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Our Menu

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Breakfast

We serve breakfast at any time. It's morning somewhere!

Fowl photo

Fowl

$7.99
Crushed beans sauteed with our spices and garnished with fresh diced onions, tomatoes, and pepper. Finished with olive oil or butter. Served with pita. Loaded - add feta cheese and a boiled egg or scrambled eggs for an extra $1.50

Scrambled Eggs*

$6.99
Sauteed with onions, tomatoes, pepper and Ethiopian butter. Served with pita. Add a prime ribeye steak for just $5 more.

Chechebsa

$6.99
Small pieces of flatbread braised with berbere and your choice of Ethiopian butter or olive oil.

Kinche

$6.99
Cracked wheat cooked tender with Ethiopian butter and spices.
Breakfast Combo* photo

Breakfast Combo*

$13.99
Our most popular breakfast dish. Includes kinche, scrambled eggs, and chechebsa for 2 or more because sharing is caring. Served with pita, or injera. Add fir fir for just $5 more.
Fetira* photo

Fetira*

$7.99
Traditional Ethiopian breakfast consisting of flatbread layered with eggs and served with honey.

Brunch

$36.99
If brunch were a party, this would be served! Comes with fir fir, kinche, Ethiopian-styled scrambled eggs, chechebsa, tibs, kitfo and ayib. Served with pita or injera. Serves 2 to 4.

Appetizers

These tasty teasers will definitely make your favs list!

Sambusa photo

Sambusa

$4.99
Stuffed with your choice of either minced beef or lentils. These crispy treats are to die for!
Tomato Fitfit photo

Tomato Fitfit

$6.99
Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapeno pepper mixed with pieces of injera. Served cold. This is a great dish to share!
Gomen-Siljo Dip photo

Gomen-Siljo Dip

$7.99
A blended dish of tofu and gomen seasoned with garlic, ginger, hot mustard and a touch of olive oil. Served with your choice of injera or pita bread.
Kitfo Wrap* photo

Kitfo Wrap*

$8.99
(Beef or Salmon) Injera or tortilla flour wrap filled with our delicious kitfo. Served rare, medium-rare or medium well. Add ayib or peppers for $0.75
Kitfo Slice photo

Kitfo Slice

$10.99
Tortilla slice filled delicious kitfo, ayib and jalapeno peppers cooked how you like it
Salmon Starter Salad* photo

Salmon Starter Salad*

$10.99
A fresh to order side portioned salad topped with your choice of rare or cooked salmon and seasoned with Ethiopian spices

Signature Entrees

Spice up any dish w/ awaze for $0.75 | Ask for our House-made Teff Injera (GF) only $3.99 | Layer your Tibs over Shiro for $2.99 / Make it a Kitfo dulet w/ sauteed onions & peppers for $0.75

TIBS photo

TIBS

$12.49/starts from
Get your taste buds ready for our most popular dish! Tender cubed meat of your choice sauteed in Desta's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers, and spiced olive oil. It doesn't get any yummier than this. 1. Pick Your Meat (9 oz.) | 2. Choose Your Starch | 3. Pick Your Side

1. Pick Your Meat (9 oz.):

Lamb $15.49, Ribeye $16.49, Filet Mignon $17.49, Chicken $13.49, Salmon $15.49, Fish (Tilapia or Grouper) $14.49/16.49, Ground Beef $13.49, Shrimp $15.49, Mushroom $12.49. Add gomen, mushroom, rice, or potatoes to be cooked with your meat for only $1 each.

2. Choose Your Starch:

Injera (3 rolls), Rice, White Bread, Pita Bread, Teff Injera. Additional injera is $0.50 per roll

3. Pick Your Side:

Salad, Ater, Gomen, Cabbage, Beets & Potato Salad, Potato Stew, Tomato Fitfit, Miser, Mushroom Stew. Add Extra sides for just $2

OR... DO YOU LIKE TIBS A DIFFERENT WAY?

