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Abugida Ethiopian Cafe & Restaurant logo topAbugida Ethiopian Cafe & Restaurant logo scroll
  • Facebook pageInstagram pageYelp page
  • Menu
  • Drink
  • Order
  • Specials
  • Events
  • Parties
  • Gift Cards

Our Menu

AppetizersAbugida SpecialsBeef & LambChickenVegetarianSidesLearn the Ingredients

Appetizers

Flavorful Ethiopian Cheese photo

Flavorful Ethiopian Cheese

$7.00
Ethiopian cheese with Mitmita & spiced butter.
Ethiopian Cheese with Gomen photo

Ethiopian Cheese with Gomen

$8.00
Ethiopian cheese flavored with collard greens!
Ethiopian Love photo

Ethiopian Love

$10.00
Ethiopian cheese flavored with collard greens, ground beef (kitfo) | *This item is raw or undercooked - consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood etc. may increase your risk for foodborn illness.
Tomato Fitfit photo

Tomato Fitfit

$7.50
Diced tomato, onion, jalapeno peppers & spices mixed with pieces of injera.
Yemisir Sambusa photo

Yemisir Sambusa

$5.00
Pastry stuffed with spiced lentils (Ask for availability).
Yesega Sambusa photo

Yesega Sambusa

$5.95
Pastry stuffed with special ground beef (Ask for availability).
Tomato Salad photo

Tomato Salad

$7.00

Abugida Specials

All dishes served with one side of vegetable.

Vegetarian Sampler

$16.00
Vegetarian feast includes all the vegetarian dishes except for shiro and house salad
Abugida Feast photo

Abugida Feast

$28.00
Your choice of chicken or beef wet plus all the vegetable dishes except shiro & house salad.

*Abugida Kitfo

$18.00
*Ask about availability | Minced mid-rare or well done lean beef seasoned with herbed butter & spices with aybe & gomen. | *This item is raw or undercooked - consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood etc. may increase your risk for foodborn illness.
Abugida Tender Beef Tibs photo

Abugida Tender Beef Tibs

$15.00
Tender grilled beef cubes sautéed with onions, jalapeno & rosemary in herbed butter & spices.

*Abugida Mix (Kornis)

$29.00
Ask about availability | Meat firfir, kitfo, & aybe | *This item is raw or undercooked - consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood etc. may increase your risk for foodborn illness.

Meat Lover Combination

$45.00
Lamb alecha or(lamb Tibs), key wot & key doro wet.

Beef & Lamb

All dishes served with one side of vegetable.

Kitfo* photo

Kitfo*

$16.00
Special (minced mid-rare or well done lean beef) seasoned with herbed Butter Mitmita and spices – with (Ethiopian style clarified butter with spices. | *This item is raw or undercooked - consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood etc. may increase your risk for foodborn illness | Add Aybe $1.00
Zelzel Wet photo

Zelzel Wet

$16.00
Beef strips simmered with onion in herbed butter & berbere sauce.

Firfir

$12.00
Pieces of injera sautéed in red pepper sauce, garlic, butter & berbere sauce | Add Meat $1.00 Add Chicken$2 Add Lamb$3
Beef Tibs photo

Beef Tibs

$13.00
Tender beef cubes sautéed in onions, tomato, jalapeno, rosemary & Ethiopian spiced butter | Add Awazay
Kitfo Dulet* photo

Kitfo Dulet*

$17.00
Finely chopped prime beef seasoned with Ethiopian butter, onion, jalapeno &mitmita. served gomen. | *This item is raw or undercooked - consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood etc. may increase your risk for foodborn illness.
Lamb Tibs photo

Lamb Tibs

$17.00
Tender lamb sautéed with rosemary, onion & pepper with or without hot or mild berbere sauce. (Ask about availability).
Yebege (Lamb) Alecha photo

Yebege (Lamb) Alecha

$15.00
Tender lamb pieces prepared in niter kibeh spiced with onions, garlic, ginger & curry. (Ask about availability).
Yebege (Lamb) Alecha Fitfit photo

Yebege (Lamb) Alecha Fitfit

$15.00
Pieces of injera mashed with yebeg alecha topped with fresh hot green pepper. (Ask about availability).

Chicken

All dishes served with one side of vegetable.

Doro Wet photo

Doro Wet

$15.00
Tender chicken leg simmered in Ethiopian herbed butter, garlic, onion & berbere with boiled egg.
Yedoro Alecha photo

Yedoro Alecha

$14.00
Chicken breast marinated , in niter kibeh(butter), stewed with onion, garlic & ginger. Served with hard boiled egg

Yedoro Tibs

$15.00
Tender chicken sautéed with rosemary, onion & pepper with or without hot or mild berbere sauce.

Vegetarian

Gomen photo

Gomen

$10.00
Chopped & seasoned collard greens, jalapeno peppers, cooked with onions & garlic.
Potatoes & Carrots photo

Potatoes & Carrots

$9.00
Potatoes, carrots, cooked with onions, garlic, jalapeno peppers & spices.
Kik Alecha photo

Kik Alecha

$9.00
Yellow peas flavored with onions, herbs & spices.
Tekil Gomen photo

Tekil Gomen

$9.00
Cabbage sautéed with onions, garlic, jalapeno peppers & spices.
Yemisir Kik Wat photo

Yemisir Kik Wat

$10.00
Split red lentils cooked with berbere herbs, sauce, onions & spices.
Mitin Shiro Wat photo

Mitin Shiro Wat

$12.00
Ground roasted yellow split peas roasted & cooked in berbere sauce with onions & spices.

Sides

Aybe

$3.00

Side Order Veggies

$4.00

Extra Injera

$2.00

Gluten Free Injera

$3.00
Cabbage sautéed with onions, garlic, jalapeno peppers & spices.

Learn the Ingredients

Injera photo

Injera

Spongy, slightly sour flat bread made with teff & bere flour with tiny holes used as a utensil to scoop food.

Berbere

Combination of peppers, garlic, onions & spices that are dried & ground into a powder.

Awaze

Berbere mixed with oil, water & wine.

Mitmita

Red chili powder prepared with spices.

Sena-Fitch

Ethiopian spicy mustard.

Kibe

Purified butter cooked with garlic, ginger & spices.

Ayib

Cottage cheese.

Gomen

Mild collard spinach steamed with spices.

Miser

Spicy red lentil stew simmered with berbere.

Shiro

Organic chickpeas with spices ground into a powder.

Firfir

Small pieces of injera in an Ethiopian sauce

Learn The Ingredients

Injera

Injera, flat bread

Spongy, slightly sour flat bread made with teff & bere flour with tiny holes used as a utensil to scoop food

Mitmita

Mitmita, red chilli powder

Red chili powder prepared with spices

Ayib

Ayib, cottage cheese

Cottage Cheese

Shiro

Shiro, chickpeas with spices

Organic chickpeas with spices ground into a powder

Berbere

Berbere, combination of various spices

Combination of peppers, garlic, onions & spices that are dried & ground into a powder

Sena-Fitch

Sena-Fitch, spicy mustard

Ethiopian spicy mustard

Gomen

Gomen, spinach

Mild collard spinach steamed with spices

Firfir

Firfir, injera in an Ethiopian sauce

Small pieces of injera in an Ethiopian sauce

Awaze

berbere mixed with oil, water and wine

Berbere mixed with oil, water & wine

Kibe

Kibe, butter cooked with garlic, ginger & spices

Purified butter cooked with garlic, ginger & spices

Miser

Miser, spicy lentil stew

Spicy red lentil stew simmered with berbere

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