Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in North Dakota

Short answer

18 places in North Dakota are reported to cook without seed oils: 12 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 North Dakota

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

  • Rolling Hills Restaurant

    3825 I-94BL, Mandan, ND

    beef tallow

  • Silver Dollar Flying Pig Grill

    221 Sheyenne St, West Fargo, ND

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2717 S Columbia Rd, Grand Forks, ND

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3820 S Broadway, Minot, ND

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3545 W Ridge Dr, Dickinson, ND

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    417 Reiger Dr, Williston, ND

    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

    3321 32nd Ave S, Grand Forks, ND

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3300 16th St SW, Minot, ND

    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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