Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in North Carolina

Short answer

151 places in North Carolina are reported to cook without seed oils: 95 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 47 fry in peanut oil, 9 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 North Carolina

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

  • Bread and Bottle

    120 S Pine St, Princeton, NC

    beef tallow

  • Foothills Butcher Bar & Kitchen

    107 Black Mountain Ave, Black Mountain, NC

    beef tallow

  • Hello, Sailor

    20210 Henderson Rd, Cornelius, NC

    beef tallow

  • Jebby's on 17

    United States, Hampstead, NC

    beef tallowlardduck fatbutterolive oilavocado oil

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2410 US Hwy 70 SE, Hickory, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5836 Samet Dr, High Point, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    6700 Knightdale Blvd, Knightdale, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2109 W Roosevelt Blvd, Monroe, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3102 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, New Bern, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    215 Ring Rd, Rocky Mount, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1519 E Innes St, Salisbury, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    130 S Equity Dr, Smithfield, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    421 Airport Rd, Arden, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    121 Grand Hill Pl, Holly Springs, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5136 Hwy 70 W, Morehead City, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    635 W Fleming Dr, Morganton, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1300 Village Market Place, Morrisville, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3098 S Horner Blvd, Sanford, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2800 Raleigh Rd Pkwy W, Wilson, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    2617 N Park Dr, Goldsboro, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    16400 Northcross Dr, Huntersville, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    9623 E Independence Blvd, Matthews, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    111 Howell Rd, New Bern, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    210 Gateway Blvd, Rocky Mount, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1020 E Innes St, Salisbury, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    911 Outlet Center Dr, Smithfield, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    8280 Valley Blvd, Blowing Rock, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    11756 Clayton Blvd, Clayton, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    250 Mitchelle Dr, Hendersonville, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    223 Wintergreen Dr, Lumberton, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    5220 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    979 Folger Dr, Statesville, NC

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2291 Spider Drive, Kannapolis, NC

    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

    17078 Nat Bynum Ln #1, Cornelius, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    602 N Berkeley Blvd, Goldsboro, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1520 US-70, Hickory, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1915 N Main St #109, High Point, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    9826 Gilead Rd Suite C-106, Huntersville, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1018 Shoppes At Midway Dr, Knightdale, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2304 Matthews Township Pkwy, Matthews, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2848 W Hwy 74, Monroe, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1075 Pine Plaza Dr, Apex, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1435 Blowing Rock Rd, Boone, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2570 Lewisville Clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    827 S Main St, Kernersville, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1203 S Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2028 Olde Regent Way, Leland, NC

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    113-1 Smith Ave, Shallotte, NC

    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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