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    Near Lake Merritt, Enssaro is a roomy Ethiopian restaurant that covers the full range, from slow-cooked lamb in berbere and ghee to kitfo rolls that wrap spiced beef tartar inside spirals of injera. The menu is mostly traditional, but it takes the occasional contemporary detour, Ethiopian nachos among them. A spiced, sweetened tea, hot or iced, is the move if the heat builds up.

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    • Kitfo rolls

      “there are also kitfo rolls ($16), where the spiced beef tartar is slotted inside injera spirals”

      San Francisco Chronicle
    • Ye bere alicha

      “Meat highlights include ye bere alicha ($19), turmeric-hued beef and potatoes”

      San Francisco Chronicle
    • Ye beg wot

      “the bolder, saucy ye beg wot ($19), lamb cubes cooked slowly in berbere and ghee”

      San Francisco Chronicle

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    Address
    357-A Grand Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    • Monday 11:30 AM to 10 PM
    • Tuesday Closed
    • Wednesday Today 11:30 AM to 10 PM
    • Thursday 11:30 AM to 10 PM
    • Friday 11:30 AM to 11 PM
    • Saturday 11:30 AM to 11 PM
    • Sunday 11:30 AM to 10 PM
    Phone
    5102389050
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