A guide to Native American restaurants and food trucks across the U.S.

Planning a family vacation or road trip? Don’t forget to add these Native American restaurants to your itinerary! Below we’ve compiled a list of some of the best Native restaurants in the U.S., in alphabetical order. Let us know if you have another favorite Native restaurant, café or food truck in the U.S. that we may have missed!

Last updated: June 2026. Restaurants, food trucks, hours and locations may change. Please check each business’s website or social media for the most current information before visiting.

Aaimpa’ Cafe
Located in the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma, this restaurant features a beautiful indoor seating area that overlooks an amphitheater. Many of the restaurant’s fresh ingredients come from the nearby Three Sisters Garden, which demonstrates the indigenous method of companion planting. The restaurant serves favorites such as buffalo burger and fry bread tacos, as well as three sisters stew and Pashofa, a Chickasaw and Choctaw dish made with pork and hominy.

Bidii Chidi
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bidii Chidi is a 100% Navajo-owned food truck and catering business that also serves Gallup and communities across the Navajo Nation. Its name translates to “the vehicle for people who love food,” a fitting description for a menu that blends contemporary Native American cuisine with Indigenous-inspired fusion dishes. Popular menu items include Navajo tacos topped with pork, beef, chicken or squash, as well as premium grilled sandwiches such as a ribeye steak sandwich and grilled chicken sandwich served on ciabatta bread. The founders are also the creators of Bidii Baby Foods, an organic, Navajo-owned baby food line made with ancestral Native crops. Check the company’s website for current locations, catering information and menu updates.

Big Foot Fry Bread 
This Northern California-based food truck features a spin on the classic fry bread dish. One of their most popular items is the res dog – a massive, frybread battered hot dog. The truck also dishes up Indian tacos and Native shortbread. You can learn more and see a schedule on their Facebook page.  

Black Sheep Cafe
Located in Provo, Utah, Black Sheep Cafe features a fusion of Native American, Mexican and Southwestern cuisine. The menu is built around a selection of Navajo tacos, including Green Chile Pork, Red Chile Beef, BBQ Pork and others. They also offer more traditional dishes such as Pozole and Buffalo dishes.

Buffalo Jump NYC
The mission of this Sicangu-Lakota-owned restaurant is “to Re-Claim and Re-Indigenous food culture in NYC and hopefully someday the country and the world.” The menu has featured dishes such as a Bourbon Wojapi Bison Burger, Buttery Bacon Wild Rice, Strawberry Moon Solstice Frybread and many other dishes focused on traditional ingredients.

Cafe Gozhóó
Located in White River, Arizona, Cafe Gozhóó is a celebration of “wild and cultivated Indigenous flora and fauna while integrating Indigenous Foods of the Americas.” The menu features Apache-grown organic produce and serves as a gathering space for recovery and healing from historical trauma among Native communities.

Cafe Ohlone
Cafe Ohlone is located in the college town of Berkeley, California, and is owned by Vincent Medina (Muwekma Ohlone) and Louis Trevino (Rumsen Ohlone). The menu features Indigenous dishes such as venison backstrap, acorn flour brownies, duck breast and dandelion soup. Through food, the restaurant shares and celebrates the living culture, history and traditions of the Ohlone people.

Ch’il Indigenous Foods
Ch’il Indigenous Foods in Wheat Ridge, CO, combines a restaurant and Indigenous food grocery store, offering a unique blend of traditional ingredients and contemporary cooking. The menu highlights dishes like Stuffed Blue Corn-Juniper Ash Ravioli with Roasted Tomato Chile Sauce and Native Zuppa Toscana with roasted chile sunflower, showcasing the rich flavors of Native American cuisine.

Emerson Fry Bread  
This Phoenix-based food truck features classic Native foods with a modern twist. Choose from a Navajo burger, Mutton sandwich or steamed corn stew and wash it down with a prickly pear lemonade! Visit their Instagram page linked above for daily locations and specials. 

