Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Connecticut

Short answer

50 places in Connecticut are reported to cook without seed oils: 24 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 25 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 Connecticut

Elsewhere in Connecticut

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

  • Belle Vie Cafe

    20 Church St, Guilford, CT

    olive oilavocado oil

  • Boca Oyster Bar

    10 E Main St, Bridgeport, CT

    butter

  • Saffron Indian Cuisine

    333 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT

    ghee

  • Sift Bake Shop

    5 Water St, Mystic, CT

    butter

  • Sol House Tavern

    670 Newfield St, Middletown, CT

    beef tallowbutterolive oil

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    112 Buckland St, Manchester, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    774 Queen St, Southington, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    315 Union St, Waterbury, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    26 Backus Ave, Danbury, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1201 Boston Post Rd, Milford, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    850 Hartford Turnpike, Waterford, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1267 Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    703 Poquonock Ave, Windsor, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    132 Marsh Hill Rd, Orange, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    817 Queen St, Southington, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    3210 Berlin Tpke, Newington, CT

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    14 Danbury Rd, Wilton, CT

    beef tallowchain

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

    560 Washington St, Middletown, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    440 Boston Post Rd, Orange, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    410 Reidville Dr, Waterbury, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    845 W Main St, Branford, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    106 Federal Rd, Brookfield, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    168 Elm St, Enfield, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    340 Grasmere Ave, Fairfield, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    278 Scott Swamp Rd, Farmington, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2944 Main St, Glastonbury, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    143 Gold Star Hwy, Groton, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    106 Storrs Rd, Mansfield, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    533 S Broad St Suite 25-27, Meriden, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    75 Amity Rd, New Haven, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    266-274 S Main St, Newtown, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    15 Salem Turnpike, Norwich, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    300 Oxford Rd, Oxford, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1891 E Main St, Torrington, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    316 N Main St, West Hartford, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Maxx's Place

    28 Spencer Plains Rd, Old Saybrook, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - The Buckland Hills

    1442 Pleasant Valley Rd Suite A, Manchester, CT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Walmart Plaza

    255 W Main St, Avon, CT

    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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