A family kitchen in the Mission
Cafe Ethiopia is a small, family-run restaurant on Valencia Street. We cook the dishes we grew up with: chicken drumsticks simmered in berbere, lentils and split peas stewed slowly, collard greens and chard cooked gently with onion, and spiced butter for the kitfo.
The room is quiet, the walls are hung with art, and the tables are dressed in East African cotton. Dinner is eaten the traditional way, by hand, from one shared platter.
- Tear off a piece of injera and use it to scoop the stews. No forks needed, though we're happy to bring one.
- More than a dozen vegetarian dishes. Ask us which ones are vegan.
- We don't serve alcohol, so bring your own bottle of wine or tej.