Fry Bread House
The Fry Bread House is a James Beard Award-winning establishment serving a variety of traditional Tohono O’odham dishes. The restaurant was founded in 1992 and serves classic dishes such as fry bread tacos in savory and sweet options, a plethora of stews, as well as Mexican cuisine such as posole and menudo.

Frybread Factory
This Cherokee-owned food trailer in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, serves up creative takes on traditional dishes. One fan favorite is the “Flaming Flamer Taco,” inspired by the show Reservation Dogs—a Cherokee taco topped with spicy Dorito crumbs. The trailer even catered on set twice! For something sweet, try one of their dessert offerings, such as frybread pieces served with dipping sauces like honey or bean juice.

Gatherings Cafe
Led by Diné Chef Brian Yazzie, Gatherings Cafe is located in the Minneapolis American Indian Center and features dishes that include wild game, wild rice and Native plants. In addition to running the restaurant, Yazzie runs a catering business and works to feed and support elders in the Twin Cities region.

Indigenous Eats
This restaurant has two locations in Spokane, WA, and is owned by a member of the Yakama Nation. The menu features fry bread, Indian tacos, and desserts with huckleberry sauce. Visitors can choose to build their own meals with rice, beans or fry bread topped with beans, beef, venison, chicken, cheese and veggies!

Indian Pueblo Kitchen
Located at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Indian Pueblo Kitchen showcases contemporary Pueblo cuisine rooted in ancestral ingredients and food traditions. Led by Executive Chef Ray Naranjo, the restaurant offers dishes inspired by Pueblo communities of the Southwest while incorporating ingredients that would have been exchanged along historic trade routes. The restaurant also hosts culinary events, educational programs and a bakery.

Indígena by Owamni
Founded by Chef Sean Sherman, the “Sioux Chef,” Indígena by Owamni is the next chapter of the acclaimed Indigenous restaurant formerly known as Owamni. Located inside Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater, the restaurant continues NĀTIFS’ mission of showcasing contemporary Indigenous cuisine through a decolonized approach. The menu avoids colonial ingredients such as beef, pork, chicken, dairy, wheat flour and cane sugar, instead highlighting traditional North American ingredients like bison, elk, venison, wild rice, Tepary beans, Native squash and regional seafood. 

Itality
Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Itality is a Native American-owned vegan restaurant operated by Jemez Pueblo (Walatowa) Chef Tina Archuleta. The restaurant blends ancestral Pueblo foodways with plant-based cooking and Ital philosophy, creating innovative dishes rooted in Indigenous traditions. Menu highlights include lion’s mane mushroom red chile posole, plant-based Indian tacos served on multigrain fry bread with house-made pumpkin cheese, and black bean burgers on freshly made fry bread. Guests can also enjoy unique offerings such as Tamaya blue corn waffles topped with fried oyster mushrooms and red chile maple syrup. 

Javelina: Indigenous Dining
This pop-up restaurant in Portland features a menu that evolves with the seasons and includes Indigenous ingredients such as the Three Sisters (corns, beans and squash), rabbit, green chiles, prickly pear cactus and more. The establishment prides itself on offering “Native American comfort food” inspired by the traditional cuisine of owner Alexa Numkena-Anderson (Hopi, Yakama, Cree and Skokomish).

Kai Restaurant
Kai, meaning “seed” in the Pima language, is located at Sheraton Grand Hotel at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Arizona. According to the website, Chef de Cuisine Ryan Swanson incorporates the essence of the Pima and Maricopa tribes and locally farmed ingredients from the Gila River Indian Community to create a menu that reflects the rich Native American history and culture of the region.

Katahdin Kitchen
This pop-up restaurant located in Bangor, Maine, opened to customers in March 2024 and is owned and operated by members of the Penobscot Nation. The menu features traditional foods such as blue corn mini pancakes made from Abenaki flint corn, Sumac Salmon and Indian Tacos. Visit the restaurant’s Facebook page for menu updates and hours.

Malissa’s Frybread
This Rapid City, SD, food truck not only serves up traditional food, but educates customers on its history. The menu features comfort food favorites such as Indian Tacos with traditional items such as Wojapi, buffalo stew, corn soup and much more. You can find the truck’s daily location and schedule on their Facebook page.

