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Jun 03, 2025
“Feed your spirit,” at Vancouver’s only restaurant dedicated to Indigenous cuisine
Inez Cook has an uncanny ability to make strangers feel instantly at home.
The Vancouver restaurateur and member of Bella Coola’s Nuxalk Nation has been proudly showcasing her culture at Salmon n’ Bannock since 2010, and whether you are sitting down in the cozy West Broadway spot for the first or umpteenth time, Cook will greet you like an old friend.
On each table, a laminated sheet not only explains crucial information about Indigenous people and culture, but also includes a couple of lines about how relatives are basically everywhere. “There’s a cousin behind every corner and a Cree behind every tree,” notes the info sheet, which concludes “When we say we have cousins everywhere, we mean it.”
