Indigo

At Indigo, history is on the menu. The restaurant serves “neo-soul food,” dishes intended to provoke conversation about the history of black and indigenous people in America. For example, a smoked-pastrami main comes with a primer on the different experiences of Italians and African Americans during the Great Migration. Indigo, which opened in July 2018, is the first permanent restaurant for chef Jonny Rhodes, who ran a series of pop-ups in Houston after refining his skills at New York City’s Gramercy Tavern. Guests can finish their meals with a cup of okra-seed coffee—a popular drink in the South during the Civil War. —Amy Gunia