Habesha Market and Carry-Out (1919 9th Street NW) is located in the center of D.C.’s Little Ethiopia. It serves a dual purpose: grocery and supply-chain for Ethiopia’s unique, spicy cuisine and popular neighborhood restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus catering if your plans are larger than just a tasting. Yared Mamo, Habesha’s manager, said the market first opened as a restaurant in 2005. Since then it has expanded in size with added tables and a line of products from Ethiopia that include spice mixtures of berbere. “They are imported from Ethiopia and mixed according to family recipes,” said Mamo, who was reluctant to give details about the recipe. […] READ MORE
