Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Virginia

Short answer

171 places in Virginia are reported to cook without seed oils: 91 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 80 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 Virginia

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

  • Harvest Table

    3092 John Wayland Hwy, Dayton, VA

    butteravocado oil

  • Overlook Produce, Bakery & Deli

    609 Friedens Church Rd, Mount Crawford, VA

    beef tallow

  • Pure Eats

    107 N Main St, Lexington, VA

    beef tallow

  • Red Rose Pub

    515 Valley St, Scottsville, VA

    beef tallowbutterolive oilcoconut oil

  • Redemption BBQ and Market

    3420 Lauderdale Drive, Henrico, VA

    beef tallowlard

  • The Whole Ox

    8357 W Main St, Marshall, VA

    beef tallow

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    763 Nalles Mill Rd, Culpeper, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    3415 Riverside Dr, Danville, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    21980 Colorado Dr, Dulles, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    4201 Kilgore Ave, Hampton, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    10061 Market Circle, Manassas, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    420 Monticello Ave, Norfolk, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    5275 VA-7, Bailey's Crossroads, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    10107 Southpoint Parkway, Battlefield, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    460 Turner St NW, Blacksburg, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    240 Falls Blvd, Bristol, Bristol, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    12312 Bermuda Crossroad Ln, Chester, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    1403 S Main St, Farmville, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

    7386 Harbour Towne Pkwy, Suffolk, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    295 Peppers Ferry Rd NE, Christiansburg, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    111 Enterprise Dr, Danville, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    6651 Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    6419 Lee Hwy, Warrenton, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    5702 Union Mill Rd, Clifton, VA

    beef tallowchain

  • Outback Steakhouse

    365 Elden St, Herndon, VA

    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

    44650 Waxpool Rd, Ashburn, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    44795 Dulles Overlook Dr #100, Ashburn, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    95 Conston Ave NW, Christiansburg, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    15193 Montanus Dr, Culpeper, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Main Terminal, 1 Saarinen Cir b, Dulles, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4210 E Claiborne Square, Hampton, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    12210 W Broad St, Henrico, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    8366 Sudley Rd, Manassas, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    201 W 21st St #10, Norfolk, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6541 Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6441 Lee Hwy, Warrenton, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    703 England St B, Ashland, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    5761 Burke Centre Pkwy, Burke, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6017 Centreville Crest Ln, Centreville, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    14421 Chantilly Crossing Ln, Chantilly, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    14430 Hull Street Rd, Chesterfield, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    4226 Fortuna Ctr Plz, Dumfries, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    916 W Atlantic St a, Emporia, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    145 Riverton Commons Plaza, Front Royal, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1024 Seneca Rd #2, Great Falls, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6675 Turner Hl Rd, Haymarket, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    16398 B. Consumer Way, King George, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    6546 Little River Turnpike, Lincolnia, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    8971 Ox Rd #240, Lorton, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    7856 Tysons Corner Center, McLean, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    1015 E Atlantic St, South Hill, VA

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    46220 Potomac Run Plaza, Sterling, VA

    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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