Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Ohio

Short answer

213 places in Ohio are reported to cook without seed oils: 147 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 66 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 Ohio

Elsewhere in Ohio

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

  • Buckeye Pub & Grub

    71 Jefferson St, Norwalk, OH

    beef tallow

  • Dudley's in Damascus

    15986 Salem-Alliance Rd, Damascus, OH

    beef tallow

  • Harvester Farm to Table

    142 S Broadway St, Blanchester, OH

    beef tallow

  • Jimmy Neno’s Pizzeria & Taproom

    7172 Warren - Sharon Rd, Brookfield Center, OH

    beef tallowolive oil

  • Lori’s American Grille

    1711 OH-28 Building 1, Goshen, OH

    beef tallow

  • Perrysville C-Store

    200 W 3rd St, Perrysville, OH

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5020 Tiedeman Rd, Brooklyn, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    239 Midway Blvd, Elyria, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2776 Centre Dr, Fairborn, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3417 Princeton Rd, Hamilton, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    200 Biggs Blvd, Harrison, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1710 Hilliard Rome Rd, Hilliard, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    176 E Main St, Kent, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1283 N Memorial Dr, Lancaster, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1573 Marion-Mt Gilead Rd, Marion, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3429 Towne Blvd, Middletown, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3878 Attucks Dr, Powell, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    2386 Taylor Square Dr, Reynoldsburg, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    50725 Ohio Valley Pl, Saint Clairsville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1830 E Main St, Ashland, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    32914 Walker Rd, Avon Lake, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    6340 Prentiss School Dr, Canal Winchester, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    475 N Houk Rd, Delaware, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    891 S Main St, Englewood, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1380 Cherry Bottom Rd, Gahanna, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    215 Upper River Rd, Gallipolis, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    262 E Stroop Rd, Kettering, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    651 Colemans Crossing Blvd, Marysville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    235 Lincoln Way W, Massillon, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    907 Coshocton Ave, Mount Vernon, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1072 W High Ave, New Philadelphia, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3555 Navarre Ave, Oregon, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    50725 Valley Frontage Road, Richland, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    9243 Schulze Dr, West Chester Township, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    807 Polaris Pkwy, Westerville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    143 Fairway Dr, Wilmington, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    7401 Market St, 801, Youngstown, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    725 Howe Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    820 N Lexington-Springmill Rd, Mansfield, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    5555 Youngstown Warren Rd, Niles, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    50575 Valley Frontage Rd, Saint Clairsville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    17602 Royalton Rd, Strongsville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    24900 Sperry Dr, Westlake, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    6100 Rockside Pl, Independence, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    8250 Macedonia Commons Blvd, Macedonia, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    7530 Foster Ln, Wetherington, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    889 N Bridge Street, Chillicothe, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    5300 Abbe Road, Elyria, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2856 Center Drive, Fairborn, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    3635 Data Point Court, Hilliard, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1487 Victor Road NW, Lancaster, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    115 Stander Avenue, Mansfield, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    2081 Marion-Mt Gilead Road, Marion, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    3170 Towne Boulevard, Middletown, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    5555 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    8800 Owenfield Drive, Powell, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    3615 N Ridge East, Ashtabula, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    741 E. State Street, Athens, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    3316 Center Road, Brunswick, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1445 North 21st Street, Newark, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    1780 Hill Road N, Pickerington, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    50840 Valley Frontage Road, St. Clairsville, OH

    beef tallowchain

  • Steak n Shake

    914 Zane Street, Zanesville, OH

    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

    4824 Ridge Rd, Brooklyn, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1251 R1, N Bridge St, Chillicothe, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    753 Howe Ave, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3431 Princeton Rd, Hamilton, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    609 Ring Rd, Harrison, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    623 E Main St, Kent, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2078 OH-256, Reynoldsburg, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    15171 Pearl Rd, Strongsville, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    30297 Detroit Rd, Westlake, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    107 S Canfield-Niles Rd, Austintown, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    36050-A Detroit Rd, Avon, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3286 Pentagon Park Blvd, Beavercreek, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2170 Millennium Blvd, Cortland, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3863 Medina Rd, Fairlawn, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    709 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    8607 Columbus Pike, Lewis Center, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3292 Elida Rd, Lima, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3000 Cooper Foster Park Rd, Lorain, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1237 SOM Ctr Rd, Mayfield Heights, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4184 Pearl Rd, Medina, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    17695 Bagley Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6652 Strip Ave NW, North Canton, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    26037 Lorain Rd, North Olmsted, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2743 Edmondson Rd, Norwood, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    994 N Lexington-Springmill Rd, Ontario, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    3100 Westgate Mall Dr, Rocky River, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    10090 Olde US 20, Rossford, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    13971 Cedar Rd, South Euclid, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    810 E Kemper Rd, Springdale, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    2393 Niles Cortland Rd SE, Warren, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4025 Richmond Rd, Warrensville Heights, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    35085 Euclid Ave, Willoughby, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4299 Burbank Rd, Wooster, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    7105 N High St, Worthington, OH

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys Centerville

    1004 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Washington Township, OH

    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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