The Vegan Tuscano Topper is coming to Fort Mill

   Toppers Pizza of Fort Mill is rolling out a vegan menu on Monday at its location on 400 North Dobys Bridge Road.

   The chain restaurant, with a location at 400 North Dobys Bridge Road in Fort Mill, will introduce dairy-free mozzarella, plant-based crispy chicken, dairy-free ranch and Korean BBQ sauce, store officials said.

   “We’ve been testing these recipes and toppings in our Madison market, and the response from the community has been tremendous,” said Mac Malchow, Toppers Pizza Director of National Marketing & Menu Innovation. “We couldn’t be happier with the results we’ve seen and are looking forward to offering these options to the vegan community, which is largely underserved in the space.”

The Vegan Buffalo Chicken-less Topper

   The ingredients will be featured in three new, all-vegan house pizza offerings:

  1. The Vegan Buffalo Chicken-less Topper with mild buffalo sauce, smothered in dairy-free mozzarella cheese, topped with plant-based crispy chicken and green onions and drizzled with dairy-free ranch.
  2. The Vegan Korean BBQ Chicken-less Topper with Korean BBQ sauce, smothered in dairy-free mozzarella cheese, topped with plant-based crispy chicken, onions and green peppers.
  3. The Vegan Tuscano Topper with homemade pizza sauce, dairy-free mozzarella cheese, topped with garlic-roasted tomatoes, green olives and tasty spinach.

   The vegan menu offerings will be available at all Toppers locations starting on Monday, Oct. 5. The items were curated by Melanie Manuel, vegan chef and owner of all-vegan Milwaukee restaurant Celesta.

The Vegan Korean BBQ Chicken-less Topper

   ABOUT TOPPERS PIZZA: Toppers features fresh, handmade and customizable pizza baked in about 360 seconds and delivered fast, with more than a million combinations of fresh, high quality toppings, and the brand’s signature line of flavored Topperstix and baked Buffalo wings. In 2018, Entrepreneur Magazine ranked Toppers as one of the Top 200 Food-Based Franchises.    For more information on Toppers Pizza, visit https://www.toppers.com/.

Greg "Ricky Bobby" Rickabaugh has lived in the Fort Mill and York County community since 2006. He has covered the area while a reporter for The Charlotte Observer and a freelance writer for The Fort Mill...