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Seed oil free restaurants in Phoenix, AZ

Short answer

21 places in Phoenix, AZ are reported to cook without seed oils: 13 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 8 fry in peanut oil. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to use rather than an inspection, so call ahead before you rely on it.

Cooking with animal fats and fruit oils

Beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil — the fats a kitchen chooses deliberately, and the clearest signal available from outside it.

  • Matt's Big Breakfast

    825 North 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ

    butterolive oil

  • Matt's Big Breakfast

    East Sky Harbor Boulevard & Terminal 4, Phoenix, AZ

    butterolive oil

  • Taco Chelo Downtown

    501 E Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ

    beef tallowbutterolive oil

  • Tandy's

    2320 E Osborn Rd, Phoenix, AZ

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2510 W Happy Valley Rd #1241, Phoenix, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2700 W North Ln, Phoenix, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - E Indian School Rd

    3033 East Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filiberto's Mexican Food - North 19th Avenue

    23450 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

    lardchain

  • Filibertos Mexican Food - E Thomas Rd

    4532 East Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ

    lardchain

  • Outback Steakhouse - E Cactus Rd

    4715 E Cactus Rd, Phoenix, AZ

    beef tallowchain

  • ProteinHouse

    7077 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ

    olive oilchain

  • ProteinHouse

    3141 E Indian School Rd #111, Phoenix, AZ

    olive oilchain

  • True Food Kitchen

    2502 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ

    olive oilavocado oilchain

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 - 7th Ave

    1515 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Ahwatukee

    4803 E Ray Rd #101, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Arcadia Crossing

    2641 N 44th St #100, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Bell Towne Center

    425 E Bell Rd #130, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Happy Valley Road

    2470 W Happy Valley Rd f101, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Legacy Village

    2340 E Baseline Rd #172, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Saddle Mountain

    1630 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Tatum and Bell

    16900 N Tatum Blvd #100, Phoenix, AZ

    peanut oilchain

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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