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Seed oil free restaurants in Kansas

Short answer

33 places in Kansas are reported to cook without seed oils: 18 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 15 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 Kansas

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

  • Do-B's

    704 E 12th Ave, Emporia, KS

    beef tallowbutterolive oilavocado oilcoconut oil
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2624 Iowa St, Lawrence, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1231 Moro St, Manhattan, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2580 S 9th St, Salina, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1227 SW Wanamaker Rd, Topeka, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1918 N Rock Rd, Derby, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1710 N Waldron St, Hutchinson, KS

    beef tallowchain
  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5041 S 4th St, Leavenworth, KS

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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

    3015 S 9th St, Salina, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    1191 SW Wanamaker Rd, Topeka, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    11900 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Barkley St

    5922 Barkley St #101, Mission, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Broadway Plaza

    2040 W 31st St b, Lawrence, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - The Legends at Village West

    1803 Village West Pkwy, Kansas City, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Tuttle Creek Blvd

    518 Tuttle Creek Blvd #120, Manhattan, KS

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - University Plaza

    3930 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS

    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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