Looking for Twin Peaks vegetarian options? This wilderness-lodge sports bar built its menu around wings, burgers, and ice-cold beer, but it still has real answers for what about the vegetarians in your group. Order the Beyond Meat Patty on a burger, build a plate from sides like mac and cheese and sauteed vegetables, or grab the grilled cheese sandwich at lunch. Here is exactly what to order and what to skip, based on Twin Peaks’ own nutrition and allergen guide.
A Quick Look at Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks opened its first lodge in 2005 in Lewisville, Texas, founded by Randy DeWitt and Scott Gordon. DeWitt had helped build Rockfish Seafood Grill for Brinker International before betting on a wilderness-lodge-themed sports bar built around wings, burgers, and big TVs. The concept grew slowly at first, then took off: Twin Peaks had 38 locations by 2013 and 84 by 2018, with system-wide revenue reaching $338 million in 2019.
FAT Brands, the parent of Fatburger and Johnny Rockets, bought Twin Peaks for $300 million in 2020. In 2025 Twin Peaks spun off as its own publicly traded company, Twin Hospitality Group Inc., with FAT Brands staying on as its largest shareholder. That parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2026 to restructure its debt, and Twin Peaks emerged from the process in June 2026 as an independent, privately held company. A group of franchisee-led bondholders, operating as Summit Acquisitions, now runs the brand under the name Summit Twin Hospitality I LLC, with no ownership ties to FAT Brands.
Twin Peaks now runs about 115 lodges across the US, headquartered in Addison, Texas, with roughly 5,000 employees. In fiscal 2024, its last full year of SEC-reported results before the restructuring, Twin Peaks posted $573.4 million in system-wide sales, making it one of the largest sports-bar chains in the country.
Twin Peaks Vegetarian Options: What to Order
Twin Peaks does not print a vegetarian menu, so you are building your own plate from bites, sides, and one burger swap. Here is a conservative read on the main items, based on the chain’s June 2025 Nutrition and Allergen Guide plus its published ingredient lists.
| Menu Item | Vegetarian | Vegan |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado Smash Burger with the Beyond Meat Patty | ✅ Yes | ⚠ Ask (skip cheese, mayo, honey jalapeno dressing) |
| Mozzarella Cheese Bites (with ranch and marinara) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cheese, egg-battered) |
| Fried Pickles (with ranch) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (egg-battered, dairy ranch) |
| Fire Roasted Salsa & Chips | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes* |
| Chipotle Queso & Chips | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cheese) |
| French Fries, Sweet Potato Fries, Tater Tots | ✅ Yes | ⚠ Check (shared fryer with wings and fried seafood) |
| House Salad, no dressing | ✅ Yes | ⚠ Ask (no cheese, vegan dressing) |
| Whole Grilled Cheese Sandwich (lunch menu) | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cheese, butter) |
| Adult Mac & Cheese | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (cheese) |
| Grilled Asparagus, Sauteed Broccoli, Sauteed Green Beans | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (butter) |
| House Made Garlic Mashed Potatoes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No (butter, cream) |
| Caesar Side Salad | ⚠ Check (dressing has anchovies) | ❌ No |
| Brisket Chili, Green Chile Chicken Soup | ❌ No (meat) | ❌ No |
| Flatbreads (all five) | ❌ No (brisket, chicken, pepperoni, or bacon) | ❌ No |
*Fire Roasted Salsa & Chips are vegan because the chips are fried in soybean oil rather than animal fat, according to third-party allergen breakdowns of Twin Peaks’ fryer oil.
Bites and Sides: The Easiest Twin Peaks Vegetarian Options
The fastest way to eat vegetarian at Twin Peaks is to skip the entrees entirely and order from the bites and sides menu. Mozzarella Cheese Bites, Fried Pickles, and Chipotle Queso & Chips are all meat-free starters, and Fire Roasted Salsa & Chips is vegan as served. From the sides list, French Fries, Sweet Potato Fries, Tater Tots, Adult Mac & Cheese, House Made Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, Sauteed Broccoli, and Sauteed Green Beans all skip meat. Order two or three sides and a starter and you have a real meal without touching the wings, burgers, or ribs the menu is built around.