Biret Mitad Tibs photo

Biret Mitad Tibs

$15.49/starts from
Sautéed cuts of meat at extra-high heat served well done with your choice of side. Lamb $15.49 | Ribeye $16.49 | Filet Mignon $17.49 (cubed or zilzil)
Goden Tibs* photo

Goden Tibs*

$16.99
Sizzling prime short ribs marinated with Desta sauce, onion, tomato, fresh garlic and jalapeno.
Meat Lovers* photo

Meat Lovers*

$40.50
MEAT LOVERS BE WARNED! Once you start, you won't stop. Choose any (3) different meats to fill your plate and your stomach. Feeds 2 or more! Pick (3) breads and (3) sides.
KITFO photo

KITFO

$13.99
Ethiopian-styled steak tartar, freshly minced extra-lean beef seasoned with mitmita and Ethiopian spiced butter| 1. How Daring are You? “Playing it Safe – served well-done”, “Sorta Brave* - served medium-well”, “Very Brave *– Served medium-rare”, “Dare Devil* - served rare” | 2. Add a Little Something, Something: Ayib $1.75 • Gomen $1.75 • Kocho $3.50 • Shiro $3.00 | Salmon* $14.99

Sandwiches

Looking for a lighter option? Try one of our yummy sandwiches, made fresh daily!

Sandwiches photo

Sandwiches

$9.99/starts from
Pick Your Meat: Lamb $12.99, Beef $12.99, Chicken $10.99, Fish (Tilapia or Grouper) $14.99/16.99, Salmon $13.99, Veggie $9.99, Shrimp $12.99, Kitfo $12.99, Mushroom $10.99 | White bread

Pasta

Mama mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia, centuries ago: they left their love of pasta, now we're bringing it to you. Sauteed with shiro and tomato based sauce. Served with a salad.

Pasta with Lamb photo

Pasta with Lamb

$14.99
Pasta with Chicken photo

Pasta with Chicken

$12.99

Pasta with Salmon

$14.99
Pasta with Mushroom photo

Pasta with Mushroom

$12.99
Pasta with Kitfo photo

Pasta with Kitfo

$12.99
Pasta with Veggie photo

Pasta with Veggie

$11.99
Pasta with Shrimp photo

Pasta with Shrimp

$13.99
Pasta with Fish photo

Pasta with Fish

$13.99
$15.99
Tilapia or Grouper

Served with your choice of:

White Bread, Pita Bread, Injera

Salads

Looking to go "Green"? Try one of our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Top it off with your choice of savory meat or seafood, with your choice of bread.

House Salad photo

House Salad

$9.49

Chicken Salad

$11.49
Fish Salad photo

Fish Salad

$14.49
$16.49
Tilapia or Grouper

Salmon Salad

$14.49
Shrimp Salad photo

Shrimp Salad

$14.49

Beef Salad

$12.49

Lamb Salad

$14.49
Tomato Fit Fit with Seafood photo

Tomato Fit Fit with Seafood

$13.99

Vegan

Not a meat-eater? Fine, we've got something for everyone! Try one of our vegan dishes.

Shiro (Chickpea Stew)

$12.99
Ground chickpea simmered in a rich house sauce & spiced with olive oil or butter

Tomato Fit Fit

$8.99
Diced tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers, mixed with pieces of injera. Served cold.

Ater( Yellow Split Pea Stew)

$9.99
Yellow split peas stewed in a special sauce with onions, tumeric and ginger.

Miser(Spicy Split Red Lentil Stew)

$11.99
Lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce with onions, garlic, and ginger.

Tikel Gomen(Cabbage)

$9.99
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, ginger, carrots, and turmeric.

Dinech Wot (Potato stew)

$10.99
Potatoes simmered with berbere, onions, garlic and other spices.
Vegan Platter photo

Vegan Platter

$16.99
Shiro, Miser, Ater, Dinech Wot, Gomen, Cabbage, Mushroom, Salad, Azifa, Beets, and Potato salad and Tomato Fit Fit.
Mushroom Stew photo

Mushroom Stew

$11.99
Sauteed with onions, fresh garlic and fresh ginger.

