Eat Out: Getting Ready for Ethiopia

Making Injera in San Francisco

Making Injera in Gondar, Ethiopia

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One of the fastest ways to feel like a local when traveling is to eat like a local.  And, sometimes you need to prepare to eat like a local.  In less than 5 months we are embarking on an important trip to Ethiopia.  We still have a few spots left, so its not too late to join us in working towards eradicating obstetric fistula and it’s causes by making media that matters.

One of the most exciting things about Ethiopian culture is the cuisine.  In Ethiopia, there are a few things to learn before sitting down to eat.  Traditional Ethiopian cuisine is eaten with your hand, your right hand, and you shouldn’t get food on your fingers above the knuckles, bad table manners.  Visit eHow’s How To Eat Ethiopian Food for a step by step set of instructions.  Then, go eat with your fingers at the Ethiopian Restaurant near you.  Listed below are Ethiopian restaurants in many of the American cities the current SalaamGarage Ethiopian Team members reside in, including Omaha, Nebraska where there is a much loved Ethiopian market and restaurant!

Common Vegetarian dishes

Where to go for Ethiopian Food…

New York, NY
Zoma
2084 Frederick Douglass Blvd (Harlem near Morningside Park)
Awash
947 Amsterdam Ave (Upper Westside)
Ghenet Brooklyn
348 Douglass St (Park Slope, Gowanus, Brooklyn)

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Seattle, WA
Tagla
4423 Rainier Ave. (Columbia City)
Hidmo Eritrean Cuisine
2000 S Jackson St (Central)
Saba
110 12th Ave (Central/Capital Hill)
Assimba
2722 E Cherry St (Central District)

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Bete-Lukas in Portland

Portland, OR…
Bete-Lukas Ethiopian Restaurant
2504 SE 50th Ave Ste D (Clinton, Southeast)
E’Njoni
910 N Killingsworth St (North Portland)
Queen of Sheba
2413 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (Northeast)

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Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN…
Fasika
510 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul (Hamline – Midway)

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San Francisco, CA
Assab Eritrean Restaurant
2845 Geary Blvd (NOPA)

Axum
698 Haight St (Lower Haight)

New Eritrea Restaurant
907 Irving St. (Inner Sunset)

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Omaha, NE…
Ethiopian Restaurant
2555 Leavenworth St. (between 25th and 26th)

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Los Angeles, CA…
Awash
5990 1/2 W Pico Blvd (West Los Angeles)

Merkato Ethiopian Restaurant & Market
1036 1/2 S Fairfax Ave (Carthay Sq)

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And finally, the best places in the United States for Ethiopian cuisine is Washington, DC, where the largest population of Ethiopians live outside Ethiopia…

Dukem
1114-1118 U Street NW
(U Street corridor)

Dukem in Baltimore, MD
1100 Maryland Ave.
(Near Mount Royal Station)

Meskerem
2434 18th St NW (Adams Morgan)

Lalibela
1415 14th St NW (Logan Circle)

Etete
1942 9th St NW (U Street corridor)

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a parting shot by Gary Edenfield while he was in Tigray, Ethiopia to drill a well with Charity Water…

Thanks Yelpers!  For more Ethiopian in the United States and Canada visit YELP! Please comment by including your favorite Ethiopian Bars and Restaurants anywhere!

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