The minds behind Denver’s Native American restaurant are taking their culinary skills directly to Indian Country, with a new program aimed at providing healthy meals to tribal members.
, at 3536 W. 44th Ave. in 2008 as “the only American Indian-owned and -operated restaurant in metro Denver specializing in Native American cuisine.” A second outpost is in Greenwood Village at 8181 E. Arapahoe Rd. in Unit C. It opened in 2015.Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace“All of us saw the supply chain just being decimated through COVID, and people not having access to food, and we’re like, ‘Well, now we know what to do,’ ” Jacobs said.
Their latest endeavor aims to reach the kitchens of tribal members with the launch of their Direct-to-Tribe Ready Meal program, which will provide monthly meal deliveries to the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota over the next two years. Jacobs, who belongs to the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, describes his ultimate goal as eventually distributing to other tribes, too.
A first shipment of 2,200 meals, which use ingredients from Native businesses and people, kicked off the program about two weeks ago. The fully-cooked food arrives ready to heat, and will go to participants of theRelated Articles
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