A hand-verified guide to NYC restaurants that cook with tallow, butter, olive oil, and other traditional fats — plus how to order clean at the national chains, wherever you are.
updated by hand, not by algorithm
Fully clean — kitchen runs on tallow, butter, olive, avocado, or coconut oil Partial — clean on some items, fryer or sauces still use seed oil Hack only — order around the menu to avoid seed oils here
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