"Owamni by the Sioux Chef—an Indigenous, full-service restaurant in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area—began as a catering company and bloomed into brick and mortar in 2021 and serves Dakota and Ojibwe dishes. Diners order off of a completely “decolonized” menu, which only uses ingredients that were found in North America prior to European colonization. Owamni was founded by chef Sean Sherman, who authored The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen (University of Minnesota Press, 2017), which won the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook in 2018. He’s been lauded across the industry for his efforts in making modern Indigenous cuisine more mainstream. At Owamni, guests can expect modern Indigenous fare like elk choginyapi (an open-faced sandwich) served with sweet potatoes and pepitas and bison tacos wrapped with tortillas made from heirloom corn. And most recently Owmani won Best New Restaurant at the 2022 James Beard Awards." - Mae Hamilton, Andrea Cooper