Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Columbus

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole kitchen (grass-fed beef tallow)

Their own post states it plainly: "100% seed-oil-free, using only high-heat-stable fats like 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef tallow," adding "we've eliminated seed oils entirely. Every fry, sear, and sauté happens in clean, stable, nutrient-rich fats." A whole-kitchen commitment, not one dish. Short North location.

Cooks in: Beef tallow (fries)

Their own site says: "Our fresh-cut fries are cooked in beef tallow, just like the golden era of the 1950s." That covers the fries specifically, the rest of the menu isn't addressed. North High Street location.

Cooks in: 100% beef tallow (fryers, chain-wide)

Steak 'n Shake converted its fryers to 100% beef tallow chain-wide and documents it on a dedicated transparency page, covering fries, onion rings, and other fried sides. Polaris Parkway location.

Cooks in: Beef shortening/tallow (fryer); most wet sauces contain soybean oil

Buffalo Wild Wings was founded in Columbus in 1982, and its standard US sit-down locations have fried in beef shortening (100% beef tallow) since 2017, per the chain's own allergen documentation. The wings come out of the fryer clean; most wet sauces (Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Asian Zing) contain soybean oil, naked or dry-rub is the safer order.

Cooks in: Steaks cooked with butter (confirmed); Bloomin' Onion reportedly fried in tallow, not company-confirmed

Bloomin' Brands' VP of R&D confirmed on the record, "We cook our steaks with butter." The Bloomin' Onion's beef tallow fryer is widely reported by food outlets but has no named Outback source behind it, and there's no sourced claim for the fries. East Main Street location.