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    Yellow metal chairs and walls packed with art set the mood at this sibling-run Ethiopian restaurant on Ninth Street, where the kitchen is staffed almost entirely by women cooking from memory and intent. The family platter is the move: a spread of vegetarian and meat dishes across a wide sheet of injera, sour and spongy enough to handle the berbere-laced stews that follow.

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    • Gomen

      “That beloved sour and spongy injera is ideal for sopping up the likes of gomen (collard greens with fresh garlic and onions) or kik alicha (a stew of yellow split peas with turmeric and ginger).”

      Michelin Guide
    • Kik alicha

      “That beloved sour and spongy injera is ideal for sopping up the likes of gomen (collard greens with fresh garlic and onions) or kik alicha (a stew of yellow split peas with turmeric and ginger).”

      Michelin Guide
    • Tikil gomen

      “Tikil gomen with cabbage and potatoes is an herbivore's dream”

      Michelin Guide
    • Quanta firfir

      “while quanta firfir, deliciously tender beef imbued with berbere and purified butter, has carnivores coming in droves.”

      Michelin Guide

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    1414 9th St. NW, Washington, DC · Washington
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    • Monday 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Tuesday 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Wednesday 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Thursday 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Friday 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Saturday Today 11 AM to 11 PM
    • Sunday 11 AM to 11 PM
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    2026292950
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