Queen of Sheba Ethiopian   

46 10th Ave # 650
New York, NY 10014
212-397-0610
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The SceneQueen of Sheba is classier than the average 10th Avenue storefront, with a full bar, ochre walls and caring, informed servers. A flamboyant mix of Broadway actor-types and African natives gather at the traditional African tables, which look like giant baskets planted on fireplugs.The FoodThe flavors of Ethiopian cuisine have no counterpart in American cooking: If you like spongy buckwheat pancakes, you'll flip for injera, the ubiquitous bread used to grab bites. Almost everything else is stewed in or spiked with berbere, a peppery, brick-colored paste. Timatim fitfit, a bread salad with tomatoes, is a fresh-tasting appetizer. Doro tips (chicken marinated and fried in spices) and tibs wot (berbere stewed beef) make for savory and tender entrees. Vegetarian dishes have one constant: mashed, spiced, room-temperature beans. Skip the Americanized desserts, but do wash down dinner with a malty Ethiopian beer.