Pizzeria Du

Toronto plant-based pizzeria on Queen Street West, serving vegan Italian pies with cashew mozzarella, seitan pepperoni and jackfruit.

Pizzeria Du brings the classic pizza-night vocabulary into fully plant-based territory. It sits on Queen Street West, with vegan and vegetarian Italian pizzas, cashew mozzarella, plant-based seitan pepperoni, BBQ jackfruit and vegan gelato made with oat and coconut milk.

The best point is philosophical: Pizzeria Du does not treat vegan pizza as a lesser copy of the original. Its crust, sauces and house-made plant cheeses are the foundation, with dairy-free decadence built into the premise rather than bolted on after the fact.

That matters because pizza is emotional infrastructure. It should be easy, generous and slightly excessive. Pizzeria Du gives Toronto’s plant-based diners garlic knots, melty slices and the pleasure of ordering from the same comfort-food script as everyone else, only with a kinder cast list.