# Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine is a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, United States. ## Details - Address: North Broadway 5352, Chicago, Illinois, 60640, United States - Phone: [+13126984481]() - Website: [www.tesfacuisine.com/]() - Email: [tesfa.ec@gmail.com]() - Service options: Dine-in - Outdoor seating: No ## Opening hours | Day | Hours | | --- | --- | | Monday | 16:00–21:00 | | Tuesday | 16:00–21:00 | | Wednesday | 16:00–21:00 | | Thursday | 16:00–21:00 | | Friday | 16:00–22:00 | | Saturday | 11:00–22:00 | | Sunday | 11:00–20:00 | ## Menu ### Appetizer - Sambusa Combo: Lentil, spinach, chicken, beef.; ingredients: Lentil, spinach, chicken, beef ### Appetizers - Sambusa: Lentils, Spinach, Chicken, or Beef.; ingredients: Lentils, Spinach, Chicken, Beef - Sambusa Combination: Lentils, Spinach, Chicken, and Beef.; ingredients: Lentils, Spinach, Chicken, Beef ### Breakfast - 9. Chechebsa — $16.00: Then bread (qita) piece braised with kibbe (Ethiopian butter) and Ethiopian spices.; ingredients: qita, kibbe (Ethiopian butter), Ethiopian spices ### Family Style Platter Option - Four Meat and Four Vegetarian Dishes — $89.00: Serves 4-5 people ### Meat - Siga Wot: Spicy beef stew. - Key Wot: Spicy lamb stew. - Yebeg Alicha: Mild lamb stew. - Yebozena Shiro: Chickpea cooked with beef. - Zil - Zil Tibs: Charboiled beef. - Yebeg Tibs: Marinated lamb. - Kitfo: Steak tartare. - Doro Wot: Chicken stew. - Asa Be - Shiro (Fish): Chickpea stew with tilapia. - Asa Leb - Leb (Fish): Marinated and cooked filets of tilapia. - Yeasa Wot (Fish): Tilapia stew. - Doro Tibs: Sauteed chicken breas. ### Meat & Fish Platter Options - Two Meat and Three Vegetarian Dishes — $48.00: Serves 2-3 people - Three Meat and Three Vegetarian Dishes — $69.00: Serves 2-4 people ### Meat Dishes - 17. Siga Wot — $22.00: Beef cubes stew seasoned with Ethiopoian spices, tomato, onion, garlic, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).; ingredients: Beef cubes, Ethiopoian spices, tomato, onion, garlic, kibbe (Ethiopian butter) - 18. Key Wot — $23.00: Lamb cubes stew seasoned with Ethiopian spices, tomato, onion, garlic, green pepper, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).; ingredients: Lamb cubes, Ethiopian spices, tomato, onion, garlic, green pepper, kibbe (Ethiopian butter) - 19. Yebeg Alicha — $23.00: Mild tender lamb stew slow cooked with onion, garlic, ginger, jalapeño and Ethiopian spices.; ingredients: lamb, onion, garlic, ginger, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices - 20. Yebozena Shiro — $22.00: Spiced chickpea flour cooked with beef, berbere sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, and ginger.; ingredients: chickpea flour, beef, berbere sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, ginger - 21. Zil - ZIl Tibs — $23.00: Tender strips of charboiled beef spiced with ginger, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian).; ingredients: charboiled beef, ginger, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, kibbe (Ethiopian) - 22. Yebeg Tibs — $24.00: Lab spiced with ginger, onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).; ingredients: Lab, ginger, onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, kibbe (Ethiopian butter) - 23. Kitfo — $23.00: Very lean beef chopped and warmed with spicy mitmitah, korerima, and kbbe (Ethiopian butter), order it rare or medium. Served with homemade cheese.; ingredients: lean beef, mitmitah, korerima, kbbe (Ethiopian butter), homemade cheese - 24. Doro Wot — $23.00: Chicken gently simmered in onion, garlic, ginger, berbere (Ethiopian spice) and spices for hours to create a delightful stew (Spicy). Served with hard boiled egg.; ingredients: Chicken, onion, garlic, ginger, berbere (Ethiopian