Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Massachusetts

Short answer

112 places in Massachusetts are reported to cook without seed oils: 63 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 48 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 Massachusetts

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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

  • Adelita

    1200 Main St, Concord, MA

    olive oil

  • Brothers Sports Bar & Grille

    101 Broadway Rd, Dracut, MA

    beef tallow

  • Colette Bakery

    509 Main Street, Medford, MA

    butterolive oil

  • Colette Bakery

    465 Main Street, Melrose, MA

    butterolive oil

  • Epicureo Pizza

    50 Water St, Newburyport, MA

    olive oil

  • J & M Diner

    50 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA

    avocado oil

  • Le Peitit Four Bakery

    380 Washington St, Wellesley, MA

    butterolive oil

  • Mike & Lenny's Bar Pizza

    220 Wood Rd, Braintree, MA

    beef tallow

  • Mike & Lenny's Bar Pizza

    127 West St, Walpole, MA

    beef tallow

  • Mike & Lenny's Bar Pizza

    13 Harding St, Lakeville, MA

    beef tallow

  • Nickey's Pizza

    64 Lynnfield St, Lynn, MA

    beef tallowolive oil

  • The Farmer's Daughter

    122 Main St, Easton, MA

    butterolive oilavocado oil

  • The Farmer's Daughter

    534F Boston Post Rd, Sudbury, MA

    butterolive oilavocado oil

  • Tree House Brewing Company

    1880 Main St, Tewksbury, MA

    olive oil

  • Woodman's of Essex

    119 Main St, Essex, MA

    lard

  • Woods Hill Table

    24 Commonwealth Ave, Concord, MA

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    480 Memorial Dr, Chicopee, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    186 N Dartmouth Mall, Dartmouth, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1775 Washington St, Hanover, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    321 School St, Mansfield, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    180 Main St, Saugus, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    476 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    100 Independence Way, Danvers, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    150 Whalon St, Fitchburg, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    865 Merriam Ave, Leominster, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    28 Reiss Ave, Lowell, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    45 Mazzeo Dr, Randolph, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1537 Riverdale St, West Springfield, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    452 Southbridge St, Auburn, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    275 N Main St, Bellingham, MA

    beef tallowchain

  • sweetgreen

    244 Legacy Pl, Dedham, MA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    280 School St, Mansfield, MA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    180 Linden St, Wellesley, MA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    96 Derby St, Hingham, MA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    675 Market St, Lynnfield, MA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen

    100 Bond Sq, Watertown, MA

    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

    474 B, Chicopee, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    85D Faunce Corner Rd, Dartmouth, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1207 Washington St, Hanover, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    886 Merriam Ave, Leominster, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    670 Broadway, Saugus, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1268 Riverdale St, West Springfield, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    68 Washington St, Attleboro, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    793 Iyannough Rd, Barnstable, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    27 Westgate Dr, Brockton, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    450 William S Canning Blvd, Fall River, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    269 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    335 Russell St Bldg B, Hadley, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    86 Plaistow Rd, Haverhill, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    197 Boston Post Rd W, Marlborough, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    9 Medway Rd, Milford, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    115 Turnpike St, North Andover, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    660 Merrill Rd, Pittsfield, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1250 Hancock St, Quincy, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    26 Galaxy Pass, Sutton, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    980 Paradise Rd Suite 2, Swampscott, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    573 Grand Army of the Republic Hwy, Swansea, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1030 Main St, Waltham, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    20 Rosebrook Pl #3, Wareham, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    978 Main St Unit 190, Weymouth, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - 1919

    51 Commerce Way, Plymouth, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - 9/27 Plaza

    221 N Main St, Natick, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Dedham Mall

    170 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Drum Hill Shopping Center

    90 Drum Hill Rd, Chelmsford, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Franklin Village Plaza

    268-B Franklin Village Drive, Franklin, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Lincoln Plaza

    525 Lincoln St, Worcester, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Little River Plaza

    437 E Main St, Westfield, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Mystic Mall

    158 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Randolph Village

    7 Warren St #12, Randolph, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Redstone Shopping Center

    67 Main St, Stoneham, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Route 30 Mall

    341 Cochituate Rd, Framingham, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - South Shore Place

    37 Forbes Rd, Braintree, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Station Landing

    65 Station Landing, Medford, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Village Shoppes of Canton

    95 Washington St, Canton, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Walpole Mall

    104 Providence Hwy Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Walpole, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Westford Valley Marketplace

    10 Cornerstone Square, Westford, MA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - White City Plaza

    20-7 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, MA

    peanut oilchain

Reported seed-oil free, fat not named

These venues are listed as avoiding seed oils without the source naming what they cook with instead. Worth a call rather than an assumption.

  • Dragonfly Cafe

    165 Thorndike St, Lowell, MA

    reported seed-oil free

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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