independently franchised, so the safest move is calling your specific store before you order, especially if you’re managing a serious allergy rather than a preference.
Tips for Vegetarians at Fox’s Pizza Den
- Start with the Veggie Pizza or the Custom Stromboli for a confirmed, menu-listed vegetarian entree.
- Ask about topping swaps on the named pizzas. Many independently owned locations will build a plain or custom pie even if it isn’t printed on the menu.
- Load the Custom Stromboli or Calzone with mushrooms, peppers, onions, and olives, and request a meatless sauce like garlic or marinara.
- Check the dressing on the Tossed Salad if you’re avoiding animal-derived ingredients like anchovy paste or gelatin-based thickeners.
- Call ahead and ask whether your location will do an off-menu vegan pizza if you’re vegan, since it isn’t standard and stock varies by store.
- Ask whether the fryer used for Mozzarella Sticks, Jalapeño Poppers, and Wedge Fries also cooks wings or chicken tenders.
- Call your local store directly for anything beyond a basic vegetarian order, since Fox’s has no national allergen sheet.
- Order by phone instead of a delivery app if you need a custom build, since app menus usually only show the pre-set combinations.
Conclusion
Fox’s Pizza Den vegetarian options aren’t extensive, but the Veggie Pizza and a loaded Custom Stromboli give you a real vegetarian meal, and the fried sides and desserts fill in the gaps. It’s a smaller, independently franchised chain rather than a national name, so the menu leans simple. There’s still enough here for a satisfying meat-free order if you know what to ask for. Call ahead if you have a strict dietary need, since every location is independently owned. For more on eating meat-free at restaurants generally, see our guide to eating vegetarian and vegan at restaurants, browse more chains in our restaurant guides, or check out what’s vegetarian at Jet’s Pizza, Marco’s Pizza, and Hunt Brothers Pizza.