Manko: Native American Fusion 
Under the leadership of Chef Ray Naranjo, Manko: Native American Fusion has three locations in New Mexico: Espanola, Albuquerque and Los Alamos. The truck features typical Native American comfort foods with a modern twist, such as buffalo green chile bacon burgers, cactus tempura turkey sandwiches and pueblo enchiladas.  

Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
Mitsitam is located in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. “Mitsitam” means “Let’s Eat!” in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway People. The cafe adds to the experience of the museum by offering Native American foods from both North and South America in a food court-style setting. The cafe has four sections: Campfire Grill, Mitsitam Chef’s Table, The Four Corners and Woodlands & Coastlines, each offering different traditional fare.

Morris Navajo Grill
Located in Albuquerque, NM, this food truck offers favorites such as mutton stew, Navajo burgers, frybread and steam corn stew. The truck is open on Sundays only and hours can be found on their Facebook page!

NAICCO Cuisine 
This food truck in Columbus, Ohio, was founded by The Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) in an effort to bring more public awareness to indigenous foods. The menu includes fare such as “NDN” tacos, fry bread, taco bowls and buffalo burgers. Visit the NAICCO Cuisine web page for schedule and locations. 

Native Root
Led by Cherokee Chef Jordan Rainbolt, this Winston Salem, NC, based catering business offers pop-up dinners, a supper club and private chef catering. According to the website, the business “is driven by the desire to create authentic experiences centered around an appreciation for food and community.”

Off the Rez
This cafe is located in the Burke Museum at the University of Washington in Seattle, but patrons don’t need to purchase a museum ticket to enjoy the cafe. If you love fry bread you can enjoy it as a breakfast dish with eggs, bacon, cheese and vegetables, or for lunch with options such as braised bison, chili and barbecue pulled pork. Off the Rez also has a food truck that can be found traveling throughout Seattle. The food truck locations can be found online.

Peaches’ Frybread
This popular Lawrence, Kansas pop-up serves authentic Navajo frybread and other Native favorites throughout the community and at local events. Owned and operated by Nadine Peaches, Peaches’ Frybread is one of the few spots in the Midwest specializing in Native American cuisine. The menu features Navajo tacos, rez dogs and sweet dessert frybread topped with strawberries, peaches or pumpkin. Customers can also find traditional dishes such as corn stew with lamb, tamales and blue corn mush. Because the business operates as a pop-up and food truck, visitors should check Peaches’ Frybread’s social media pages for current locations and schedules.

Pequot Cafe
Located inside the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Ledyard, Connecticut, Pequot Cafe offers a seasonal menu that blends traditional and contemporary Native American cuisine with New England favorites. Inspired by the rhythms of Eastern Woodland foodways, the cafe serves Indigenous dishes such as Indian fry bread tacos, succotash and seasonal specialties that may include bison burgers, venison and traditional soups. Guests will also find café favorites like pulled pork macaroni and cheese, pulled pork baked potatoes, burgers, fresh salads, chicken strips and Rhode Island clam chowder. Best of all, museum admission is not required to enjoy a meal at the cafe.

Platero Frybread
Navajo-owned Platero Frybread is a family-run food business based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, specializing in traditional Southwestern Indigenous foods. Rather than operating from a permanent restaurant, the business travels to festivals, markets and community events throughout New Mexico, including the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and the Santa Fe Indian Market. Menu favorites include Navajo burgers, roast lamb frybread and bison tacos topped with corn, beans, cheese and fresh vegetables. Visitors can check the company’s website for upcoming locations, events and menu offerings.

Raphael Foods
Based in Northern Michigan, Raphael Foods is a Native-owned food truck run by a mother-daughter duo. Their menu highlights seasonal dishes like chili and wild rice casserole, alongside staples such as frybread topped with Spam and hearty buffalo burgers served on frybread.

Red Mesa Cuisine
Red Mesa Cuisine, led by Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D., is a catering company located in Santa Fe, NM. The restaurant brings Native American cuisine into the contemporary Southwest kitchen using traditional ingredients with modern flair. Menu options include dishes such as wood smoked trout, sweet yellow corn soup, stuffed quail, and elk tenderloin.

