Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Seattle

Cooks in: Beef tallow (fries)

Mercer Island burger spot (a Downtown Seattle location is announced but not yet open). Their own menu names "Tallow Fries" and states "Cooked in 100% beef tallow." Locally sourced grass-fed beef. Only the fries are confirmed; the fried chicken sandwich's cooking oil isn't specified.

Cooks in: Beef fat (one named fries dish); rest of menu not confirmed

Upscale steakhouse/butcher shop/bar concept on Westlake Ave in South Lake Union, from the Sugar Mountain restaurant group. The restaurant's own menu (mirrored on Yelp) lists a specific dish named "Beef Fat Fries." No broader seed-oil-free claim is made anywhere on the restaurant's own site.

Cooks in: Ghee and olive oil (pans), beef tallow (deep fryer)

Belltown diner and 24-hour Seattle institution. LocalFats.com, a community-maintained directory of seed-oil-free restaurants, lists ghee and olive oil for pan cooking and beef tallow for the deep fryer. The restaurant's own site doesn't publish a written cooking-fat statement (its menu is image-based), so this claim is sourced from the directory rather than a first-party page.

Cooks in: Extra-virgin olive oil (house-baked bread)

Capitol Hill Italian wine bar. Its own menu states the house-baked bread is served with a seasonal spread and extra-virgin olive oil. That's the only cooking-fat claim on the site, covering the bread service specifically, not a kitchen-wide policy.

Cooks in: Clarified butter and olive oil (pans/grill), beef tallow (deep fryer)

Lower Queen Anne cafe and tavern since 1929. Its own menu states three separate times: "We avoid cooking with industrial seed oils. We instead use clarified butter & olive oil in pans and on the grill, and deep fry with beef tallow." The menu also carries a QR code linking to an explainer on the benefits of beef tallow.

Cooks in: No seed oils (whole-menu commitment)

Eastside health-focused cafe with locations in Bellevue and Kirkland. Its own site lists "No Seed Oils" as a core brand commitment alongside "Only Organic" ingredients, stated as a whole-menu policy rather than a single dish.

Cooks in: Wagyu beef fat (fries only)

Bellevue steakhouse. Both the dinner and bar menus name "Wagyu Beef Fat Truffle Fries" and "house cut wagyu beef fat fries" on the American Wagyu Steak Frites. That's the only cooking-fat claim on the site, covering the fries specifically, not a kitchen-wide policy.

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 Seattle area 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 Seattle metro locations.