Off the Rez

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Off the Rez
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Off the Rez cafe interior, June 2023
Off the Rez
Restaurant information
Established2011 (2011)
Owner(s)
  • Mark McConnell
  • Cecilia Rikard
Food type Native American
City Seattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°39′39″N122°18′41″W / 47.66079381°N 122.31147973°W / 47.66079381; -122.31147973
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.

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Food truck, 2016 Off the Rez Frybread.jpg
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]

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References

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  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
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