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Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Off the Rez
Off the Rez cafe interior, June 2023
Established 2011 (2011 ) Owner(s)
Mark McConnell
Cecilia Rikard
Food type
Native American City
Seattle County King State Washington Country United States Website
offthereztruck .com
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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