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Seed oil free restaurants in Colorado

Short answer

96 places in Colorado are reported to cook without seed oils: 65 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 30 fry in peanut oil, 1 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 Colorado

Elsewhere in Colorado

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

  • Burnt End BBQ in Denver

    5332 DTC Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO

    beef tallow
  • Cornerstone Cafe

    250 Mountain Ave, Berthoud, CO

    beef tallow
  • Emerald

    700 Yampa St, Steamboat Springs, CO

    butteravocado oilcoconut oil
  • Mountain Oasis Bar & Grill

    215 US Hwy 24 N, Buena Vista, CO

    beef tallow
  • The Lunchbox @ Presley's

    109 E. C St, Pueblo, CO

    beef tallowavocado oil
  • Water 147

    1589 W Victory Way, Craig, CO

    beef tallowgheebutterolive oil
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    4711 W 29th St, Greeley, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2303 Clover Basin Dr, Longmont, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5821 N Elizabeth St, Pueblo, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2025 Prairie Center Pkwy, Brighton, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    8255 S Chester St, Centennial, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1505 Rocky Mountain Ave, Loveland, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Outback Steakhouse

    4687 Milestone Ln, Castle Rock, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Outback Steakhouse

    10443 E Costilla Ave, Englewood, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Outback Steakhouse

    14295 W Colfax Ave, Golden, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Outback Steakhouse

    8601 W Cross Dr, Littleton, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • Steak n Shake

    3502 River Point Parkway, Sheridan, CO

    beef tallowchain
  • sweetgreen

    8423 Park Meadows Center Dr, Lone Tree, CO

    olive 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

    4989 S Broadway a, Englewood, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    4239 Centerplace Dr #1a, Greeley, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    1708 Main St #300, Longmont, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    2934 Arapahoe Rd #100, Lafayette, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    3727 Wadsworth Blvd, Wheat Ridge, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Arapahoe Marketplace

    8547 E Arapahoe Rd, Greenwood Village, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Broomfield

    4480 W 121st Ave, Broomfield, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Flatiron

    570 Zang St a, Broomfield, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Lincoln Commons

    9992 Commons St #130, Lone Tree, CO

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Shoppes on Founders

    34 E Allen St #100, Castle Rock, CO

    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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