Africana Cafe Menu
Introducing the menu at Africana Cafe, located in Denver, CO, where you can experience authentic Ethiopian cuisine in a classy and quiet setting. With options for takeout, delivery, and catering, this restaurant offers a variety of dishes with limited vegetarian choices. From the flavorful Fata and scrambled egg dishes for breakfast to the savory Sambosa appetizers and hearty chicken soup, Africana Cafe showcases the rich flavors of Ethiopian cuisine. Customers rave about the friendly service, welcoming atmosphere, and generous portions of the vegetarian and meat combos. The traditional Ethiopian coffee and regional beers add to the dining experience, making it a memorable and delicious outing. With fresh ingredients and vibrant spices, Africana Cafe is a must-visit for those craving an authentic taste of Africa.
Breakfast
Fata
Pureed split peas cooked with special spice. tossed in injera.
Fata Special
Pureed split peas cooked with special spice. tossed in injera.
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled eggs served with fresh diced tomato, onion, jalapeno pepper and bread.
Egg and Beef Sandwich
Scrambled egg, slice of fresh tomato, onion and jalapeno served with bread.
Fuul
Crushed fava beans garnished with onion, jalapeno, pepper, sour cream, fresh tomato & olive oil served with bread crushed fava beans garnished with onion, jalapeno, pepper, sour cream, fresh tomato & olive oil served with bread.
Full Special
Crushed fava beans garnished with onion, jalapeno, pepper, sour cream, fresh tomato & olive oil served with bread Crushed fava beans garnished with onion, jalapeno, pepper, sour cream, fresh tomato & olive oil served with bread.
Telba
Flax water mixed with Telba served with injera.
Telba Special
Flax water mixed with Telba served with injera.
Sambosa
Fried triangular pastry shells filled with sea soned green lentils or beef.
Yetimatim Salad
Fresh sliced tomato, onion, green pepper and African spice-a sour delight.
Yetimatim Fitfit
Veggie seasoned split yellow peas mixed in with green peppers, red onion and injera.
Africana Salad
Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, carrots, olive oil, vinegar and green pepper mixed in Africana's special homemade dressing.
Appetizer
Soup
Chicken Soup
Ministroni with Wheat Brace
Vegeterian Combo
Misir wot spicy red lentils, gomen collard greens fasolia green beans and carrots, kik alicha split pea curry, and tikle gomen green cabbage with carrots and potatoes.
Tekel Gomen
Delicious curried vegetable stew made with cabbage. Potatos, green pepper and onion chopped fresh colla only type in the yellow please.
Gomen
Chopped fresh collard.
Misir Wot
Split red lentils slowly cooked with onion, garlic and blend of hot Ethiopian herbs.
Misir Alicha
Split lentils slowly cooked with red onion, fresh ground garlic and turmeric powder.
Shiro
Chick peas are milled together with a perfect blend of mild herbs and onion slowly cooked.
Kik Alicha
Spit yellow peas simmered until tender with onions, garlic and turmeric.
Vegetarian
Lunch & Dinner
Awaze Tibs
Lightly sauted tender cubed pieces of lamb mixed with our awaze sauce and onion, garlic and jalapeno peppers.
Zilzil Tibs
Strips of tender beef marinated with our special sauce and fried with onion, rosemary, jalapeno peppers and a touch of fresh garlic, served in a sizzling pan.
Meat Combo
A combination of lamb, beef, and chicken dishes.
Fish & Spaghetti
Your choice of spaghetti or penne served with your choice of sauce with shallow fried Tilapia fillet.
Dulet
Carefully cleaned lamb trip and liver mixed with lean red meat, diced onion, garlic, jalapeno peppers, herbal butter, cardoon and mitmita. Can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
Quanta Firfir
Combination of shredded injera with spiced home made beef jerky stew spiced with berbere.
Derek Tibs
Cubed beef sauteed until crisp and seasoned with onion and red peppers served with tomato salad.
Banatu Special
Combination of tibs firfir, kitfo, homemade ayb cottage cheese and a boiled egg stacked on top of other.
Chicken Tibs
Chicken Gomen
Doro Wet
Chicken drumstick simmered in medium hot berbere sauce spiced with ginger, garlic, onion, and herbal butter.
Yebeg Alicha
Lamb stew simmered with onion, garlic, turmeric, and herbal butter.
Yebeg Alicha Fitfit
Combination of shredded injera with lamb tibs.
Yebeg Tibs
Lamb sauted with onion and rosemary well cooked.
Tibs
Cubed tender lamb pieces cooked medium rare with onion, jalapeno peppers; served with spicy berbere sauce cooked hot, medium, or mild.
Lega Tibs
Cubed tender lamb pieces cooked rare with onion, jalapeno peppers, garlic, and berbere sauce cooked hot, medium, or mild.
Kitfo Special
Beef tartar seasoned our herbal butter, mitmita and cardamom can be ordered raw, medium, or well done.
Gored Gored
Chunked cubed beef sauteed homemade awaze sauce, cardamom, a dash of red wine and herbal butter can be ordered raw, medium, or well done.
