Now Open: Addis Ababa Ethiopian Cafe

If the name of this four-day-old restaurant sounds familiar, it should. The little dining room tucked into a storefront on the ground floor of the parking garage at 11th Street and Oak is the newest location of restaurateur Mekedem Belete’s Addis Ababa Cafe — the sequel to his former venue at 1809 West 39th Street.

Belete closed the 39th Street location several years ago — that location, last occupied by Matchstick Barbecue, is still empty. The new Addis Ababa has been a work in progress for several months, he told me. In fact, it’s still a work in progress.