Dukem

"Look ma, no utensils!", just "perfect spongy, tangy injera bread" to scoop up "tasty" Ethiopian kitfo, tibs (the lamb's "amazing") and the like, including many veggie options, at these "traditional" outposts in DC and Baltimore; "ho-hum" decor afflicts both locales, but "attentive" service and "reasonable" tabs make them handsome choices for most; P.S. there's an "elaborate" coffee ceremony on...

Prizewinner in Washington's Miss Little Ethiopia pageant, year after year. Corner hovel on U Street shifts between authentic African nightspot and refugee camp for Washington's oversized law student populace. Tight booths and uneven tables squeeze hundreds into a classroom-size disco diner that dazzles with 1970s chic. Vegetarians and carnivores are reconciled by eating off the same plate with...