The restaurant serves Texas barbecue, Ethiopian cuisine and Tex-Ethiopian fusion cuisine. The restaurant uses Ethiopian condiments including awaze[1] and berbere, a traditional Ethiopian spice mixture. The spice mix is made by Fasicka's sister,[2] who ships it to the restaurant from Ethiopia.[3]
The restaurant was founded by Patrick Hicks of Waco, Texas and his wife Fasicka, originally from Addis Ababa.[9] The couple met in Arlington in 1997, and later married and had two children.[5] They opened a food truck in 2012,[3] and operated pop-up food stands in Texas before opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Arlington in 2018.[9] The couple originally served Texas barbecue,[6] but Fasicka began adding Ethiopian dishes to the menu in 2019.[10] They began adding fusion dishes to the menu based on recommendations from their customers, who enjoyed both Ethiopian and barbecue food.[11]
In 2022, the restaurant partnered with Goldbelly and began shipping food to other states.[12]
The restaurant moved to a larger location at 5904 S. Cooper St. in 2023.[13] The new location also included a full bar.[14]
Reception
The restaurant was included on The New York Times list of the 50 best restaurants in 2022.[10] In 2023, the publication named it one of the 20 best Texas barbecue restaurants of the new generation.[15]
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