Seed Oil Free Restaurants in San Antonio

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole kitchen (avocado oil and EVOO)

Iron Cactus states directly on its own site: "Both our Austin and San Antonio kitchens now cook exclusively with premium oils like avocado and extra virgin olive oil. No canola, soybean, corn, or other industrial seed oils." That covers fajitas, enchiladas, tortilla chips, and sauces, not one dish. River Walk location, seed-oil-free since 1996 under this standard, Seed Oil Scout certified.

Cooks in: Beef tallow for fries and fried proteins

Their own menu page states: "We proudly fry our fries and fried proteins in beef tallow." That's a broad claim covering most fried items, though it isn't phrased as a whole-kitchen guarantee, sauces and non-fried preparations aren't addressed. Farm-to-fork restaurant at the Shops at La Cantera.

Cooks in: 100% refined peanut oil (fryer)

Chick-fil-A's published ingredient documentation confirms the fryer runs on 100% refined peanut oil, a legume oil with a different fatty-acid profile than soybean or canola. Soybean oil still shows up in their sauces, crispy chicken breading, and buns, so the fryer claim doesn't extend to the whole sandwich. De Zavala Road 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. West Loop 1604 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, confirmed in 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, so naked or dry-rub orders are the safer call. South Zarzamora location.

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

Bloomin' Brands' own VP of R&D told Tasting Table, "We cook our steaks with butter," specifically to knock down a viral tallow rumor, so that part is on the record. The Bloomin' Onion frying in beef tallow is widely reported by food outlets but has no named Outback source behind it, and we found no sourced claim at all for the fries. Treat the steak claim as solid and the rest as unconfirmed. I-10 West location.