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"Opened in November 2022 near the Fruitvale BART Station and run by Crystal Wahpepah of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma (the first Native chef featured on Food Network’s Chopped), the vibrantly decorated Oakland restaurant serves regionally rooted dishes like blueberry-infused bison meatballs, wild native mushroom and pumpkin seed mole, red chili rabbit tacos, and ground Ute blue corn mush for dessert, emphasizing proteins such as bison, salmon, and venison selected to honor the diet of the Ohlone people." - Andrea Cooper, Mae Hamilton