Desta Ethiopian Kitchen
Popular menu items
*Tibs.
Get your taste buds ready for our most popular dish! Tender cubed meat of your choice sauteed in Desta's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers, and spiced olive oil. It doesn't get any yummier than this. 1. Pick Your Meat (9 oz.) | 2. Choose Your Starch | 3. Pick Your Side
$16.19 +*Lamb Short Ribs
$17.99 +*Breakfast
*Foul
Crushed beans sauteed with our spices, garnished with fresh diced onions, tomatoes, and pepper. Finished with olive oil and butter. Served on pita. Loaded - Add feta cheese and a boiled egg or scrambled eggs
$10.79 +*Scrambled Eggs
Sauteed with onions, tomatoes, pepper and Ethiopian butter. Served with pita. Can add a prime rib steak for an additional charge.
$9.59 +*Chechebsa
Small pieces of flatbread braised with berbere and your choice of Ethiopian butter or olive oil.
$9.59*Breakfast Combo
Our most popular breakfast dish! Includes kinche, scrambled eggs & chechebsa for 2 or more because sharing is caring! Served with pita or injera. Can add fir fir for an additional charge.
$17.99 +*Fetira
Traditional Ethiopian breakfast consisting of flatbread layered with eggs, served with honey.
$10.79*Brunch
If brunch were a party this would be served! Comes with fir fir, kinche, Ethiopian-style scrambled eggs, chechebsa, tibs, kitfo, and ayib. Served with pita or injera. Serves 2 to 4.
$45.59 +*Appetizers
*Sambusa
Stuffed with your choice of either minced beef or lentils. These crispy treats are to die for!
$7.19*Tomato Fitfit Appetizer
Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapeño pepper mixed with pieces of injera. Served cold. This is a great dish to share!
$9.59*Gomen-Siljo Dip
A blended dish of tofu and gomen seasoned with garlic, ginger, hot mustard, and a touch of olive oil. Served with your choice of injera or pita bread.
$10.79 +*Kitfo Wrap
Choose Beef or Salmon. Injera or a flour tortilla wrap filled with our delicious kitfo, served rare, medium rare, or medium well.
$11.99 +*Kitfo Slice
Tortilla slice filled with delicious kitfo, ayib and jalapeño peppers cooked how you like it
$14.39 +*Salmon Starter Salad
A fresh-to-order side portioned salad topped with your choice of rare or cooked salmon, seasoned with Ethiopian spices.
$14.39 +*Specialities
*Fish Dulet Tilapia
Finely minced tilapia with tomato, onions & peppers. Add shiro for $2.99 extra.
$18.59 +*Shiro Fir Fir
Chickpeas stewed in a special sauce with onions, garlic & ginger. With a choice of olive oil or Ethiopian butter.
$16.79 +*Gored Gored.
Lean beef cubes mixed with mitmita, awaze, onions & peppers. Cooked Rare, Medium Rare, or Well Done.
$17.39 +*Bozena Shiro
Chickpea stew with your choice of ground beef, cubed meat or lamb, with butter or olive oil
$17.39 +*Fish Dulet Grouper
Finely minced Grouper with tomato, onions & peppers. Add shiro for $2.99 extra.
$20.99 +*Potato stew.
Cooked with your choice of ground beef, cubed steak or lamb, with butter or olive oil.
$17.39 +*Fir Fir.
This mouth-watering dish contains bits of injera soaked in spiced berbere sauce with your choice of succulent meat or seafood. Enjoy it with Kinche or Ayib on top for 50¢ each!
$16.19 +*Signature Entrees
*Tibs.
Get your taste buds ready for our most popular dish! Tender cubed meat of your choice sauteed in Desta's secret blend of spices, onions, tomatoes, peppers, and spiced olive oil. It doesn't get any yummier than this. 1. Pick Your Meat (9 oz.) | 2. Choose Your Starch | 3. Pick Your Side
$16.19 +*Kitfo
Ethiopian-style steak tartare, freshly minced extra-lean beef, seasoned with mitmita and Ethiopian spiced butter. Can sub salmon. How Daring are You? “Playing it Safe – served well-done”, “Sorta Brave* - served medium-well”, “Very Brave *– Served medium-rare”, “Dare Devil* - served rare” Make it a kitfo dulet with sautéed onions and peppers for an additional charge.
