Good food, an amazing experience, and a place that deserves more patrons. I walked into this restaurant and immediately had second thoughts (specifically, that I should have played it safe and went to The Keg). It looked like an apartment living room...the staff were sitting at one of the few tables and that was it. Nobody was there, no visible activity in the kitchen...I could have sworn they were closed. The woman got up and said they were open, and shuffled over with a menu. I had second thoughts about staying, but I did. The ladies got up and left after I ordered (they went back to cook the food themselves) and I got huge plate with salad, a tasty/interesting beef+vegetable dish, plus a lot of this amazing bread that is kind of like naan...only waaay better. The portion size was huge.

I noticed they had an african TV channel streaming via the internet. At the end of my meal, I noticed we were all enjoying a song on it (even though I obviously had no idea what the words meant). It was nice because it seemed to bridge a kind of divide. As I left I asked the woman what language it was. She said it was Somali, and that she was Somalian. I asked her if she still had family there, and she informed me that she had family members that were killed in the recent conflict.

I left feeling happy that I had a good experience that was actually memorable (unlike the average chain restaurant experience...good but certainly not something you remember years later). Moreover, I got to use my money to support people like this....in this tiny little outfit, members of the community (as opposed to a franchise).

Please do yourself a favor. Go check this place out, if only to have a different experience (which is good for all of us, I think). Nobody else walked in during the hour I was there (today - Friday - at 6:30). I'm already planning to return there next Friday. The Keg can wait. :)