Jonathan Goldsmith’s pizza haven Spacca Napoli lights up Ravenswood with its wood-burning oven imported straight from Naples. The Marinara DOP might seem simple on paper, but its leopard-spotted dough and blend of San Marzano and piennolo tomatoes and fresh garlic remind us that with traditional Neapolitan pizza, less is more.

Open since 2013, Don Clements and Jennie Plasterer’s mainstay vegan restaurant has — unsurprisingly — some of the city’s most beloved vegan pizza. The Avondale spot’s vast menu includes deep dish, pan, and New York-style pies with bountiful topping options.

With equally impressive wood-fired bagels and pizza, Reno is a gluten lover’s paradise. The Logan Square spot has multiple vegan pizzas on the menu, including the JoJo, which features romesco, hot sauce, and fried garlic. The kale salad brings things full circle with its bagel croutons and vegan green goddess dressing.

When the West Loop bar Lone Wolf started offering pizza several years ago, few could have predicted that the new menu item would soon get its own restaurant. But when Pizza Lobo opened in Logan Square in 2020, its ample list of starters, salads, composed pies, and specials made it feel like much more than a spin-off. Lobo may not offer vegan cheese, but between its pillowy dough and toppings like roasted tomato, house giardiniera, and confit garlic, a cheeseless Build-Your-Own has impressive flavor.

This Logan Square staple offers a rotating slice that features vegan mozzarella and seasonal toppings, allowing vegans to participate in Boiler Room’s beloved PB&J special: a slice of pizza, a 16-oz can of PBR, and a shot of Jameson.

Though it’s a bakery and brewery by day, when the sun goes down, Middle Brow becomes a pizzeria with plant-based options like a recent green coconut curry pizza with fresh herbs, fried shallots, and roasted vegetables. There’s also a shop where you can buy pizza dough, red sauce, and grocery items, so if you’re willing to get a little flour on your hands, you can always fire your own pizza at home.

The pizzas at Dante’s Pizzeria are epic not only because they’re humongous, but because their names reference Dante Aligheri’sThe Divine Comedy, such as the mushroom-topped Vegan Beatrice and the spicy-savory Vegan Minotaur, which showcases Palermo’s Unreal Italian beef. The Gorgon forgoes the vegan mozzarella entirely, opting for tofu crumbles instead. A new location recently opened in Ukrainian Village, replacing the one on Milwaukee Avenue.

This upbeat, fast-casual Wicker Park slice shop from Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau will make you feel like you’re back in college. Open late, Dimo’s has a formidable roster of dairy-free pizzas, from vegan sausage and margherita to a Buffalo (seitan) chicken pie. The standout here is the Vegan Dimo Florentine, which combines hefty quantities of sauteed spinach with succulent heirloom tomatoes and house-made burrata. There’s a second location in Wrigleyville.

Coalfire橫跨the line between Neapolitan and New York styles. The 1,500-degree coal-burning oven gives the finished pizzas a very satisfying char. Multiple vegan pies are available, but the Vegan Pesto with pistachio pesto and a myriad of veggies is a must. There’s a second location on Southport in Lakeview.

At Gabriele Bonci’s eponymous pizzeria, Roman-style pizza is sold by the weight, meaning that things can quickly get out of control if you aren’t careful. The lineup changes regularly, but vegan options have included arrabiata, spicy eggplant, and mushroom rosa pies.

A plant-based institution since 1982, Soul Veg City has a menu that would make any vegan or vegetarian rejoice. Choose between cashew- or soy-based cheeses and toppings such as Buffalo “chicken,” giardiniera, and artichokes.