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Established | 2018 |
Owner(s) |
Louis Trevino Vincent Medina |
Food type | Ohlone cuisine |
Street address | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology |
City | Berkeley |
State | California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°52′11″N 122°15′18.47″W / 37.86972°N 122.2551306°W |
Website |
www |
Cafe Ohlone, also called ‘oṭṭoy, is a restaurant in Berkeley, California at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. It was founded by Ohlone chefs Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina as a pop-up in 2018, and as a semi-permanent café in 2022. It features a seasonal menu of California Indian cuisine and is the world's only Ohlone restaurant. [1]
Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina, who are partners, first met at an Indigenous language conference in 2014. [2] The two began working together and founded mak-'amham — an Ohlone cultural organization — in September 2017. The following year, the two opened the first Indigenous restaurant in the state of California as a pop-up in the courtyard of the University Press Bookstore in Berkeley. [3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bookstore closed down in 2020, and Cafe Ohlone transitioned to a monthly meal kit program. [4]
Cafe Ohlone's move to the UC Berkeley campus began in January 2021, when Berkeley anthropology professor Kent Lightfoot wrote an article in the Daily Cal suggesting that the university — which was then renaming a building named after anti-Indigenous anthropologist Alfred Kroeber — should instead take concrete steps to support Ohlone people. Lightfoot suggested the university find a home on campus for Cafe Ohlone. [3]
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and Lauren Kroiz, the Hearst Museum director, helped push the Cafe through the approval process, and the Berkeley location opened at the Hearst Museum in 2022. [5]
The Hearst Museum cafe was designed by Terremoto and is meant to resemble an Ohlone village, with paths surrounded by native plants and flowers. [3] The tables and seats are made with reclaimed California redwood, with a long redwood table surrounded by mamakwa, wild ginger, and ‘enesmin reserved for Ohlone elders. [6] Native artist Jean LaMarr contributed a building-sized mural which depicts Ohlone ancestors looking down, with chipped glass to resemble stars in the night sky. [7]
Cafe Ohlone features a seasonal menu based on historic and recreated Ohlone recipes. [8] The first iteration of the cafe served rose hip tea, which was used by Ohlone historically to soothe the respiratory system during fire season. [9] The menu sought to stick to pre-colonial Ohlone cuisine, avoiding gluten, refined sugars, dairy, soy, pork, corn and legumes, and used salt from the shallow marshlands of San Lorenzo Creek. [10]
At the Hearst Museum location, Cafe Ohlone serves four types of meals: tea hour, weekend brunch, weekly lunch, and dinner. [11] Foods served are usually grown and collected locally, from the tidal marshes and hills in the East Bay, such as native rainbow trout and quail, rose hips, potato, and hazelnuts. [12] [13] Dishes have included venison chile Colorado and walnut oil cake with candy cap mushrooms. [14]
In 2023, Medina and Trevino were semifinalists in the James Beard Foundation Award’s Emerging Chef category. [15] The same year, Condé Nast Traveler listed Cafe Ohlone as one of the forty best new restaurants in the world. [16]
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Cafe Ohlone | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 2018 |
Owner(s) |
Louis Trevino Vincent Medina |
Food type | Ohlone cuisine |
Street address | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology |
City | Berkeley |
State | California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°52′11″N 122°15′18.47″W / 37.86972°N 122.2551306°W |
Website |
www |
Cafe Ohlone, also called ‘oṭṭoy, is a restaurant in Berkeley, California at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. It was founded by Ohlone chefs Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina as a pop-up in 2018, and as a semi-permanent café in 2022. It features a seasonal menu of California Indian cuisine and is the world's only Ohlone restaurant. [1]
Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina, who are partners, first met at an Indigenous language conference in 2014. [2] The two began working together and founded mak-'amham — an Ohlone cultural organization — in September 2017. The following year, the two opened the first Indigenous restaurant in the state of California as a pop-up in the courtyard of the University Press Bookstore in Berkeley. [3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bookstore closed down in 2020, and Cafe Ohlone transitioned to a monthly meal kit program. [4]
Cafe Ohlone's move to the UC Berkeley campus began in January 2021, when Berkeley anthropology professor Kent Lightfoot wrote an article in the Daily Cal suggesting that the university — which was then renaming a building named after anti-Indigenous anthropologist Alfred Kroeber — should instead take concrete steps to support Ohlone people. Lightfoot suggested the university find a home on campus for Cafe Ohlone. [3]
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and Lauren Kroiz, the Hearst Museum director, helped push the Cafe through the approval process, and the Berkeley location opened at the Hearst Museum in 2022. [5]
The Hearst Museum cafe was designed by Terremoto and is meant to resemble an Ohlone village, with paths surrounded by native plants and flowers. [3] The tables and seats are made with reclaimed California redwood, with a long redwood table surrounded by mamakwa, wild ginger, and ‘enesmin reserved for Ohlone elders. [6] Native artist Jean LaMarr contributed a building-sized mural which depicts Ohlone ancestors looking down, with chipped glass to resemble stars in the night sky. [7]
Cafe Ohlone features a seasonal menu based on historic and recreated Ohlone recipes. [8] The first iteration of the cafe served rose hip tea, which was used by Ohlone historically to soothe the respiratory system during fire season. [9] The menu sought to stick to pre-colonial Ohlone cuisine, avoiding gluten, refined sugars, dairy, soy, pork, corn and legumes, and used salt from the shallow marshlands of San Lorenzo Creek. [10]
At the Hearst Museum location, Cafe Ohlone serves four types of meals: tea hour, weekend brunch, weekly lunch, and dinner. [11] Foods served are usually grown and collected locally, from the tidal marshes and hills in the East Bay, such as native rainbow trout and quail, rose hips, potato, and hazelnuts. [12] [13] Dishes have included venison chile Colorado and walnut oil cake with candy cap mushrooms. [14]
In 2023, Medina and Trevino were semifinalists in the James Beard Foundation Award’s Emerging Chef category. [15] The same year, Condé Nast Traveler listed Cafe Ohlone as one of the forty best new restaurants in the world. [16]
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