Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Pittsburgh

Cooks in: No refined oils; ghee, butter, or avocado oil only (per directory listing, not directly confirmed on their own site)

Flagged here with a lower confidence tag than our usual bar: multiple directories (LocalFats.com and others) consistently describe this cafe as using "no refined oils or refined sugars, only ghee, butter, or avocado oils," but we could not pull that exact language directly off their own website or Facebook page ourselves, both returned incomplete content when we checked. The claim is specific and repeated enough across sources that it's likely accurate, but we're labeling it as directory-sourced rather than first-party-verified. Worth a call to the cafe (412-552-8789) to confirm directly before relying on it. Bloomfield location.

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

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. Home Drive location.

Cooks in: 100% refined peanut oil (fryer)

Chick-fil-A's published ingredient documentation confirms the fryer runs on 100% refined peanut oil. Soybean oil still shows up in their sauces, crispy chicken breading, and buns, the clean claim stops at the fryer. McKnight Road location.

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. Coraopolis location.

Cooks in: 100% refined peanut oil (fryer only)

Five Guys' own site states its fries are cooked in 100% refined peanut oil, in fryers that cook nothing else. The beef patty has no added oil, per the chain's published nutrition and allergen guide. The bun and the standard mayonnaise are soybean-oil based, so the clean claim covers the fries and the patty, not the full sandwich. North Fayette location.

Cooks in: Crazy Feta dip made with olive oil (confirmed); falafel, pita chips, and pita crisps fried in canola oil

Cava's published ingredients page names olive oil for exactly one item: the Crazy Feta dip (whipped feta, jalapeño, onion, olive oil). Everything fried at Cava, the falafel, pita chips, and pita crisps, is cooked in canola oil, per Cava's own 2017 statement to the Vegetarian Resource Group. Hummus, harissa, tzatziki, and the grilled chicken and steak don't have a published oil type. Order the Crazy Feta as a side and skip the fried items. Oakland location, near Pitt.

Cooks in: Cooked to order with olive oil (standard menu)

SoFresh's own homepage states its food is "cooked to order with olive oil" as a chain-wide claim, not hedged to a single item. We could not find a published ingredient list breaking out every sauce and dressing individually, so treat specials and packaged add-ons as unconfirmed. Downtown location at 5 PPG Place.