Original blues music
Senga-Tera captures best of Ethiopian culture
The Senga-Tera Ethiopian Restaurant, 3833 N.E. MLK Jr. Blvd., offers the finest food and entertainment in town. Here, you can experience the dynamic Ethiopian culture, eat great food with excellent service, take in a full liquor bar, big screens and listen to some of the best musicians in town. The owners have captured the best in Ethiopian food and culture. This new restaurant is a wonderful cultural event for all of your friends and family.
Centrally located, The Senga-Tera Ethiopian Restaurant is easy to find on the west side of MLK Jr. Blvd. When you walk into this cozy place, you will be greeted and seated. The employees are friendly and informative. Whether you are familiar with the menu, or need help, your server will be right there to answer any questions.
Lloyd Allen (Photo by KT)
While looking through menus, you may order one of several kinds of Ethiopian beers, wine, tea or coffee, as well as local beers. There is something for the vegetarians as well as the meat lovers, offered through scrumptious combination dinners.
This writer and the owner and editor of Positively Entertainment & Dining loved the homemade bread, anjetti, which is famous for dipping and rolling in your favorite food, then dipping it in a luscious sauce, famous from Ethiopia. Some enjoyable combo dinners include the lentel dish stewed with onion, garlic and a blend of hot Ethiopian herbs, called the Yemisir Wot. The Tibbs dish (beef) is tenderly-braised beef prepared with special house sauce. There are many delicious dinners to choose from and the prices are very affordable.
The culture of Ethiopia shines through the restaurant. You will find it in the artwork on the walls, the woven food baskets and musical instruments hanging about, on the deep and richly painted walls. The nice booths have tables adorned with tablecloths and comfortable chairs for ample seating. There is a quaint full-service, wrap around bar and access to a few big screens for your enjoyment.
This night, the blues music was just as awesome as the food. Lloyd Allen and friends gave a superb show, offering several excellent originals by Allen himself. Performing from an early age, his family of 15 brothers and sisters performed on the railroad cars to help earn money for the family. Allen, deeply rooted from the south, brought songs of storytelling in boasts of rhythm and fine entertainment.
Bass player Kevin Eastes and drummer Mike Bodine brought their years of expertise to bring out the best in this trio tonight.
Owners Ephram and Yonus Yilma have put together the best Ethiopian food restaurant in town at Senga-Tera. Take your friends and family. You are guaranteed great food and specialized service, carefully prepared just for you. Listen to some fine music later in the evening. For more information, call 503-288-3787. Happy hour is from 5-7:30 p.m.
See you there.