spice), spices, hard boiled egg - 24. Doro Wat — $22.00: Chicken gently simmered in onion, garlic, ginger, berbere (Ethiopian spice) and spices for hours to create a delightful stew (Spicy). "Served with hard boiled egg.; ingredients: Chicken, onion, garlic, ginger, berbere (Ethiopian spice), spices, hard boiled egg - 25. Asa Be - Shiro — $22.00: Tender pieces of catfish cooked with onions, ginger, garlic, and Ethiopian spices mixed with shiro.; ingredients: catfish, onions, ginger, garlic, Ethiopian spices, shiro - 26. Asa Leb - Leb — $22.00: Filets of tilapia marinated and cooked in canola oil, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, onion, and Ethiopian spices.; ingredients: tilapia, canola oil, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, onion, Ethiopian spices ### Menu - 1. Fir - Fir or Yetsom Fir - Fir — $15.00: Ehiopian wheat bread scrambled in canola oil with tomato, jalapeño, onion, Kibbe (Ethiopian butter) and Ethiopian spices served with Injera.; ingredients: canola oil, tomato, jalapeño, onion, Kibbe (Ethiopian butter), Ethiopian spices, Injera - 2. Inqulal Be - Avocado — $17.00: Eggs scrambled with avocado in canola oil served with choice of injera of French bread.; ingredients: Eggs, avocado, canola oil, injera, French bread - 3. Ye - Timatim Fit - Fit — $12.00: Diced tomato, jalapeño, onion, and shredded injera with a fresh lime vinaigrette.; ingredients: tomato, jalapeño, onion, injera, lime vinaigrette - 4. Quanta Fir - Fir — $19.00: Ethiopian wheat bread scrambled in kibbe (Ethiopian butter), and a special dried lean beef, flavored with Ethiopian spices served with your choice of Injera or French bread.; ingredients: Ethiopian wheat bread, kibbe (Ethiopian butter), dried lean beef, Ethiopian spices, Injera, French bread - 6. Inqulal Be - Siga — $16.00: Scrambled eggs with a very lean beef in canola oil, served with a choice of injera or French bread.; ingredients: eggs, lean beef, canola oil, injera, French bread - 7. Ye Inqulal Fir - Fir — $14.00: Scrambled eggs in canola oil with jalapeño, tomato, onion, Ethiopian spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter) served with your choice of injera or French bread.; ingredients: eggs, canola oil, jalapeño, tomato, onion, Ethiopian spices, kibbe (Ethiopian butter), injera, French bread - 8. Fol Normal — $14.00: Smashed and flavored chickpeas cooked with onion and garlic in canola oil served with your choice of injera or French bread.; ingredients: chickpeas, onion, garlic, canola oil, injera, French bread - 0. Chechebsa — $16.00: Thin bread (qita) piece braised with kibbe (Ethiopian butter) and Ethiopian spices.; ingredients: qita, kibbe (Ethiopian butter), Ethiopian spices ### More Meat Dishes - 25. Asa be-Shiro — $23.00: Tender pieces of tilapia cooked with onion, ginger garlic, and Ethiopian spices mixed with shiro.; ingredients: tilapia, onion, ginger garlic, Ethiopian spices, shiro - 26. Asa Leb - Leb (Tesfa Special Sauce) — $23.00: Filets of tilapia marinated and cooked in canola oil, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, onions, and Ethiopian spices.; ingredients: tilapia, canola oil, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, onions, Ethiopian spices - 27. Yeasa Wot — $23.00: Filets of tilapia mixed with onion, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, and Ethiopian spices cooked in canola oil.; ingredients: tilapia, onion, tomato, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, Ethiopian spices, canola oil - 28. Doro Tibs — $23.00: Sauteed chicken breast spiced with ginger, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).; ingredients: chicken breast, ginger, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, kibbe (Ethiopian butter) ### Rice Dishes - Vegetable Rice — $17.00: