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Seed oil free restaurants in Kentucky

Short answer

60 places in Kentucky are reported to cook without seed oils: 47 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 13 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 Kentucky

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

  • Heirloom Restaurant

    125 E Main St, Midway, KY

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  • Wings Pizza N Things

    55 Kassie Miller Dr, Campbellsville, KY

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    111 Jett Boulevard, Frankfort, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    83 Carothers Rd, Newport, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3441 Valley Plaza Pkwy, Fort Wright, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2916 Fort Campbell Blvd, Hopkinsville, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2004 Centennial Blvd, Independence, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    9134 Taylorsville Rd, Jeffersontown, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    12901 Shelbyville Rd, Middletown, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    250 Newtowne Square, Morehead, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    4600 Shelbyville Rd, Saint Matthews, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    441 River Hill Dr, Ashland, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    3995 Hinkleville Rd, Paducah, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    Terminal, Erlanger, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    425 Armco Road, Ashland, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    335 Leonardwood Drive, Frankfort, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    5131 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    54 Commodore Street, Hazard, KY

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    101 Bethel Harvest Dr, Nicholasville, KY

    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

    2515 Wilson Rd, Highland Heights, KY

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3248 Mt Moriah Ave, Owensboro, KY

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Newport on the Levee

    1 Levee Wy, Newport, KY

    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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