Seed Oil Free Restaurants in Kansas City

Cooks in: No seed oils, whole kitchen (olive oil)

Their own site says it plainly: "We cook exclusively with olive oil and use no seed oils, because real food deserves better, cleaner ingredients." That's a whole-kitchen claim, not a single dish. Overland Park location.

Cooks in: Olive oil and avocado oil, whole kitchen

True Food Kitchen's public seed-oil elimination announcement, covered by Fast Casual, Nation's Restaurant News, and Food Ingredients First, states the chain switched to cooking exclusively with avocado and olive oil in 2022 and finished removing seed oils from every ingredient at all locations, including this one, by February 2025. We weren't able to pull the exact wording directly off their heavily-scripted page, so we're citing the trade coverage of their own announcement rather than a first-party quote. Country Club Plaza 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, so the clean claim covers the fryer, not the whole sandwich. 135th Street, Overland Park.

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 themselves come out clean; most wet sauces (Buffalo, Honey BBQ, Asian Zing) contain soybean oil, naked or dry-rub is the safer order. W 105th Street, Overland Park.

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 at all. Quivira Drive, Overland Park.

Cooks in: 100% beef tallow (fryer, fries and tots); butter for burgers and sandwiches

Steak 'n Shake's own transparency page names fries, tater tots, onion rings, and chicken tenders as fried in 100% beef tallow, and says burgers and sandwiches switched to Wisconsin butter. Their own page flags one nuance: the fries and tots are par-cooked at a manufacturer's facility before arriving at the restaurant, and buns still carry seed oil. Northeast Barry Road location, Kansas City, MO.

Cooks in: Peanut oil (fryer); beef patty has no added oil

Five Guys' published nutrition and allergen guide confirms fries are cooked exclusively in peanut oil and the fresh beef patty itself has no added oil. Peanut oil isn't a botanical seed oil but is refined similarly and runs about 32% omega-6, so this is a step up from soybean or canola, not a fully clean order. The bun (vegetable shortening) and mayo (soybean oil) are not clean. Metcalf Avenue location, Overland Park.

Cooks in: Beef tallow (confirmed for fries and wings specifically)

Sierra Grill's own posted menu names the fat directly for two items: the Garlic Fries with Parmesan are "fried in beef tallow until golden & crispy," and the Jumbo Chicken Wings are fried in beef tallow too. The menu doesn't state a fat for the wood-fired steaks or the rest of the menu, so treat this as a two-item confirmation, not a whole-kitchen claim. Lenexa City Center location.

Cooks in: Olive oil named for specific pizzas (white pizzas)

Pizza Tascio's own menu names olive oil as an ingredient on its white pizzas, for example the White Ricotta Pizza: "Olive oil, ricotta, mozzarella, garlic, and fresh basil." Their red-sauce pizzas and other menu items don't have a published oil breakdown, so this is a specific-dish confirmation, not a kitchen-wide claim. North Kansas City location.