Eritreans in America – Africans in America

By Polly Anna Rocha | MYSA

The building at 5115 Fredericksburg Road was home to beloved local hot spot, Sangria on the Burg, for seven years before its chef and owner rebranded the space into a new concept, Saucy Birds, in early 2024. By summer, Saucy Birds was out, and the location sat vacant until recently, as a new restaurant has opened in its stead.

Amen Cafe Eritrean & Ethiopian Restaurant is now open on Fredericksburg Road, offering an assortment of East African dishes. It is not clear when exactly the Ethiopian restaurant moved in, but social media posts show activity around early January. MySA has reached out to Amen Cafe to find out more about the business.

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By MARK ANTONATION | Westword

Jennifer Gueddiche, chief operating officer for the Welcome Center, says it wasn’t enough to count on food banks and pantry donations to get food for the organization’s clients, since many of them come from cultures where American staples are either unfamiliar or unsuitable for their religious and cultural requirements. Orthodox Christians and Muslims from Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea form a large part of the Welcome Center’s clientele, so ensuring that halal meats, vegetarian meals and traditional ingredients made it to those in need played a critical role in temporarily switching from an education-based mission to focusing on food distribution.