Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Nashville

Cooks in: Beef tallow (fries, bread service, dessert caramel)

SoBro steakhouse. Their own menu names beef tallow across several dishes: Beef Tallow Fries, a tableside Beef Tallow Candle infused with rosemary, thyme, and garlic for the bread basket, and Beef Tallow Bourbon Caramel on the bread pudding. Multiple confirmed items, though not a single whole-kitchen statement.

Cooks in: Beef tallow, all fried items

Tennessee sports-grille chain with a Franklin location plus several Nashville-area spots (Bellevue, Germantown). Their own menu states directly, "All items fried in beef tallow!" a whole-fryer claim. Non-fried items (grilled, baked) aren't covered by this specific claim.

Cooks in: 100% beef tallow (fries)

Wagyu smash burger concept inside The Arcade downtown. Their own menu names "100% Beef Tallow fries." The menu is intentionally short (burger and fries); the tallow claim covers the fries specifically.

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole kitchen

Their own About page states directly: "We're also proud to serve clean food that's free from artificial ingredients, preservatives, and seed oils." Nashville Italian restaurant at L&L Market, 3826 Charlotte Ave. Old proofHref (pennepazze.com) is dead; corrected to the restaurant's current domain, pennepazze.net.

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole menu

Their own site states directly: "our items contain no seed oils, no refined sugars, no gums, no carrageenans, no preservatives, no fake colors, and no fake flavors," and describes itself as "proudly seed oil free." Juice, smoothie, and bowl café with a Brentwood (Nashville metro) location. Old proofHref (eroselife.com) is dead; corrected to the restaurant's current domain, eandrose.com.

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole menu

Their own site lists "Seed oil free / Seed Oil Scout Verified" among its commitments. Organic market, café, coffee and wine bar, and in-house bakery in Franklin, TN (Nashville metro, ~20 miles south). Old proofHref (herbanmarket.com, no hyphen removed) pointed to an unrelated cannabis dispensary in Washington state, not this restaurant; corrected to the restaurant's actual domain, herbanmarket.co.

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. Sweetgreen's own published Nutrition + Allergens Guide shows several dressings, including Balsamic Vinaigrette and Caesar, list sunflower oil (a seed oil) as an ingredient, not olive oil, so dressings and toppings aren't confirmed under this claim. Multiple 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 Nashville metro locations.

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole store

Berry Hill/Melrose organic farm market, butcher shop, and deli. Their own site lists "No seed oils" as the first item under their "Clean Food Promise," alongside no artificial preservatives or dyes and no unnecessary fillers, a store-wide sourcing standard rather than a single-dish claim.

Cooks in: Beef tallow shoestring fries

Downtown Nashville restaurant. Their own menu names "beef tallow shoestring fries" repeatedly, as a standalone side and paired with the Reuben, French Dip, Wagyu smash burger, grilled chicken sandwich, and steak frites skewers. That's the only cooking-fat claim on the site, covering the fries specifically, not a kitchen-wide policy.

Cooks in: Beef fat fried potatoes

Sylvan Park/The Nations butcher shop and kitchen. Their own menu names "beef fat fried potatoes" (Yukon golds, kosher salt, garlic mayo) as a side item. That's the only cooking-fat claim on the site, covering that dish specifically, not a kitchen-wide policy.

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. Nashville metro location at Carothers Parkway in Franklin.

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. Nashville location at Nashville West Center on Charlotte Pike (a standard sit-down location, not the takeout-only BWW Go format, which uses soybean oil).