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 | By Julie Lawrence   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Julie Lawrence |
| Published Oct. 24, 2007 at 2:46 p.m. |
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It used to be that Ethiopian was one tough ethnic food to come across in Milwaukee.
In 2002, Lula's Café opened at 2921 N. Oakland Ave. in the former Sedita's Italian Deli spot, offering East Affrican and Italian cuisine. It was there that Milwaukeeans got their fix of injera, the traditional Ethiopian spongy flatbread, covered in several savory piles of vegetables and spicy meats, until the restaurant was replaced by Shiraz, a Persian restaurant, in 2006.
Lula's co-owner Omar Gagali opened Club Timbuktu in Riverwest with Youssouf Komaraest in 2004 to offer African cuisine, though not strictly Ethiopian.
Recently however, the gap is beginning to fill in a little better. The Ethiopian Cottage opened in February at 1824 N. Farwell Ave. and now there are signs that another Ethiopian eatery is due to fill the former Antigua Latin Café space at 307 E. Wisconsin Ave. The restaurant is called Alem and looks to be coming soon to Downtown.
1824 N. Farwell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 224-5226
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Posted by funhouse on Nov. 26, 2007 at 4:32 p.m. (report)
Yes, there is demand for Ethiopian food here in Milwaukee. I enjoy the Ethiopian Cottage & am looking forward to trying Alem.
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Posted by U_V on Nov. 1, 2007 at 8:42 p.m. (report)
"I don't think that I will make it a regular thing eating glops of mush off a tray but it was interesting and fun." And that attitude is part of the reason why there's currently only one Ethiopian restaurant here. I've visited the restaurant several times, and the food was so bland that I decided to just not go back. Hopefully, the new place will not underseason their food--I can somewhat understand not wanting to further alienate people (you know, the globs of mush are eyeing the ground beef as I type), but toning down the properties of the food that makes it distinct is a bit illogical to me.
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Posted by Dan3 on Oct. 29, 2007 at 12:46 p.m. (report)
Heh...I thought this blog was a practiclal joke. "Finally"....Has there been an underground demand for Ethiopian food here in Milwaukee? I'll have to try the food, and FINALLY I have two to choose from!!! YES!
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Posted by yvonne8753 on Oct. 26, 2007 at 3:45 p.m. (report)
The Ethiopian Cottage is understaffed and they are looking for servers. The owners are very very nice people and I do hope they succeed.
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Posted by WestsideTide on Oct. 26, 2007 at 11:27 a.m. (report)
I really like the Ethiopian Hut, but I agree that the service is way too slow and spotty. When you go there, especially if there are several people in your party, be prepared to wait (we once waited nearly two hours for our food). It seem that a lot of restaurants with great authentic food have crappy service. Usually they seem understaffed. Why? Don't servers in WI get paid $2.33 an hour?? I just don't get it.
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