Cooked with onion, cinnamon stick, garlic, tomato, cilantro, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, seasoning salt.; ingredients: onion, cinnamon stick, garlic, tomato, cilantro, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, seasoning salt - Chicken Rice — $21.00: Cooked with onions, cinnamon sticks, garlic, tomato, cilantro, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, seasoning salt, and chicken.; ingredients: onions, cinnamon sticks, garlic, tomato, cilantro, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, seasoning salt, chicken ### Vegetarian - 12. Yetimatim Wot — $17.00: Diced tomatoes cooked in onion, berbere sauce, giger, garlic, and canola oil with Ethiopian spices and served on ijera.; ingredients: tomatoes, onion, berbere sauce, giger, garlic, canola oil, Ethiopian spices, ijera ### Vegetarian / Vegan - Shiro: Chickpea stew. - Yemisir Wot: Red lentil stew. - Yetimatim Wot: Tomato stew. - Key Sir Alicha: Beets stew. - Goman: Collard greens. - Yatakilt Alicha: Cabbage stew. - Ater Kik Alicha: Yellow lentil stew. ### Vegetarian Dishes - 10. Shiro — $18.00: Spiced chickpea flour cooked with berbere Ethiopian spice sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, and ginger served on injera.; ingredients: chickpea flour, berbere Ethiopian spice sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, ginger, injera - 11. Yemisir Wot — $18.00: Lentils cooked Ethiopian style with berbere, ginger, garlic, onion, and tomato served on injera.; ingredients: Lentils, berbere, ginger, garlic, onion, tomato, injera - 12. Yemitmita Wot — $18.00: Diced tomatoes cooked in onion, berbere Ethiopian spice sauce, ginger, garlic, and canola oil with Ethiopian spices and served on injera.; ingredients: tomatoes, onion, berbere Ethiopian spice sauce, ginger, garlic, canola oil, Ethiopian spices, injera - 13. Key Sir Alicha — $18.00: Red beets, garlic, onion, carrot, potato, ginger, jalapeñ, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.; ingredients: Red beets, garlic, onion, carrot, potato, ginger, jalapeñ, Ethiopian spices, injera - 14. Gomen — $18.00: Collard greens cooked with onion, garlic, jalapeño, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.; ingredients: Collard greens, onion, garlic, jalapeño, Ethiopian spices, injera - 15. Yatakilt Alicha — $18.00: Cabbage, carrot, and potato sautéed with jalapeño, onion, garlic, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.; ingredients: Cabbage, carrot, potato, jalapeño, onion, garlic, Ethiopian spices, injera - 16. Ater Kik Alicha — $18.00: Lentils cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.; ingredients: Lentils, onions, garlic, ginger, Ethiopian spices, injera ### Vegetarian Style Platter Options - Sample of Five Vegetarian Dishes: Chef’s choice - Two Main Dishes with Three Sides - Family Style Vegetarian Dishes: Seven total ## Questions ### Where is Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine? Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine is at North Broadway 5352, Chicago, Illinois, 60640, United States. ### When is Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine open? Monday: 16:00–21:00; Tuesday: 16:00–21:00; Wednesday: 16:00–21:00; Thursday: 16:00–21:00; Friday: 16:00–22:00; Saturday: 11:00–22:00; Sunday: 11:00–20:00. ### How do I contact Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine? To contact Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine, call +13126984481 or visit https://www.tesfacuisine.com/ or email tesfa.ec@gmail.com. ## Source From [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), license ODbL-1.0, checked 2026-10-10. Last updated October 21, 2026. ## Links - This restaurant on the [web page]() - [Ethiopian in Chicago]() - [More restaurants in Chicago]()