Gomen

$9.99
Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic & Tumeric

Specialties

Here are a few honorable mentions we thought you might want to try

Fish Dulet photo

Fish Dulet

$14.49
$16.49
Finely minced tilapia or grouper with tomato and onions. Add Shiro for $1 extra

Works Fir Fir*

$18.49
Firfir served with kitfo, kinche and ayib.

Shiro Fir Fir

$13.49
Chickpeas stewed in a special sauce with onions, garlic and ginger. Served with choice of olive oil or Ethiopian butter.

Gored Gored*

$13.49
Lean beef cubes mixed with mitmita, awaze, onions and peppers. Rare, medium rare or well done.

Salmon Gored Gored

$15.49
Rare or cooked salmon cubes mixed mitmita, awaze, onions, and peppers.
Bozena Shiro* photo

Bozena Shiro*

$13.49
Chickpea stew with your choice of ground or cubed meat or lamb, with butter or olive oil

The "Original Meat-Lovers"

$34.49
Served with kitfo, gored gored and biret mitad tibs.
Potato Stew photo

Potato Stew

$13.49
Cooked with your choice of ground beef, cubbed meat or lamb, with butter or olive oil

Fir Fir

$11.99/starts from
This mouth-watering dish contains bits of injera soaked in spiced barbers sauce with your choice of succulent meat or seafood. Enjoy it with Kindle or Ayib on top for $0.50 each! | Lamb $14.99 | Beef $14.99 | Chicken $12.99 | Fish (Tilapia or Grouper) $13.99/$15.99 | Salmon $14.99 | Vegetarian $11.99 | Ground Beef $12.99 | Shrimp $14.99 | Mushroom $11.99

Dessert

Tiramisu photo

Tiramisu

$6.00

Dulce de Leche Cheesecake

$6.00

Mini Red Velvet Cake

$6.00

Napoleon

$6.00

Limoncello Mascarpone Cake

$6.00

Cheesecake Alle Fragole

$6.00

Mini Mixed Berry Cake

$6.00

Baklava

$6.00

Enjoy our Weekday Specials for $10.99

All come with a side salad and choice of bread!!

Monday photo

Monday

Chicken Tibs
Tuesday photo

Tuesday

Veggie Tibbs
Wednesday photo

Wednesday

Lamb Short Ribs
Thursday photo

Thursday

Mushroom Tibs

Cold Beverages

Soda

$3.00
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr.Pepper, Orange Crush, Ginger Ale

Bottled Water

$3.00

Club Soda

$3.00
Pellegrino or Perrier

Iced Tea

$4.00

Iced Latte

$5.00

Juice

$4.00
Mango, Orange, Fruit Punch, Pineapple, Cranberry

Hot Beverages

Coffee

$4.00

Espresso

$4.00

Macchiato

$5.00

Cafe Latte

$5.00

Tea

$4.00
Ethiopian spiced hot tea

Green Tea

$4.50

Beer Selections

Habesha

$6.50
Ethiopian Beer

Amstel Light

$5.50

Beck's

$5.50

Beck's Dark

$5.50

Guinness Extra Stout

$5.50

Bud Light

$5.50

Corona

$5.50

Guinness

$5.50

Stella

$5.50

Heineken

$5.50

New Castle

$5.50

Red Stripe

$5.50

Yuengling

$5.50

Ethiopian Wine

(Check availabilty)

Carroll's Mead

$13.00/Glass
$39.00/Bottle
Sweet honey white

Sheba Tej

$15.00/Glass
$45.00/Bottle
Honey wine

White

Zenato

$12.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Pinot Grigio, Italy

McManis

$12.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Chardonnay, California

Fire Road

$12.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Sauvignon Blanc, New Zeland

