New: Weekend Brunch + Winter 2025 Menu

WANIYETU • WINTER MENU
Winter is here! NEW menu. Plant-WATHÓTHO • Game-THADÓ • To Share-WAKSÍKA THANKA • Sweet-SKÚYA • Sauces-IYÚDTHUN

New: Weekend Brunch

WANIYETU • WINTER MENU
Winter is here! NEW menu. Plant-WATHÓTHO • Game-THADÓ • To Share-WAKSÍKA THANKA • Sweet-SKÚYA • Sauces-IYÚDTHUN

Owamni | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Details: 420 South First Street, Minneapolis, Minn.; 612-444-1846, owamni.com

Owamni restaurant review: Our local food writer recommends delicious, healthful menus featuring food native to North America.

Owamni overlooks its namesake on the Mississippi − Owámniyomni is the Dakota name for the only waterfall on the river, known as St. Anthony Falls in English. At the downtown Minneapolis restaurant, chef Sean Sherman provides a vision of what modern Indigenous food can be. It’s not about re-creating traditional dishes but rather removing colonial ingredients and supporting Indigenous food producers through delicious, healthful menus featuring food native to North America. That looks like tepary bean dip, pheasant tacos and a smoked bison ribeye dripping with flavor that shouldn’t be missed. Go ahead and order a selection of the tasty sauces to take everything to the next level. By its nature, much of Indigenous food is plant-based and friendly to restricted diets. Sherman has won multiple James Beard awards and is executive director of his nonprofit that seeks to build an entire economy around Indigenous foods. − Liz Schubauer, The Tennessean (Nashville)