Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Denver

Cooks in: Beef tallow (fries)

Denver food truck serving Belgian-style friets, poutine, and smashburgers, based at 2001 Chestnut Pl with regular stops including the Cherry Creek Farmers' Market. Their own site names "Beef Tallow Fries" directly. Only the fries are confirmed; burgers and other items aren't covered by this claim.

Cooks in: No seed oils, per their own site; specific replacement fat not stated

Boulder County craft barbecue vendor, regularly at the Boulder Farmers Market plus the Lafayette Farmers Market, NoBo Arts District First Fridays, and The Rayback Collective. Their own site states "100% regeneratively-ranched beef · pasture-raised pork · organic, local vegetables · NO SEED OILS · NO GMOs," a whole-menu claim, though no specific replacement fat is named anywhere on the site.

Cooks in: Olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil, whole kitchen

The first restaurant in the United States to receive formal Seed Oil Free Alliance (SOFA) certification, awarded July 2024. Founder Jennifer Peters states the restaurant has "been seed oil-free since the day we opened our doors in 2017." SOFA's certification requires no seed oils used anywhere in the establishment, verified by independent lab testing, and names olive, avocado, and coconut oil as the restaurant's replacement oils. Denver (LoHi) and Boulder locations.

Cooks in: Grass-fed beef tallow (Saturday burger fries), rest of menu unconfirmed

Berkeley neighborhood butcher shop and restaurant built around regenerative, grass-fed sourcing. Their own site confirms one specific claim: hand-cut fries and sweet potato fries for the Saturday burger special are cooked in grass-fed beef tallow. A broader "completely seed-oil-free facility" claim is not stated anywhere on their own site, Instagram, or in local press; that language traced back to a directory listing, not the restaurant itself, so it isn't repeated here.

Cooks in: Duck fat and lard (potatoes); butter or olive oil for vegetarian/vegan, whole kitchen

Denver breakfast and lunch spot. Their own ingredients page states directly, "we only use ingredients that your great grandmother would recognize, so NO vegetable/seed oils," and that potatoes are fried in pure animal fat (duck fat or lard), with butter or olive oil for vegetarian and vegan orders. A whole-kitchen policy stated in the restaurant's own words. Uptown and Union Station locations (the old onefolddenver.com domain and its LoHi/Barnum location listing are outdated; the site now runs at eatonefold.com).

Cooks in: Avocado oil and olive oil, whole menu

Fox Restaurant Concepts' wellness-focused chain. True Food Kitchen went 100% seed-oil-free chain-wide in February 2025, exclusively cooking with avocado and olive oil across all locations and its full menu. Denver location in Cherry Creek.

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

Steakburger chain. Steak 'n Shake switched its fryers to 100% beef tallow chain-wide and publishes a dedicated transparency page documenting it, covering fries, onion rings, and other fried items. Denver-metro location at River Point Parkway, Sheridan.

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

Wings and sports bar chain. Standard US sit-down locations have fried in beef shortening (100% beef tallow) since 2017, confirmed in the chain's own allergen documentation. The wings themselves come out of the fryer seed-oil-free; most wet sauces (Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Asian Zing) contain soybean oil, so naked or dry-rub orders are the clean choice. Denver location in the Central Park neighborhood (standard sit-down, not the takeout-only BWW Go format, which uses soybean oil).

Cooks in: Extra-virgin olive oil and avocado oil (roasted proteins/vegetables)

Salad and grain bowl chain. Sweetgreen switched to EVOO and avocado oil for roasted proteins and vegetables, per the CEO's public statement and reporting. Dressings and toppings aren't confirmed under this claim. Multiple Denver locations.

Cooks in: Olive oil (Crazy Feta dip only); falafel/pita chips/pita crisps fried in canola oil

Mediterranean fast-casual chain. Cava's own 2017 statement to the Vegetarian Resource Group confirms falafel, pita chips, and pita crisps are fried in canola oil. The only item Cava's current published ingredients page names olive oil for is the Crazy Feta dip; hummus, harissa, tzatziki, and the grilled proteins aren't broken out by oil type in anything Cava has published. Multiple Denver metro locations.

Cooks in: Beef tallow (fryers), avocado oil (potatoes), butter (eggs), whole kitchen

30-year Boulder breakfast and brunch institution. Their own site states directly, "The Buff Restaurant is seed oil free," and names beef tallow in the fryers, avocado oil on potatoes, and butter in eggs. A whole-kitchen policy in the restaurant's own words. Their site returns a 403 to automated fetch tools (Cloudflare bot-block), but the exact quote is independently corroborated in Google's own crawl of the page.

Cooks in: Seed-oil-free kitchen, whole menu

Daytime cafe concept inside Nurture, a wellness space near Sloan's Lake. Their own site states, "Nest Cafe hosts a seed oil free kitchen," as a whole-menu claim. Listed as "Nest Cafe," the name the claim is actually attached to on their own site (some directories list this address as "Rewild," an evening concept in the same space, but no seed-oil statement naming Rewild specifically was found).