Inisha
Perks
- 15% off bill any time you dine at the restaurant
About
This exceptional year-old eatery in the Culley neighborhood, the tasting menu-oriented offshoot of Javelina’s (which landed on Esquire’s list of “Best New Restaurants in America”) is focused on Native American culinary traditions. Inɨ́sha means “My Daughter” in the Yakama Tribal Language and Co-Chef/Owner Alexa Numkena-Anderson, who grew up on the Yakima reservation, offers modern takes on traditional Tribal recipes. Here, the menu is dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and cane sugar-free with proteins native to this continent, meaning no pork, chicken, or beef. Instead, Chef Numkena-Anderson relies on wild boar, bison, duck, goose, rabbit, and Tribally-caught fish. Diners then might find dishes like bison meatballs in a savory-sweet huckleberry BBQ sauce or blue corn tostadas with heirloom bean puree and shredded rabbit. Or perhaps fry bread elk tacos or fry bread ice cream sandwiches? Esquire lauds Chef Numkena-Anderson’s dishes, which, it says, “educates and enthralls in equal measure.”
Category
- Restaurants