$17.99 +*Biret Mitad Tibs
Sautéed cuts of meat at extra high heat, served well done with your choice of a side and bread. Choose from Lamb, Ribeye, or Filet Mignon.
$19.79 +*Goden Tibs
Sizzling prime short ribs marinated with Desta sauce, onions, tomato, fresh garlic, and jalapeño, with your choice of a side and bread.
$21.59 +*Lamb Short Ribs
$17.99 +*ADD ON AND XTRA SIDES
$0.00 +*Vegan
*Vegan Platter
Shiro, Miser, Ater, Dinech Wot, Gomen, Cabbage, Salad, Azifa, Beets and Potato salad, Mushroom stew, and tomato fit fit.
$21.59 +*Full Miser
(Spicy Split Red Lentil Stew) Lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce with onions, garlic & ginger.
$15.59 +*Full Shiro
(Chickpea Stew) Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce & spiced with olive oil or butter
$16.79 +*Full Tomato Fit Fit
Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapeño peppers, mixed with pieces of injera. Served cold.
$11.99 +*Full Ater
(Yellow Split Pea Stew) Yellow split peas stewed in a special sauce with onions, turmeric & ginger.
$13.19 +*Tikel Gomen (Cabbage)
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onions, garlic, ginger, carrots, and turmeric.
$13.19 +*Full Beets and potato salad
$13.19 +*Sandwiches
*Salads
*Tomato Fitfit w/Seafood
Diced tomatoes, onions and jalapeno peppers, mixed with pieces of injera and seafood.
$16.79 +*House Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with your choice of bread
$12.59 +*Chicken Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with chicken and your choice of bread
$14.99 +*Fish (Tilapia) Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with tilapia and your choice of bread
$18.59 +*Fish (Grouper) Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with grouper and your choice of bread
$20.99 +*Salmon Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with salmon and your choice of bread
$18.59 +*Shrimp Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with shrimp and your choice of bread
$18.59 +*Beef Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with beef and your choice of bread
$16.19 +*Lamb Salad
Looking to go "green"? Try our fresh-to-order salads with our delicious house dressing. Served with lamb and your choice of bread
$18.59 +*Daily Specials
*Pastas
*Chicken Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sauteed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Chicken pasta served with your choice of bread.
$19.20 +*Fish (Tilapia) Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Tilapia pasta served with your choice of bread.
$20.40 +*Fish (Grouper) Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Grouper pasta served with your choice of bread.
$23.40 +*Salmon Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Salmon pasta served with your choice of bread.
$22.20 +*Meat Sauce Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Meat sauce pasta served with your choice of bread.
$16.79 +*Kitfo Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Kitfo pasta served with your choice of bread.
$20.40 +*Lamb Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Lamb pasta served with your choice of bread.
$22.20 +*Shrimp Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Shrimp pasta served with your choice of bread.
$20.40 +Ribeye Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Ribeye pasta served with your choice of bread.
$20.99 +*mushroom pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Mushroom pasta served with your choice of bread.
$19.20 +Veggie (Beyond) Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Beyond meat pasta served with your choice of bread.
$19.20 +Veggie Pasta
Mama Mia! Even though the Italians weren't successful at colonizing Ethiopia centuries ago, they left their love of pasta. Now we're bringing it to you, sautéed with shiro and tomato based sauce, served with a salad. Veggie pasta served with your choice of bread.
$16.79 +*Plain Side
*Plain beets & potato salad
$5.99 +*Plain Shiro
Ground chickpeas simmered in a rich house sauce & spiced with olive oil or butter
$5.99 +*Plain Tomato Fitfit
Diced tomatoes, onions and ialapeno pepper mixed with pieces of iniera. Served cold.
$5.99 +