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| - ** Caution: My review is written as a local to this hood. If you travel across town to eat here, you probably will be disappointed. I accept the place as it is.**
I love this place. I've been eating here for years and everyone I bring here loves it too. I always get the vegetarian plate for $7.50 which will leave 2 people feeling stuffed. At that price, I don't know how you can leave unhappy. You get plenty of injera (the sour, unleavened bread made from teff flour) and Nazaret, the owner, will always bring you more if you need it. The wats are delicious and even the salad has grown on me.
At this point I just eat the salad with my hands to save on injera and room in my stomach for the wats. It's just dark enough in there that you can undo the button on your skinny jeans without anyone noticing. Wear a long cardigan for extra gut releasing coverage.
The veggie platter is the most popular dish at Nazareth and can vary in size and presentation but almost always comes with spinach wat, stewed chunky vegetables, a couple of lentil wats ranging from mild to medium spicy embanked by a wall of onion and tomato salad on a base of injera. It's served on a long platter that leaves little room on the 2 person tables for anything but the two side plates of injera and your drinks.
Since expanding the restaurant into the retail space to the west where Pam's Roti used to be, the restaurant has doubled in size. High five if you remember when this still tiny restaurant was just a hallway with tables on one wall and only locals knew about it. Sigh. Those days are gone.
The crowd here is usually white and some asian 20 & 30 somethings, usually during the dinner hours and as the night progresses it transitions to the north/east african but usually lining the bar to drink and watch sports. If you show up at prime time any night of the week you can expect to wait 30mns -1 hr+ for a table and wait in a big line-up. It's better to go late in my opinion, after 9.
Tuesday they're closed and despite what the menu says, they are not open for breakfast or lunch, ever. Whenever I've asked Nazaret what her opening time is she says around 3pm or whenever, but I've seen it closed after 3. I doubt you're reading this because you're interested in breakfast though.
Nazareth is open late most nights. I've rolled in there at 10pm to enjoy a full meal without a wait for a table and then hung around for an ethiopian dance party complete with Teddy Afro music videos on the projection screen into the wee hours.
Moral: Veggie dinner for two and two spiced teas WITH tax and tip - $15.
NO RESERVATIONS! Don't complain that you couldn't get a reservation. She doesn't take them!
Waiting to pay your bill? Get off your ass and go pay at the cash register. This is not your average fancy restaurant with amazing table service.
Cash only but now there's an ATM terminal.
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