Looking for Maverik vegetarian options? Your safest bets are the Bean and Queso Burrito, a plain cheese pizza slice, the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado off the roller grill, and the bakery case. Maverik isn’t a sit-down restaurant, it’s a fuel stop with a real kitchen behind the counter, and this guide (part of our running series on what’s vegetarian at the country’s biggest chains) walks through what to order and what to skip.
A Quick Look at Maverik
Maverik traces back to 1928, when 20-year-old Reuel Call opened a two-pump gas station in Afton, Wyoming, funded by money he’d made renting out roller skates around town. Growth continued with a second station in Jackson, Wyoming in 1932, and the Call family kept building from there, bringing the brand into Utah in the late 1950s with stores in Moab, Willard, and Brigham City.
Reuel’s nephew O. Jay Call started a separate branch of the family business in 1968, founding Flying J out of Ogden, Utah. Those two Call family companies eventually reunited under FJ Management, with Mike Call, Reuel’s grandson, leading the combined business. Crystal Maggelet, Reuel Call’s niece, now serves as FJ Management’s chair and CEO, and the company runs its operations out of “Base Camp,” a downtown Salt Lake City headquarters that opened in 2016 with a test kitchen on the ninth floor.
“Adventure’s First Stop” became the chain’s tagline in 2000, and rapid growth followed. FJ Management bought Kum & Go and Solar Transport from the Krause Group in April 2023, then spent the years since converting those stores to the Maverik banner. Store counts jumped as a result. Roughly 836 US locations across 20 states now carry the Maverik name as of June 2026 (ScrapeHero), concentrated in Utah, Colorado, and Idaho but reaching as far as Texas, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. That makes it the largest US chain of its kind without a “what’s vegetarian” guide on this site, and exactly why it’s up today.
BonFire Grill is the name behind the food side of the business, built around a made-to-order kitchen rather than pre-packaged shelf food. Chef Kyle Lore designed the current menu, and stores now bake their own pastries in-house instead of stocking frozen ones. That’s earned Maverik a cult following online for its burritos and street tacos, a genuinely different reputation than the average gas station kitchen.
Maverik Vegetarian Options: What to Order
Most of the BonFire Grill menu is built around barbecue steak, carnitas, chicken, bacon, and chorizo, so a vegetarian visit to Maverik takes some navigating. Here’s how the core menu shakes out.
| Menu Item | Vegetarian | Vegan |
|---|---|---|
| Bean & Queso Burrito | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cheese sauce) |
| Plain Cheese Pizza (whole pie or slice) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (four-cheese blend) |
| Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado (roller grill) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (dairy) |
| Yogurt Berry Parfait | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (dairy yogurt) |
| Fresh-baked muffins, cinnamon rolls, cookies | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (egg, dairy) |
| Donuts (Madbrook bakery partnership) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Check (glaze/filling varies) |
| Build-your-own salad, no meat or cheese | ⚠️ Check | ⚠️ Check (confirm dressing) |
| Coffee, fountain drinks, most slushes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Burritos with steak, carnitas, chicken, bacon, or chorizo | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Beefy Ranchero Tornado, hot dogs, cheeseburgers | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Burritos, Tacos, and Quesadillas at Maverik
Maverik built its reputation on the burrito case, and almost every option leans on meat. One example, the M.O.A.B. (Maverik’s “mother of all burritos”), piles on barbecue steak, carnitas, chicken, bacon, chorizo, eggs, and hash browns. Similarly, the Beefy Cheese and Potato Burrito, the Green Chile Pulled Pork Burrito, and the Buffalo Chicken Burrito all lean on meat. Street tacos and breakfast nachos typically get topped with steak too.
One reliable exception is the Bean and Queso Burrito: refried beans and a creamy cheese sauce rolled in a flour tortilla, no meat by default. Because it’s hand-rolled at the same station as the meat burritos, ask the counter to confirm nothing meat got added, especially during a rush. If your local store keeps a build-your-own quesadilla or nacho option going, a cheese-only version is worth asking about, though it isn’t standard at every location.
