Mitsitam Cafe

The Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe features indigenous food from the Western Hemisphere. Each menu reflects the food and cooking techniques from the region featured. Menus are changed with each season to reflect the bounties of that area. The Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe is located inside the National Museum of the American Indian on the main level.

Mitsitam Café, the cafeteria of The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, offers a menu that’s sectioned into five different regions to correspond to the tribes of each major geographic area. The foods reflect what native peoples once typically enjoyed according to the seasons. Executive chef Richard Hetzler has become an acknowledged national expert on Native American foods...

Mitsitam Cafe has the proud distinction of being the firm favorite amongst Washington natives when it comes to restaurants located at museums. Situated in the basement of the National Museum of the American Indian , Mitsitam is unanimously regarded as the place which offers a distinct menu. A wide variety of vegetables are prominent in its dishes as the food hopes to re-invigorate the lost love...