Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Illinois

Short answer

215 places in Illinois are reported to cook without seed oils: 173 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 42 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.

Cities in Illinois

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

  • Duck Stop Travel Center

    10000 75th St, Hodgkins, IL

    beef tallow

  • El Cochino

    4580 W Algonquin Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL

    lard

  • Fry the Coop

    16703 S Harlem Ave, Tinley Park, IL

    beef tallow

  • Fry the Coop

    2019 75th St, Darien, IL

    beef tallow

  • Fry the Coop

    5128 W 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL

    beef tallow

  • Fry the Coop

    580 N Milwaukee Ave, Prospect Heights, IL

    beef tallow

  • Lea French Cafe

    106 N Marion St, Oak Park, IL

    butterolive oil

  • Maria’s Ristorante and Pizzeria

    1591 N Division St, Morris, IL

    beef tallowbutterolive oil

  • More Than Pasta

    105 S NW Hwy, Park Ridge, IL

    olive oil

  • Parky's Hot Dogs

    329 Harlem Avenue, Forest Park, IL

    beef tallow

  • Pig & Platter

    102 W Lafayette St, Rushville, IL

    beef tallow

  • Stix Bar and Grille

    100 Coles Centre Pkwy, Mattoon, IL

    beef tallowbutter

  • Tallgrass Restaurant

    1006 S State St, Lockport, IL

    duck fatbutteravocado oil

  • Wooden Paddle

    212 Stephen St, Lemont, IL

    beef tallowduck fatolive oil

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    7130 Cermak Rd, Berwyn, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    777 E Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    833 W Camp St, East Peoria, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1001 Avenue of Mid-America, Effingham, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2683 N Seminary St, Galesburg, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    820 Commons Dr, Geneva, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    17510 Halsted St, Homewood, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1235 W Morton Ave, Jacksonville, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    301 E Euclid Ave, Mount Prospect, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3333 Court St, Pekin, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3961 Fountain Square Pl, Waukegan, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    461 S Randall Rd, Algonquin, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    111 Chicago Ridge Mall, Chicago Ridge, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    207 E Roosevelt Rd, Lombard, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1724 E Jackson, Macomb, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    11820 Illinois Rte 59, Plainfield, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    6120 Broadway St, Quincy, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1023 Brook Forest Ave, Shorewood, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    402 N Randall Rd, South Elgin, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    4751 Northwest Hwy, Crystal Lake, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    2805 Mannheim Rd, Des Plaines, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1330 E Pershing, Decatur, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2250 Mt. Zion Road, Decatur, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    99 Conference Center Drive, East Peoria, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1211 N Keller, Effingham, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2209 Oakton Street, Evanston, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1066 N Henderson, Galesburg, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1960 W Morton Avenue, Jacksonville, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1400 Broadway Avenue E, Mattoon, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    3489 Court Street, Pekin, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    16110 Harlem Avenue, Tinley Park, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    80 Homer Adams Parkway, Alton, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1901 McKee Street, Batavia, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    606 North Bluff, Collinsville, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    290 S Randall Road, Elgin, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    675 Meacham Road, Elk Grove Village, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    920 South Main, Route 51, Forsyth, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    275 E Army Trail, Glendale Heights, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2121 Willow Road, Glenview, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1825 Barrington Road, Hoffman Estates, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    211 N Randall Road, Lake in The Hills, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2901 W Woodlawn Drive, Lincoln, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    12 Corvette Drive, Litchfield, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2724 W DeYoung Street, Marion, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2100 N Richmond Road, McHenry, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    151 E Ashland Street, Morton, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    130 N 44th Street, Mt. Vernon, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    109 Regency Park, O 'Fallon, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    4240 Venture Drive, Peru, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    10421 Touhy Avenue, Rosemont, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1231 Northern Avenue, Taylorville, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2009 Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1520 East Walnut, Watseka, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1870 Memorial Lane, Wood River, IL

    beef tallowchain

  • sweetgreen

    1601 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    1143 Lake St, Oak Park, IL

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    775 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    984 Willow Rd, Northbrook, IL

    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

    2847 Mannheim Rd, Des Plaines, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    17852 Halsted St, Homewood, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4055 Northpoint Blvd, Waukegan, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2442 W 95th St, Evergreen Park, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4807 W 211th Street, Kenilworth, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    20505 N Rand Rd #500, Kildeer, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2401 E Lincoln Hwy, New Lenox, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2804 US-34, Oswego, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Berwyn Gateway

    7150 Cermak Rd, Berwyn, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Bolingbrook East

    741 E Boughton Rd #128, Bolingbrook, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Crystal Lake

    6000 Northwest Hwy, Crystal Lake, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Danada Square East

    141 Danada Square E, Wheaton, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Edens Plaza

    3232 Lake Ave #240, Wilmette, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Geneva Commons

    1314 Commons Dr #5040, Geneva, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Lincolnwood Town Center

    3315 Touhy Ave, Lincolnwood, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Randhurst Village

    118 E Kensington Rd, Mount Prospect, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Rivertree Court

    701 N Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - St Clair Square

    6570 N Illinois St #100, Fairview Heights, IL

    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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