Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Off the Rez is a restaurant in Seattle , in the U.S. state of Washington. Owned by Mark McConnell of the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana , as well as his partner, Cecilia Rikard, the business has operated as a food truck and as a cafe at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture .
Description
Food truck, 2016
Off the Rez is a restaurant and catering company serving indigenous cuisine of the Americas .[ 1] Hannah Saunders of the Snoqualmie Valley Record has described the business as "Seattle's first Native food truck that also offers catering and a cafe".[ 2] In 2022, Sabra Boyd of Eater Seattle described Off the Rez as the city's "best-known Indigenous restaurant", offering "hyper-seasonal plates, with produce, fish, and bison sourced from tribal vendors whenever possible".[ 3] The menu has included bison fry bread tacos (with barbecue pulled pork , braised bison, or chili as toppings),[ 4] [ 5] wild rice bowls with braised bison, and other pre-Columbian foods "to provide a fuller scope of Native American cuisine".[ 6]
History
Off the Rez began operating as a food truck in 2011. The business expanded to the Burke Museum on the campus of the University of Washington in the city's University District in 2019.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] The cafe seats approximately 30 people.[ 9]
See also
References
^ Guarente, Gabe (2019-08-22). "Native American Food Truck Off the Rez Plans Permanent Outpost at New Burke Museum" . Eater Seattle . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ Saunders, Hannah (2022-11-23). "Giving thanks while on stolen land in the Seattle area" . Snoqualmie Valley Record . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ Boyd, Sabra (2022-11-15). "How Indigenous Restaurants Are Decolonizing Seattle's Dining Scene, One Plate at a Time" . Eater Seattle . Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ Jackson, Anna-Louise (2022-09-14). "Indigenous American Chefs Are Drawing Crowds, Hoping Funding Follows" . Bloomberg.com . Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ Meny, Ellen (2019-03-11). "Off the Rez food truck brings Native food to Seattle" . king5.com . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ a b Guarente, Gabe (2020-08-13). "Owners of Popular Food Truck Off the Rez Have Bought Neapolitan Pizzeria Via Tribunali" . Eater Seattle . Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ Meny, Ellen (2019-12-16). "This new cafe inside the Burke Museum serves Native American-inspired cuisine" . king5.com . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ de Luna, Ruby (2019-10-10). "Taking food with a dark past and making someth" . www.kuow.org . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
^ "Off the Rez Cafe" . Atlas Obscura . Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30 .
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