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Seed oil free restaurants in Michigan

Short answer

131 places in Michigan are reported to cook without seed oils: 94 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 37 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 Michigan

Elsewhere in Michigan

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

Champane’s Honeybee Grille
3817 S Lapeer Rd, Metamora, MI
beef tallowbutterolive oil
Filling Station
9260 Cooley Lake Rd, White Lake, MI
beef tallowlardgheebuttercoconut oil
Nourish Northern Michigan
329 N Main St, Cheboygan, MI
olive oil
Polish Countryside Kitchen
Behind Polish Art Center, S Kasson St, Cedar, MI
lard
Riverwalk Grill
777 W Cedar Ave, Gladwin, MI
beef tallow
Spruce and Ash
33043 Grand River Ave, Farmington, MI
beef tallowbutterolive oil
The Filling Station
9260 Cooley Lake Rd, White Lake, MI
beef tallow
Uncle Lyle’s Tavern
108 Tecumseh St, Dundee, MI
beef tallow
Buffalo Wild Wings
360 Albert St, East Lansing, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
2305 Snowdrift Dr, Gaylord, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
1766 N Telegraph Rd, Monroe, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
1904 S Mission St, Mount Pleasant, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
5648 Harvey St, Muskegon, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
1234 Walton Blvd, Rochester Hills, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
2690 Tittabawassee Rd, Saginaw, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
13655 Eureka Rd, Southgate, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
3480 W South Airport Rd, Traverse City, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
29287 Mound Rd, Warren, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
4050 Wilder Rd, Bay City, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
1264 Perry Ave, Big Rapids, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
8811 Birch Run Rd, Birch Run, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
22216 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
31205 Orchard Lake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
3190 Silver Lake Rd, Fenton, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
8251 Trillium Circle Avenue, Grand Blanc, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
10530 Hartland Square Dr., Hartland, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
900 S Latson Rd, Howell, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
770 N Lapeer Rd, Lake Orion, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
700 S Main St, Lapeer, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
2500 US-41 West, Marquette, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
6728 Eastman Ave, Midland, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
48 Market St, Mount Clemens, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
1965 Waabizhish Drive (Marten), Petoskey, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
500 S Main St, Royal Oak, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
4536 I-75 Business Spur, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
23117 Harper Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
44833 Mound Rd, Sterling Heights, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
8669 26 Mile Rd, Washington, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
5223 Highland Rd, Waterford Township, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings
6677 N Wayne Rd, Westland, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings - 15 Mile Rd
15745 15 Mile Rd, Clinton Twp, MI
beef tallowchain
Buffalo Wild Wings - Alpine Ave NW
3050 Alpine Ave NW, Walker, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
1501 Boardman Rd, Jackson, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
2468 Tittabawassee Rd, Saginaw, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
15765 Eureka Rd, Southgate, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
3501 Marketplace Cir, Traverse City, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
3475 Alpine Ave NW, Walker, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
11050 W. G. Rogell Dr., Romulus, MI
beef tallowchain
Outback Steakhouse
6435 Dixie Hwy, Village of Clarkston, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
3892 Baldwin Road, Auburn Hills, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
2655 Airport Road, Jackson, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
5371 W Main Street, Kalamazoo, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
5342 S Westnedge, Portage, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
23350 Allen Road, Woodhaven, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
5990 Beckley Road, Battle Creek, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
6259 Kalamazoo Avenue, Kentwood, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
5477 Clyde Park, Wyoming, MI
beef tallowchain
Steak n Shake
4120 Ellsworth Road, Ypsilanti, MI
beef tallowchain
sweetgreen
167 N Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI
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
1384 W Main St, Gaylord, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
5153 W Main St, Kalamazoo, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
1312 N Telegraph Rd, Monroe, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
1620 S Mission St, Mount Pleasant, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
5411 Harvey St, Muskegon, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
969 S Rochester Rd, Rochester Hills, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
1979 S Telegraph Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
35109 Southbound Gratiot Ave, Clinton Township, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
26691 Ford Rd, Dearborn Heights, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
3155 W Shr Dr, Holland, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys
3260 Niles Rd, St. Joseph, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Adams Marketplace
2544 S Adams Rd, Rochester, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Baldwin Square
3975 Baldwin Rd, Auburn Hills, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - East Brooke Commons
22641 Gratiot Ave, Eastpointe, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Grand River
623 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Haggerty Eight Center
20571 Haggerty Rd, Northville Township, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Heritage Village
29387 Mound Rd, Warren, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Independence Marketplace
23007 Outer Dr W, Allen Park, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Mill River Marketplace
17661 Hall Street, Macomb, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Southland Mall
6286 S Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI
peanut oilchain
Five Guys - Woodhaven Village Square
23414 Allen Rd, Woodhaven, MI
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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