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Seed oil free restaurants in Philadelphia, PA

Short answer

13 places in Philadelphia, PA are reported to cook without seed oils: 9 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 4 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.

Cooking with animal fats and fruit oils

Beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil — the fats a kitchen chooses deliberately, and the clearest signal available from outside it.

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

    1516 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA

    beef tallowchain

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

    3541 Aramingo Ave, Philadelphia, PA

    beef tallowchain

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

    5597 Tulip St, Philadelphia, PA

    beef tallowchain

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

    8914 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA

    beef tallowchain

  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

    3110 W Cheltenham Ave, Philadelphia, PA

    beef tallowchain

  • sweetgreen - Chestnut St

    1821 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen - Market St

    1601 Market St, Philadelphia, PA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    924 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA

    olive oilchain

  • sweetgreen - University of Pennsylvania

    3925 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA

    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

    1527 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1717 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2552 Grant Ave, Philadelphia, PA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3714 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA

    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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