Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Washington

Short answer

102 places in Washington are reported to cook without seed oils: 65 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 33 fry in peanut oil, 4 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 Washington

Elsewhere in Washington

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

  • Hook & Cleaver

    714 2nd Street, Mukilteo, WA

    beef tallow

  • Iscreamery

    7806 Pioneer Way, Gig Harbor, WA

    beef tallowbutterolive oilcoconut oil

  • Jeremy's Farm to Table

    576 West Main Street, Chehalis, WA

    butter

  • MARKET Seafood Eatery

    508 Main St, Edmonds, WA

    olive oil

  • Sano Cafe

    7605 SE 27th St, Mercer Island, WA

    olive oilcoconut oil

  • Sonora Steak

    23846 SE Kent Kangley Rd, Maple Valley, WA

    beef tallow

  • Taylor Shellfish Farms Inc

    130 Southeast Lynch Road, Shelton, WA

    butter

  • The Local

    307 E Yelm Ave, Yelm, WA

    beef tallowbutterolive oil

  • The Ranch by Royal Family Farming

    301 Vantage Hwy, Vantage, WA

    beef tallow

  • The Skagit Table

    225 South 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA

    buttercoconut oil

  • Via Rosa 11 Italian

    10320 NE Valley Rd, Bainbridge Island, WA

    butterolive oil

  • Vortex Juice Bar and Cafe

    135 Lopez Rd, Lopez Island, WA

    butterolive oil

  • Zullee (Kabob House)

    2762 Duportail St, Richland, WA

    olive oil

  • Zullee (Kabob House)

    2706 W Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima, WA

    olive oil

  • Atilano's Mexican Food

    12526 West Sunset Highway, Airway Heights, WA

    lardchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1402 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2005 S 320th St, Federal Way, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    22606 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    10121 Evergreen Wy, Everett, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    6819 W Canal Dr, Kennewick, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    2709 Bickford Ave, Snohomish, WA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    2412 Rudkin Rd, Union Gap, WA

    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

    1111 228th St SE, Bothell, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1928 S Commons, Federal Way, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2671 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1901 S 1st St #100, Yakima, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1870 Marketplace Dr, Burlington, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    755 NW Gilman Blvd, Issaquah, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4022 Pacific Ave SE, Lacey, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    5605 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    14650 N Kelsey St, Monroe, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    910 N 10th Pl a, Renton, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    10061 Kitsap Mall Blvd NW, Silverdale, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3626 Market Pl W Suite 2, University Place, WA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    13620 NE 175th St #112, Woodinville, WA

    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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