Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Oregon

Short answer

50 places in Oregon are reported to cook without seed oils: 29 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 21 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 Oregon

Elsewhere in Oregon

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

  • Cynthia's Home Sweet Home

    1038 NW 6th St, Grants Pass, OR

    lardbutter

  • Lil' Cooperstown Bar & Grill

    19052 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR

    lardbutterolive oil

  • Lil' Cooperstown Bar & Grill

    1817 Willamette Falls Drive, West Linn, OR

    lardbutterolive oil

  • Terra Kitchen

    509 Southwest 6th Street, Redmond, OR

    olive oilcoconut oil

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1820 NW 9th St, Corvallis, OR

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2219 NE Allie Ave, Hillsboro, OR

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings - NE Glisan St

    22849 NE Glisan St, Wood Village, OR

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    6260 Keizer Station Blvd, Keizer, OR

    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

    845 NW 9th St, Corvallis, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    19574 Molalla Ave, Oregon City, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2050 8th Ave, West Linn, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2595 SE Burnside Rd, Gresham, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4205 E Crestview Dr Suite 133, Newberg, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Johnson Creek

    8963 SE 82nd Ave, Happy Valley, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Mulholland Dr

    1500 NW Mulholland Dr, Roseburg, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Oak Grove

    15129 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Milwaukie, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Sunnyside Drive

    17105 SE Sunnyside Rd Suite 134, Happy Valley, OR

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Tanasbourne Village

    2343 NW 185th Ave, Hillsboro, OR

    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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