Pizza and the Roller Grill
Select BonFire Grill locations bake a 14-inch whole pie or sell it by the slice. Expect a golden crust, a zesty tomato sauce, and a four-cheese blend of mozzarella, provolone, cheddar, and muenster. A plain cheese pizza is vegetarian, but specialty pies stacked with pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, and bacon aren’t, so stick to the plain version or ask if a location will build one without meat.
Almost everything on the roller grill is meat: hot dogs, cheeseburger patties, and Tornados (rolled, battered taquitos) like the Beefy Ranchero. One exception stands out, the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado, a taquito filled with Monterey jack and Neufchatel cheese and roasted peppers, no meat in the filling. That’s a real, sourced exception, not a guess: the manufacturer’s own ingredient statement lists wheat and milk as the only allergens, no meat. Keep in mind it’s still cooked on the same roller as the meat Tornados and hot dogs, so ask for one straight off a clean section of the grill if cross-contact matters to you.
Bakery, Parfaits, and Drinks
Fresh muffins, cinnamon rolls, and cookies come out of Maverik’s own ovens in store, including a rotating cookie lineup that’s covered Reese’s peanut butter, lemon poppy, blueberry, and triple chocolate chip flavors, plus a donut case through a Madbrook bakery partnership. All of it is vegetarian, built on eggs and dairy rather than meat or gelatin, though a few glazed or custard-filled donuts are worth double-checking if you’re strict about gelatin. Vanilla yogurt layered with blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries in the Yogurt Berry Parfait makes a solid grab-and-go pick too. On the drink side, coffee, fountain sodas, and most slush flavors are dairy-free by default, which makes them the easiest vegan choice on the whole menu.
What’s Vegan at Maverik?
Options run thin if you’re vegan. Black coffee, tea, fountain soda, and most slush flavors are your safest picks, since they’re made without dairy or eggs. Closest to a vegan entree is the Bean and Queso Burrito, but its cheese sauce knocks it out, and there’s no confirmed vegan cheese swap or plant-based protein on the standard BonFire Grill menu. Plan on a drink and a snack from the shelf rather than a full BonFire Grill meal if you’re strict vegan.
Special Dietary Requirements and Allergies
Cross-contact, not hidden ingredients, is the biggest issue for vegetarians at Maverik, since BonFire Grill kitchens share equipment across a meat-heavy menu. Meat Tornados and hot dogs sit right next to the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado on the roller grill. Pizza ovens bake meat-topped pies alongside a plain cheese one, and burrito stations roll bean burritos on the same surface as steak and chorizo. Cheese rennet sources aren’t published for Maverik’s own pizza blend, so ask if that matters to you, though the specific Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado supplier’s ingredient statement lists a microbial enzyme for its jack cheese, not animal rennet. Recipes and available items can also vary store to store across a network this size, so it’s worth asking before you order rather than assuming every location matches this guide exactly.
Tips for Vegetarians at Maverik
- Order the Bean and Queso Burrito and ask the counter to confirm no meat was added.
- Ask for the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado by name so you get the cheese-only roller-grill item, not a meat Tornado.
- Check whether your local BonFire Grill sells a plain cheese pizza slice before you commit to a whole pie.
- Grab a Yogurt Berry Parfait or a fresh muffin from the bakery case if you want something quick and confirmed meat-free.
- Stick to black coffee, fountain drinks, or a slush if you’re vegan, since Maverik doesn’t run a dedicated vegan menu.
- Ask before you order, since the BonFire Grill lineup varies by location and not every store carries the same items.
Conclusion
This chain built its name on meat-forward burritos and Tornados. Even so, real maverik vegetarian options exist if you know where to look: the Bean and Queso Burrito, a plain cheese pizza, the Cheesy Pepper Jack Tornado, and the bakery case all work. Vegan choices are limited to drinks for now. For more on eating meat-free on the road, check our guide to eating vegetarian and vegan at restaurants, browse our restaurant guide directory, or compare notes with our guides to RaceTrac, Cumberland Farms, and 7-Eleven.
