Ethiopian
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8 ethiopian restaurants worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United States.

Buraka ★ 4.6

$$EthiopianWilliamson StreetMadison

Buraka on Williamson Street, Madison's Ethiopian flagship since 2000 on State Street, serves wat stews and injera at its Willy Street home since 2016.

OrderA doro wat platter or the vegetarian combination served with injera.

TipLunch combos turn the room faster than dinner; spice level can be requested mild to hot.

Chercher Ethiopian Restaurant ★ 4.5

$$EthiopianShawWashington DC

Chercher Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC is the second-floor 9th Street rowhouse Ethiopian dining room in Shaw's Little Ethiopia, a no-reservations.

OrderThe shiro chickpea stew with extra injera; the menu's editorial signature.

TipNo reservations; the staircase line moves fastest at 17:30 on weeknights and crowds outside the door by 19:00. Cash and card both accepted.

Buraka ★ 4.4

$$EthiopianWilliamson StreetMadison

Buraka on Williamson Street, Madison's Ethiopian flagship since 2000 on State Street, serves wat stews and injera at its Willy Street home since 2016.

OrderA doro wat platter or the vegetarian combination served with injera.

TipLunch combos turn the room faster than dinner; the spice level can be requested mild to hot.

Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant ★ 4.4

$$EthiopianShawWashington DC

Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC is the U Street Ethiopian dining room since 1997, the older sister to Etete and a U Street institution.

OrderThe kitfo (Ethiopian raw beef tartare) leb leb or rare with mitmita spice; the room's deepest cut.

TipLive Ethiopian music plays Friday and Saturday from 21:00; the back booth is the quietest table.

Kibrom's ★ 4.1

$$EthiopianBenchBoise

Kibrom's has introduced Ethiopian and Eritrean communal dining to Boise, serving spiced lentil stews, doro wat, and injera on West State Street.

OrderThe combination plate on injera with doro wat and vegetarian lentil dishes

Kibrom's ★ 4.1

$$EthiopianBenchBoise

Kibrom's serves Ethiopian and Eritrean communal meals in Boise's west side, with injera flatbread and a combination platter of layered spice traditions.

OrderThe combination platter on injera with doro wat and misir (spiced red lentils)

Goorsha Ethiopian Restaurant ★ 4.1

$$EthiopianBrightleafDurham

Goorsha is Durham's most reliable Ethiopian restaurant on W Main Street, with tibs, shiro, sambusa and injera. The combination platter covers the full range.

OrderTibs, Injera with combo platter, Vegetarian sampler

Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant ★ 4.1

$EthiopianMidtownOmaha

Lalibela serves traditional Ethiopian stews on injera flatbread in a Midtown dining room, one of Omaha's few sub-Saharan African restaurants.

OrderInjera sharing platter with the house combination of stews: the best introduction to the full menu.

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