Ryan’s Rezipes
Ryan’s Rezipes is a food truck and catering service based out of Tulalip, Washington. The menu includes classics like pulled pork nachos and street tacos, in addition to specialties such as lemon shrimp bowls, loco moco and sockeye salmon sandwiches. Visit the website for a weekly schedule/locations.

Sacred Storm Buffalo: Wambli Ska Food Truck
Sacred Storm Buffalo: Wambli Ska Food Truck is a Native-owned food truck based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The menu features bison tacos, sliders and hearty stews inspired by Lakota traditions. Operated with a mission of supporting food sovereignty and cultural revitalization, the business also provides opportunities for Lakota youth while sharing Indigenous foods with the community.

Skoden Coffee & Tea
Located in Phoenix, Skoden Coffee & Tea prides itself on being a “queer, Indigenous, femme-led coffee shop,” according to co-owner Natasha John. The menu features classic coffee shop drinks, as well as specialty drinks using traditional Diné ingredients. Customers can also enjoy pastries and treats such as blue corn croissants and strawberry sage macarons. In addition, the shop features a wall of Native-made coffees, mugs and candles.

Strawberry Coffee 
Strawberry Coffee is described as “an exploration of sweetness, ritual gathering spaces and everyday encounters.” Owned by Catherine Zingg (Ho-Chunk), this mobile coffee bus features specialty drinks that tie in Native heritage. For example, maple syrup from the Passamaquoddy Tribe and local coffee from Xanadu are among the many traditional ingredients featured here.  

Sweetgrass Moon Cafe
Rooted in the culture and traditions of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, Sweetgrass Moon Cafe brings Indigenous-inspired flavors to West Michigan. The cafe shares recipes influenced by Pottawatomi food traditions while creating a welcoming space for the local community and visitors alike. Menu highlights include a Maple Cold Brew, Elderberry Hibiscus Tea and fresh cornbread muffins.

Tatanka Truck  
The Tatanka Truck features mushroom, bison or turkey Indigenous tacos. The food truck opened summer 2022 and can be found at festivals and certain special events outside of Sean Sherman’s restaurant, Indígena by Owamni. According to the Tatanka Truck website, the food truck features “regional Indigenous Foods from the MN and Dakota Territories. We prioritize buying our foods from local Native Producers. Our foods represent the flavors, histories, and cultures of the land we stand on.” 

The Frybread Lounge
The Frybread Lounge is the first and only Indigenous-owned restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale. Ingredients and dishes are inspired by local Indigenous communities and feature items such as Sunflower Tarte with Squash Caramel, Bison Ribeye, Bison Asada Tacos and more. Local Chef Darryl Montana has worked closely with award-winning Chef Sean Sherman of Indígena by Owamni.

The Hangry Buffalo
The Hangry Buffalo, located in Rapid City, SD, started as a popular food truck and has now expanded into a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Known for its bold flavors and creative twists on classic dishes, The Hangry Buffalo offers a menu that features unique items like chimichurri buffalo and buffalo gyros, alongside other innovative creations. The restaurant serves up delicious and satisfying meals in a welcoming atmosphere that reflects its food truck roots.

The REZ, An Urban Eatery
If you find yourself in the Phoenix area, keep your eyes peeled for this food stand on the move! The REZ is a pop-up style restaurant, so the locations change frequently. The food stand serves fare such as Navajo burgers and tacos, as well as chilaquiles with blue corn chips, stews, tamales, and more. Be sure to follow them on Facebook or Instagram for updates!

Tradish(ish)
This Omaha-area restaurant and food truck serves Indigenous-inspired dishes with a playful twist. The name “Tradish(ish)” reflects the concept: food that’s kind of traditional while blending contemporary flavors and bar-friendly favorites. The menu features items such as chokecherry chicken, a bison berry burger, tacos, and nachos. Owners Quentin (Omaha, Seneca-Cayuga, and enrolled Winnebago) and Cassie aim to source as many ingredients as possible from Indigenous companies, especially local ones. Located inside a bar in nearby Ralston, Tradish(ish) is currently one of the only spots in the Omaha area serving Indian tacos and other fry bread dishes.

