Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Utah

Short answer

64 places in Utah are reported to cook without seed oils: 45 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 18 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 Utah

Elsewhere in Utah

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

  • Aubergine Kitchen

    499 E 12300 S, Draper, UT

    olive oilavocado oil

  • Aubergine Kitchen

    103 Park Ln, Farmington, UT

    olive oilavocado oil

  • Aubergine Kitchen

    1106 N Cyn Crk Pkwy, Spanish Fork, UT

    olive oilavocado oil

  • Daylight Donuts

    649 N Redwood Rd, Saratoga Springs, UT

    beef tallow

  • Edna’s Market & Grille

    250 W Center St, Provo, UT

    beef tallowolive oil

  • Greenhouse Salad Co

    1181 N Canyon Rd, Provo, UT

    olive oil

  • Harvest Grill

    27 N Main St, Ephraim, UT

    avocado oil

  • Mountain Wellness Bar

    32 S Main St, Heber City, UT

    ghee

  • Peach City

    306 N Main St, Brigham City, UT

    lard

  • Vessel Kitchen

    320 N Central Ave, Farmington, UT

    beef tallowghee

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    43 E 1400 N, Logan, UT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    702 W Riverdale Rd, Riverdale, UT

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    11332 River Heights Dr, South Jordan, UT

    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

    487 E 12300 S a, Draper, UT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    529 E 1000 N, Spanish Fork, UT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    255 N 500 W a, Bountiful, UT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Bridgerland Square

    1077 N Main St #120, Logan, UT

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys - Jordan Landing

    7168 Plaza Center Dr, West Jordan, UT

    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.

  • Contento Cafe

    2280 S W Temple St, South Salt Lake, UT

    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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