Burgers: Order the Beyond Meat Patty
Twin Peaks lets you swap the beef patty on its burgers for a Beyond Meat Patty, and that swap is the closest thing to a dedicated vegetarian entree on the menu. Order it on the Avocado Smash Burger rather than the Billionaire’s Bacon Burger, since the bacon version keeps its pork bacon even with the plant-based patty swapped in. The Beyond patty itself has no animal ingredients, so asking for it without cheese, mayonnaise, and the honey jalapeno dressing gets you a fully vegan burger. With cheese and the standard toppings left on, it is vegetarian.
Salads at Twin Peaks
Most Twin Peaks salads are named for their protein, chicken cobb, chicken street corn, crispy buffalo chicken, steak, so a vegetarian order means asking for one built around greens instead. The House Salad, ordered without dressing, is your cleanest base: mixed greens, carrots, tomatoes, and cilantro. It comes with cheese by default, so ask for it without cheese if you want it vegan, and pair it with the herb vinaigrette or lime vinaigrette rather than a creamy dressing. Skip the Caesar dressing altogether. Classic Caesar dressing is made with anchovies, so the Caesar Side Salad is not vegetarian as served even without the chicken.
Lunch at the Peaks: The Grilled Cheese
Twin Peaks runs a separate lunch menu, and it includes the Whole Grilled Cheese Sandwich, a straightforward vegetarian sandwich rather than a burger or salad swap. It is the one item on the entire menu built as vegetarian from the start, no substitutions needed, though it is dairy-based and not vegan. If you are dining before the dinner menu switches over, it is worth asking whether your location still has it available.
What’s Vegan at Twin Peaks?
The vegan list is short but real. Order the Beyond Meat Patty on its own, without cheese, mayonnaise, or the honey jalapeno dressing, and you have a vegan burger patty. Fire Roasted Salsa & Chips is vegan as served. French Fries, Sweet Potato Fries, and Tater Tots are cooked in soybean oil rather than animal fat, so they are vegan by ingredient, though they share a fryer with chicken tenders, wings, and fried seafood. A House Salad with no cheese and a vinaigrette instead of a creamy dressing rounds out a vegan plate, along with black coffee, tea, and soft drinks.
Special Dietary Requirements and Allergies
Twin Peaks publishes a Nutrition and Allergen Guide, last updated in June 2025, and it is worth checking before you order if you have a strict diet. A few things stand out. Every flatbread on the menu, Backyard BBQ Brisket, Chicken Tikka, OG Pepperoni, the Jalapeno Popper flatbread, and The Italian, is built around meat, so there is no vegetarian flatbread option despite the Italian-cheese framing some of them carry. Classic Caesar dressing contains anchovies, a fish product, so it is not vegetarian even when served without chicken. Ranch and blue cheese dressings are dairy-based. The kitchen’s fryer is shared between fries, tots, and breaded chicken and seafood, so ask about cross-contact if that matters to you. Cheese items across the menu do not disclose whether the rennet used is animal or microbial, so treat that as unconfirmed if you eat strict vegetarian. Both the Brisket Chili and Green Chile Chicken soup are meat-based, with no vegetarian soup on the current menu.
Tips for Vegetarians at Twin Peaks
- Order the Avocado Smash Burger with the Beyond Meat Patty, and skip the Billionaire’s Bacon Burger version, which keeps its bacon even with the plant-based swap.
- Build a full meal from sides: fries, tots, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and the sauteed vegetables all skip meat.
- Ask for the House Salad without cheese and with a vinaigrette if you want it vegan, not just vegetarian.
- Skip all five flatbreads. Every one is built around brisket, chicken, pepperoni, or bacon.
- If you eat strict vegetarian, ask about the shared fryer before ordering fries, tots, or mozzarella cheese bites.
- Check whether your location still runs the lunch menu if you want the Whole Grilled Cheese Sandwich, the one dedicated vegetarian entree on the menu.
- Order the Caesar salad with a different dressing, since the classic Caesar dressing is made with anchovies.
Conclusion
Twin Peaks vegetarian options take some ordering around, since the menu is built for wings, burgers, and ribs. The Beyond Meat Patty burger, a loaded plate of sides, and the lunch-only grilled cheese sandwich are your best bets, and the house salad gets you there vegan with a couple of small asks. For more on eating meat-free at chain restaurants, see our full guide to eating vegetarian and vegan at restaurants, browse every restaurant guide we’ve covered, or check what’s vegetarian at Buffalo Wild Wings, Hooters, or Ruby Tuesday.
