Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in New Jersey

Short answer

107 places in New Jersey are reported to cook without seed oils: 56 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 51 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 New Jersey

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

  • Artemio’s Prime and Proper

    1131 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Ringwood, NJ

    beef tallowduck fatbutterolive oilavocado oil

  • Burger & Butcher

    37 Woodport Rd, Sparta, NJ

    beef tallowavocado oil

  • Cinders Wood Fire Grill

    319 US-46, Mine Hill Township, NJ

    beef tallow

  • CJ's BBQ: Burgers and Tenders

    1250 NJ-50, Woodbine, NJ

    beef tallow

  • First Watch

    38 Farm Vw, Montvale, NJ

    olive oil

  • FITfoodNJ

    Online orders only, Howell, NJ

    gheebutterolive oilcoconut oil

  • Fudgarten

    1636 Palisade Ave, Fort Lee, NJ

    butterolive oilavocado oilcoconut oil

  • Margate Dairy Bar & Burger

    9510 Ventnor Ave, Margate City, NJ

    gheebutterolive oil

  • Mostly from Scratch Meals

    Englewood, NJ

    gheebutterolive oilavocado oilcoconut oil

  • Springbone Kitchen

    321 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, NJ

    butterolive oil

  • The Curry Creations

    1 Brook Hollow Rd, Piscataway, NJ

    butterolive oil

  • The Raging Bull

    6007 Mansion Blvd, Pennsauken, NJ

    beef tallow

  • Tony Beef

    17 Bethel Rd, Somers Point, NJ

    beef tallowbutter

  • Tonydoms

    529 Morris Ave, Summit, NJ

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    180 RT 35 S, Eatontown, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    180 NJ-35, Eatontown, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    144 NJ-31, Flemington, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    627 Berlin - Cross Keys Rd, Gloucester Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    4311 Black Horse Pike, Hamilton, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2164 N 2nd St, Millville, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1598 Nixon Dr, Moorestown, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2241 US-1, North Brunswick Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    970 US-22, Bridgewater, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1135 W Edgar Rd, Linden, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    167 US-9, Marlboro, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3465 US-1, Princeton, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    625 US-1, Woodbridge Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1709 Deptford Center Rd, Deptford, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    481 US-1, Edison, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    901 Rte 73 S, Evesham, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    4231 Black Horse Pike, Hamilton, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1397 US-9, Old Bridge, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1070 US-46, Roxbury Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    901 Mountain Ave, Springfield, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1538 NJ-23, Butler, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    230 Lake Dr E, Cherry Hill, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    98 US-22, Green Brook Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    740 US-130, Hamilton Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    740 NJ-35, Middletown Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    1300 US-46, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    194 North Dr #17, Rochelle Park, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    455 Harmon Meadow Blvd., Secaucus, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    4600 NJ-42, Washington Township, NJ

    beef tallowchain

  • sweetgreen

    500 Rte 73 S, Evesham, NJ

    olive oilchain

  • True Food Kitchen

    1521B US-1, Edison, NJ

    olive oilavocado 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

    2000 Clements Bridge Rd, Deptford, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1 American Dream Wy Level 2, East Rutherford, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    54 NJ-17, East Rutherford, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    75 Reaville Ave, Flemington, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    493 Berlin - Cross Keys Rd, Gloucester Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2180 N 2nd St, Millville, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1650 Nixon Dr, Moorestown, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    507 Shoppes Blvd, North Brunswick Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1114 US-9, Old Bridge, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    461 NJ-10, Roxbury Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    201 US-22, Springfield, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1311 NJ-37, Toms River, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    720 White Horse Pike, Absecon, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    301 Bayonne Crossing Way, Bayonne, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2026 Marlton Pike W b, Cherry Hill Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    270 US-206, Chester, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    127G US-130, Cinnaminson, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1341 Fairview Blvd Suite G, Delran, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3056 NJ-10 C1, Denville, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    50 Racetrack Rd, East Brunswick, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    240 NJ-10, East Hanover, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    540 US-130, East Windsor, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    7 Scotch Rd, Ewing Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    701 Frank E Rodgers Blvd S, Harrison, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    415 Amwell Rd, Hillsborough Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4220 US-9, Howell Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    233 Main St, Madison, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    161 NJ-73, Marlton, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Mercerville, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    47 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2100 88th St, North Bergen, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2301 NJ-66, Ocean Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    15 Schalks Crossing Rd #104, Plainsboro Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1300 NJ-17, Ramsey, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3151 Rte 9 S, Rio Grande, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    367 Mt Hope Ave, Rockaway Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    747 Broad St, Shrewsbury, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    5020 Hadley Center Dr, South Plainfield, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2933 Vauxhall Rd, Union, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1902 NJ-35, Wall Township, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1701-54 US-22, Watchung, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    495 Prospect Ave, West Orange, NJ

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    21 E Broad St, Westfield, NJ

    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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