Brotherhood

$12.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Riesling, New York

Robert Mondavi

$9.00/Glass
$27.00/Bottle
Chardonnay, CA

Brownstone

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Pinot Grigio, California, House

Red

McManis

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Pinot Noir, California

McManis

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Merlot, California

McManis

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Cab Sauvignon, California

Punto Final

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Malbec, Argentina

Robertson

$10.00/Glass
$28.00/Bottle
Cab Sauvignon, South Africa

Tourano

$9.00/Glass
$27.00/Bottle
Shiraz, Australia

Robert Mondavi

$9.00/Glass
$27.00/Bottle
Merlot, California

Meiomi

$10.00/Glass
$28.00/Bottle
Pinot Noir, California

Oxford Landing

$10.00/Glass
$30.00/Bottle
Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia, House

Sweet Wine

Robertson

$10.00/Glass
$28.00/Bottle
Sweet Red, South Africa

Stella

$10.00/Glass
$28.00/Bottle
Moscato, Italy

ALL WELL SPIRITS ARE $9 BY THE GLASS AND $6 FOR A SHOT. TOP SHELF ARE $10 BY THE GLASS AND $7 FOR A SHOT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REMY MARTIN, GLEN LIVET, COURVOISIER & PATRON EACH ARE $11 BY THE GLASS AND $7 FOR A SHOT.

Vodka

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot.

Ciroc

Ciroc Coconut

Grey Goose

Ketel 1

Van Gogh Cool Peach

Van Gogh Double Espresso

Belvedere

Absolut

Smirnoff

Gordon

Gin

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot.

Tanqueray

Gordon's

Bombay

Rum

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot.

Bacardi Superior

Bacardi Gold

Malibu

Tequila

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot, with the exception of Patron which is $12 by the glass and $8 for a shot.

1800

Silver & Gold

Patron

$8.00/shot
$12.00/glass

Cognac

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot, with the exceptions of Reemy Martin and Courvoisier which are $12 by the glass and $8 for a shot.

Hennessy

Remy Martin

$8.00/shot
$12.00/glass

Courvoisier

$8.00/shot
$12.00/glass

Liquors

All well spirits are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot. Top shelf are $11 by the glass and $8 for a shot.

Disaronno

Frangelica

Baileys

Khalua

Gran Marnier

Whiskey

All well spirits are $9 by the glass and $6 for a shot. Top shelf are $10 by the glass and $7 for a shot, with the exception of Glen Livet which is $12 by the glass and $8 for a shot.

Glen Livet

$8.00/shot
$12.00/glass

Johnny Walker Black / Red

Jim Beam

Jack Daniels

Crown Royal

Dewar's White Label

Southern Comfort

Chivas

Maker's Mark

House Cocktails

Ketel One Dutch Lemonade

$10.00
Ketel Citroen, Dekuyper Triple Sec, and lemonade

Ultimate Margarita

$9.00
1800 Silver, Dekuyper Triple Sec, fresh lime juice

Tropical Peach Martini

$9.00
Van Gogh Cool Peach, Coconut Rum, Splash of Ginger Ale

Southern Gentleman

$10.00
Ketel One Oranje, Dekuyper Peach Schnapps, and a splash of lemon-lime soda

Van Gogh Double Espresso Martini

$9.00
Van Gogh Double Espresso, and Baileys
House Margarita photo

House Margarita

$9.00

Coconut Margarita

$11.00
Spiked Mango Lemonade photo

Spiked Mango Lemonade

$10.00

Peppermint Stick

$9.00

Long Island Iced Tea

$11.00

Joyful Buna

$7.00

Sex on the Beach

$10.00
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Locations

Briarcliff Road:
3086 Briarcliff Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30329

Hours

Fri, Sat
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Westside Village @ Moores Mill:
2250 Marietta Blvd NW
Suite 206
Atlanta, GA 30318

Hours

Monday – Sunday
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

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