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Seed oil free restaurants in Bellevue, WA

Short answer

4 places in Bellevue, WA are reported to cook without seed oils: 3 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 1 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.

Cooking with animal fats and fruit oils

Beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil — the fats a kitchen chooses deliberately, and the clearest signal available from outside it.

  • John Howie Steak

    11111 NE 8th St, 125, Bellevue, WA

    beef tallow

  • Sano

    453 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA

    olive oilcoconut oil

  • Outback Steakhouse

    15100 SE 38th St, Bellevue, WA

    beef tallowchain

Reported seed-oil free, fat not named

Listed as avoiding seed oils without the source naming what they cook with instead. Worth a call rather than an assumption.

  • Sweet Alchemy Ice Creamery Bellevue

    910 106th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, WA

    reported seed-oil free

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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