Owamni by The Sioux Chef

"A polished, full-service restaurant by chef Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, the James Beard Foundation named Owamni the best new restaurant in the United States in June 2022. Named for its location at OwamniYomni, the sacred site of peace and well-being for the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, two-thirds of Owamni’s staff identifies as Native. Specializing in Indigenous cuisine, its inspiring menu is curated around a mix of Indigenous game, fish, birds, and insects along with wild plants. Owamni prioritizes purchasing from Indigenous producers first, and their "decolonized" menu (which Sherman's partner and Owamni’s co-owner, Dana Thompson, calls “ironically foreign”) avoids dairy, wheat flour, cane sugar, beef, chicken & pork — colonial foods introduced and not originally from this land." Favorites include the Corn Taco, True Wild Rice, and Cured Salmon, as well as zero-proof cocktails and Indigenous teas. "