Owned by Mark McConnell of the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana, as well as his partner, Cecilia Rikard, the business has operated as a food truck and as a cafe at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Off the Rez is a restaurant and catering company serving indigenous cuisine of the Americas.

[1] Hannah Saunders of the Snoqualmie Valley Record has described the business as "Seattle's first Native food truck that also offers catering and a cafe".

[2] In 2022, Sabra Boyd of Eater Seattle described Off the Rez as the city's "best-known Indigenous restaurant", offering "hyper-seasonal plates, with produce, fish, and bison sourced from tribal vendors whenever possible".

[9] Off the Rez was included in The Infatuation's 2025 list of the best restaurants and bars in the University District.