A feast of many flavors at Tacoma’s Grann.
When two linguistic groups come together, communication between them often results in a pidgin, a simplified language allowing them to interact. As a pidgin develops and matures, as children grow up native speakers of it, it becomes a creole—a fully developed language, with syntax and grammar.
At Grann, the Tacoma restaurant that calls itself Southern BBQ, Creole, and Indian fusion (Creole with a big C here, meaning the New Orleans culture), the best dishes feel like a creole (little c, a language)—drawing on multiple sources for inspiration as it evolves into something totally new, delicately woven from its origins.
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