The Traveling Vegetarian

Nashville, Do You Know About Italia?

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Yvonne Smith in Blog, Nashville, Reviews

There are several places in Nashville where you can get a decent cheeseless pizza.  Mafiaoza’s is always a possibility, as is Mellow Mushroom, Da Vinci’s, etc.  But did you know that there’s actually a place here in town with vegan cheese?  Yep, Italia in East Nashville offers vegan pizzas with Teese, made by the Chicago Soy Dairy.

I went the night before my birthday and I was so pleased.  I make good pizza at home with Daiya, Teese, Cheezly, the cashew ricotta from Veganomicon, etc.  Just tonight I made pizza with locally made hemp cheese and it was delicious.  But, there’s just nothing like a pizza cooked in a restaurant’s pizza oven.  The crust of our Italia pizza was so good and the toppings were ample.  I posted a picture on Facebook immediately and some of my vegan friends went there that night to try it.  Ah, the power of the internet.

Vegans, please go to Italia and support them for offering Teese.  As far as I know, they are the first in Nashville to do this.  Love them for it!