39 Restaurant
Located in the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City, 39 Restaurant is named after the 39 tribal nations that call Oklahoma home. The menu focuses on local ingredients sourced from Native Americans and nearby producers. Dishes are focused on traditional ingredients and include offerings such as Hominy-White Bean Hummus, Skillet Corn Bread, Blue Corn Fish Tacos, and much more! Patrons do not need to pay museum admission to dine here, just enter through the Xchange Theater doors.

Th Prsrv at eculent
This restaurant features a 13-15 course meal, so make sure you arrive hungry. From Choctaw Chef David Skinner and Thai Chef Benchawan Painter comes Th Prsrv, located in Kemah, TX. According to the restaurant’s website, the culinary journey at Th Prsrv, “is not a fusion, but a menu deliberately chosen to highlight and elaborate each chef’s story as they intertwine history, oral traditions and modern preparations.” Dishes here include ingredients such as manoomin (wild rice), wojapi and duck.

Tiwa Kitchen Restaurant and Bakery
Located in Taos, New Mexico, this family-owned restaurant was built using the traditional method of Pueblo adobe making. The menu features a selection of traditional Pueblo and New Mexican dishes, such as their famous Blue Corn Tacos and Phien-tye, a traditional dish of fry bread stuffed with buffalo meat and covered in chili.

Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery
Opened in 2008, Tocabe is the only Native American owned and operated restaurant in metropolitan Denver. There are two locations: one in Greenwood Village and one in North Denver. The restaurant is owned by Matt Chandra and Ben Jacobs. The name comes from Grayhorse: An American Indian Eatery, established by the Jacobs family in downtown Denver in 1989. Tocabe features some of the same recipes from Grayhorse as well as Jacobs family recipes.

Tomahawks Tacos
Tomahawks Tacos is a small, Indigenous-owned taco shop in Mifflinburg, PA, offering a unique fusion of traditional flavors and modern cuisine. Known for their tacos with an Indigenous twist, their menu features creative offerings like venison chorizo, red chili chicken, and smoked turkey. In addition to their cozy shop, they provide catering services and host pop-up events, bringing their flavorful creations to the wider community.

Trickster Tacos
Located in Minneapolis and owned by an Omaha/Dakota family, Trickster Tacos is a food truck offering “urban Native cuisine with fusions from across Turtle Island.” The menu puts a creative spin on fry bread favorites, including the Pizza Lovers taco with mozzarella, pepperoni and marinara sauce, and sweet treats like fry bread fries drizzled with chocolate sauce.

Val’s Frybread
Valene Hatathlie, owner of Val’s Frybread, not only sells delicious frybread mix, but also runs a food stand to share the deliciousness with the Phoenix community. You can get traditional fry bread, steam corn stew and Navajo burgers at this food truck. A list of upcoming locations and events can be found on the business’s website.

Wahpepah’s Kitchen
Wahpepah’s Kitchen is owned by Crystal Wahpepah, a member of the Kickapoo Nation of Oklahoma. Located in Oakland, California, the menu combines traditional Native ingredients with contemporary flavors and includes dishes such as bison meatballs, Kickapoo chili with bison and traditional Mayan amaranth chocolate cake. Through her restaurant, Wahpepah promotes Native food sovereignty, education and the revitalization of Indigenous foodways.

Yapopup: Indigenous Soul Food 
Also located in New Mexico, Yapopup prides itself on offering indigenous soul food and comfort foods. One of the most popular items on the menu is pueblo birria tacos featuring Coahuila chiles and New Mexican-grown red chiles. Owner Ryan Rainbird Taylor hails from the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. 

Did we miss one of your favorites? This is an ongoing list, and we’re always looking to add more Native-owned restaurants, cafés, food trucks and catering businesses. If you have a recommendation or spot an update that needs to be made, please email us at sweetgrass@sweetgrasstradingco.com.