Is Denver's Native American Restaurant Worth The Hype? TOCABE Review

Tocabe American Indian Eatery is the only Native American restaurant in the Denver area. As I hail from the East coast, specifically New Jersey, I have never been exposed ever to American Indian cuisine so for me it is the only Native American restaurant I have ever been to!

Native American food can include many different items, but Tocabe in Denver, CO specializes very much in fry bread. Fry bread is a staple in American indigenous food, and it has some controversial origins. Many people within the Native American community view Native American fry bread as representing oppression and tragedy, as it was invented out of necessity due to its ingredients consisting primarily of what the US government rationed to American Indians on reservations. To me though, food is always uplifting, and while we should never forget the dark aspects of history we can also see foods such as fry bread as a symbol of resilience and creativity in difficult times. For example budae jigae, also known as Korean army stew, after all was also created due to rationing and necessity but today Korean people still love to eat it and there are even restaurants that specialize in it.

No matter how you view the history however, my take is American Indian fry bread is delicious. Tocabe offers variations of the dish, such as stuffed fry bread recipes, however in this video I opted for the Indian taco. Also known as a Navajo taco to some, it is sort of like a Mexican huarache dish, with fry bread as an edible plate with delicious toppings on top. I opted for ground bison here. I also wound up getting some of the famous Tocabe bison ribs.

This is one of the most unique video topics I have ever done and I cannot wait to share this topic with you all. I hope you all learned a thing or two about the Tocabe Native American fast casual restaurant, as well as Native American food in general!

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Restaurant Deets:
Tocabe, An American Indian Eatery
3536 W 44th Ave, Denver, CO 80211

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