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Seed oil free restaurants in Arizona

Short answer

135 places in Arizona are reported to cook without seed oils: 97 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 33 fry in peanut oil, 5 report being seed-oil free without naming a fat. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to use rather than an inspection, so call ahead before you rely on it.

Cities in Arizona

Elsewhere in Arizona

Towns with fewer than 3 venues do not get their own page, so their entries are listed here.

  • Brunch Kitchen & Cocktails

    6920 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ

    beef tallowbutterolive oilavocado oil

  • Capital Farms Meats & Provisions

    410 W Wickenburg Way, Wickenburg, AZ

    beef tallow

  • Seven Brothers Burgers

    8265 W Happy Valley Rd, Peoria, AZ

    beef tallow

  • The Grub Spot

    2068 Lumber Valley Rd, Heber-Overgaard, AZ

    beef tallowbutter

  • The Grub Spot

    Snowflake, AZ

    beef tallowbutter

  • The Local Prescott

    520 W Sheldon St, Prescott, AZ

    coconut oil

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    13311 W McDowell Rd, Goodyear, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2985 Centre Ct, Prescott Valley, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    859 N Promenade Pkwy, Casa Grande, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    205 AZ-92, Sierra Vista, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Filiberto's - West Cortaro Farms Rd

    5466 W Cortaro Farms Rd, Marana, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's - West Indian School Road

    19445 West Indian School Road, Litchfield Park, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food

    31414 North Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food

    505 South Beeline Highway, Payson, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food

    530 East Wickenburg Way, Wickenburg, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - Grand Avenue

    10777 Grand Avenue, Sun City, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - Hunt Hwy

    4059 West Hunt Highway, San Tan Valley, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - Ironwood

    40975 North Ironwood Road, San Tan Valley, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - North Miller Road

    4370 North Miller Road, Buckeye, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto’s Mexican Food - North Oracle Road

    10535 North Oracle Road, Oro Valley, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto’s Mexican Restaurant

    1650 Arizona 260, Camp Verde, AZ

    lardchain

Frying in peanut oil

Peanut is a legume rather than a seed, so peanut-oil fryers appear on most seed-oil-free lists. The oil is still roughly a third linoleic acid, and opinion in the seed-oil-free community is genuinely split on it — which is why these venues are counted separately here rather than folded into the number above.

  • Five Guys

    1507 N Litchfield Rd #102, Goodyear, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    401 S Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    254 Lee Blvd, Prescott, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3077 N Glassford Hill Rd, Prescott Valley, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3455 Stockton Hill Rd, Kingman, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Arrowhead Crossing

    7635 W Bell Rd, Peoria, AZ

    peanut oilchain

Reported seed-oil free, fat not named

These venues are listed as avoiding seed oils without the source naming what they cook with instead. Worth a call rather than an assumption.

  • Acme Pizzaria

    280 S Main St, Cottonwood, AZ

    reported seed-oil free

What to ask before you order

A kitchen can change supplier without changing its menu, and a venue that roasts in tallow may still fry in something else. Four questions settle it in about ten seconds:

  • What do you fry in? — the fryer is where the volume is, and it is often a different fat from the grill.
  • Is the dressing or sauce made in house? — bought-in dressings and mayo are almost always canola or soybean.
  • Are the buns or tortillas baked here? — bakery goods are a common hidden source.
  • Do you cook the vegetables in butter or oil? — the answer is frequently a blend.

How to read this list. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to cook with. It is not a certification, nobody has inspected these kitchens on your behalf, and menus and suppliers change — treat it as a shortlist to call, not a guarantee. The four questions above are worth asking even when a place is listed here.

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