Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in West Virginia

Short answer

27 places in West Virginia are reported to cook without seed oils: 21 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 6 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 West Virginia

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    45 Betten Ct, Bridgeport, WV

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    Lakeview Shopping Center, Parkersburg, WV

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    4 Northridge Rd, Buckhannon, WV

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    70 Nitro Market Pl, Cross Lanes, WV

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    6 Walmart Dr, Moundsville, WV

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  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    214 Cross Rd Dr, Mount Hope, WV

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  • Outback Steakhouse

    3000 Meadowbrook Mall Rd, Bridgeport, WV

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  • Outback Steakhouse

    105 Grand Central Mall, Parkersburg, WV

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  • Outback Steakhouse

    111 Hylton Ln, Beckley, WV

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  • Outback Steakhouse

    311 Greasy Ridge Rd, Princeton, WV

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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

    4161 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane, WV

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  • Five Guys - Potomac Marketplace

    38 Joshua M. Freeman Blvd, Ranson, WV

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  • Five Guys - The Highlands

    450 Cabela Dr, Triadelphia, WV

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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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