Cooking oil audit across 6 locations
Parakeet Cafe is rated Use Caution. Use Caution means: seed oils or unconfirmed answers in several areas, often including the fryer.
At Parakeet Cafe: 1 area confirmed seed-oil free (cooking fats) and 4 areas not confirmed (fryer oil, dressings, bread and sauces).
Oil Watch audits five areas and weights them: fryer oil 35%, cooking fats 25%, dressings 15%, bread 15% and sauces 10%. A confirmed seed-oil-free area scores in full, a confirmed seed oil scores nothing, an unconfirmed area counts half and an area that doesn't apply is left out. A weighted score of 85 or more is Seed Oil Free, 70 to 84 is Mostly Clean, 40 to 69 is Use Caution and anything lower is Contains Seed Oils. How Oil Watch works
No seed oils confirmed so far. Parakeet Cafe is rated Use Caution by Oil Watch: the cooking fats are seed-oil free. The fryer oil, dressings, bread and sauces are not confirmed yet.
Seed-oil-free fats. Oil Watch's audit found Parakeet Cafe doesn't cook with seed oils. The audit notes: olive oil.
Fryer oil, dressings, bread and sauces are not confirmed yet, so ask staff about them before you order.
Oil Watch lists 6 Parakeet Cafe locations in 3 cities across 1 state. Ratings differ by location: 5 rated Seed Oil Free and 1 rated Use Caution.
Cities: San Diego, CA (4), Coronado, CA, Newport Beach, CA