St. Louis, MO
Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant is St. Louis’s #1 in Ethiopian, from 1 local’s ranking.
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Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Sauce Magazine and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Updated September 2026.
Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant · Tower Grove East
Atsede Wondem and Henok Gerbi have run this South Grand dining room since 2007. The menu includes raw kitfo, berbere-seasoned tibs wat and kwanta firfir. Order the seven-dish vegetarian platter for cabbage, collards and mild yellow lentils on injera, or the Meskerem Combo for beef and vegetables.
Eat Today East African Cuisine . · Tower Grove South
Theo and Ruth Mengistie opened at Grand and Wyoming in 2024 after coming from Addis Ababa. The kitchen uses cardamom in coffee and berbere in lamb. Order the veggie lover combo of yellow split peas, brown lentils and collard greens with injera; the menu also includes roast chicken with garlic and rosemary.
Shaw Market · Shaw
This Shaw corner grocery has an Eritrean kitchen that serves meat and vegetarian combo platters. Ask when the platters are available, then order the vegetarian combination.
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