Great new restaurant, happy to leave the first review for it!
Veggie Crust is the first all vegetarian/vegan pizza place in the Boston area since Peace O Pie closed many years ago. A few other places have sprung up since then offering some vegan options, but they all are primarily meat focused and none offer anywhere near the options of Veggie Crust.
I got the "Soy Meat Barbeque" pizza, which was like a classic BBQ type pizza. The Soy Meat was little soy chunks, nothing too crazy on its own but perfectly set up to combine with the BBQ sauce, cheese and crust. Speaking of the crust, it's made in-house and is one of the better crusts I've had in Boston lately - thin and not too charred or too crispy (I know some people love that around here, but I'm not personally a fan). The pizza sizes are pretty large, a Medium would maybe be good for two less hungry people, but I managed to polish one off on my own because I am a horrible human being. Most people would do well splitting a Large though.
Aside from Pizza, Veggie Crust also has a nice selection of fresh fruit drinks. I tried the "Green Day", which is green apple, cucumber, agave, celery, kale, lime, green grapes and sea salt. Absolutely delicious, and it seemed to disappear in about half a second despite the more than fair portion size (it was that good!).
Finally, though I was beyond stuffed, I had to try the in-house vegan ice cream The Chocolate Coconut was pretty good - honestly, vegan ice creams are not my forte, and this tasted a bit more like sorbet to me, but it was definitely decent. Also, I appreciate the fact that they make it in-house and don't just bring in Fomu like other places, but I'm not going to lie and say I was blown away.
Counter service was super fast and friendly, everybody working there was all smiles and inquiring about how everyone liked the food, explaining ingredients and discussing things with the customers. Exactly what you hope to see on opening day.
One last thing to mention which makes Veggie Crust really stand out: there's a selection of Indian influenced pizzas and ingredients: Paneer Tikka BBQ, Gobhi (Cauliflower) Manchurian, Paneer Manchurian, etc. I've been waiting for this as I remember having a Paneer Masala pizza in the restaurant next door a long time ago, and haven't been able to find anything comparable since then. A few local Indian places do naan bread pizzas, but it's just not the same. It's really cool to be able to get something a little different and flavorful than typical pizza ingredients.
In addition to all this, they deliver within a 2 mile range, which means a large portion of Somerville & Cambridge. I can't wait to order from them again, and really hope this place does well and sticks around . I've been waiting for a restaurant to come along and take Peace O Pie's place since they closed years ago, and I think this might just be the restaurant to do it. read more