Seed-Oil-Free Restaurants
in Brookline

Rifrullo Cafe is a farm-to-table café in Brookline featuring fresh, locally-sourced breakfast and lunch. Their public recipe book includes "Olive Oil Biscuits," suggesting olive oil use, and they emphasize fresh, quality ingredients ("Colleen the owner puts so much love into each dish"). However, we found no comprehensive statement about all their cooking oils or frying fats. When you visit or contact them, ask specifically about oils used in pastries, sandwiches, and any fried items.

Taberna de Haro is an authentic Spanish tapas and paella restaurant with an open kitchen featuring traditional Spanish cuisine. The official website explicitly highlights their use of "exquisite, imported olive oil" and emphasizes high-quality, sourced ingredients (Featherbrook Farm chicken, free-range eggs, hand-cut potatoes, imported Iberian ham). The menu features grilled fish, sautéed vegetables, and paella — dishes typical of Spanish cuisine that rely on olive oil and traditional cooking methods rather than seed oils. We found no mention of fryers or seed oils in their menu or website materials.

Gantetsu-Ya is a Japanese restaurant specializing in tonkatsu (fried pork cutlets) and kara-age (fried chicken). Their official website explicitly states they use "high quality rice oil" for frying. While rice oil has a high smoke point and is marketed as a cleaner choice than some seed oils, rice bran oil is classified as one of the Hateful Eight seed oils due to its high omega-6 polyunsaturated fat content and processing methods. The restaurant does not mention using tallow, lard, butter, or other clean animal fats for their fried items.

Garrison House is a New American bar and restaurant in Brookline that serves fried foods including crispy chicken wings, fried fish sandwiches, and French fries — none of which specify the cooking oils used. The menu does highlight grass-fed beef for their burger, which is a positive signal, but without explicit confirmation of their fryer oils, their salad dressings, or sauces (chipotle aioli, remoulade, ranch, etc.), we cannot confirm clean fat practices. We recommend asking the kitchen directly about fryer oils and sauce ingredients when you visit.

Mirchi Nation is an Indian restaurant in Brookline specializing in traditional curries, biryani, and street snacks. The menu prominently features multiple deep-fried items (samosa, pakora, fried breads, battered vegetables), which are typically prepared in seed oils at most restaurants. However, we found no explicit confirmation of their cooking oils on their website or publicly available social media. When you visit or call (617-383-5934), ask specifically what oil they use for frying and whether they cook with ghee or butter.