Appetizers
Beef And Lamb Entrees
Chicken Entrees
Vegetarian Entrees
Vegan And Vegetarian Combos
Veggie And Beef Combos
Fish Entrees
Pasta & Rice
Dessert
Sambusa
$12.00
Spiced lentils a choice of beef, chicken. Crispy pastry filled with onion and jalapeno pepper.
Cottage House Salad
$12.00
Lettuce, red onion, tomato, fresh garlic, celery with home made dressing.
Beets & Tomatoes Salad
$12.00
Beet, tomato, red onion, goat cheese, avocado, spices and lime sauce.
Aybi Love Bites
$13.00
Different flavor of ethiopian cheese.
Tomato Fitfit
$12.00
Diced tomatoes, onion jalapeno pepper mixed with pieces of injera, served cold.
Mushroom Tibs
$15.00
Sauteed mushroom, onions, garlic, tomato and bell paper.
Shrimp Tibs
$16.00
Sauteed shrimp with onions, bell pepper and tomatoes.
Kitfo Wrap
$16.00
(beef) wrap filled with our delicious kitfo. Served rare, medium-rare or medium-well.
Beef Kay Wot
$25.00
Fresh cubes of beef simmered in Ethiopian red pepper stew served with injera.
Beef Alich Wot
$25.00
Fresh cubes of beef prepared in purified butter and flavored with a curry and tamarind.
Cottage Special Zelzel Tibs
$25.00
Ribeye beef strips deep in soy sauce, onion, fresh garlic, tomato and jalapeno.
Ribeye Beef Awaze Tibs / Lamb Tibs
$25.00
Cubes of beef marinated with special spices, tomato, onion, garlic and ginger.
Ribeye Beef Derek Tibs / Lamb Derek Tibs
$25.00
Sauteed cuts of meat onion, rosemary, tomato, jalapeno at extra-high heat served well.
Ribeye Merek Tibs / Lamb Merek Tibs
$25.00
Cube ribeye beef stew marinated with Turmeric black papar, garlic, tomato and onion.
Kwanta Firfir
$23.00
Shredded injera mixed with seasoned beef jerk sauteed with onion, boiled egg, ethiopian spice and ethiopian butter.
Tibs Firfir (ribeye) / Lamb Firfir
$25.00
Cubed tender beef or lamb fried with onion, rosemary, boiled egg, ethiopian cheese and jalapeno peppers served in shredded injera.
Special Kitfo
$25.00
Beef tartare seasoned with our herbal butter, mitmita, cardamom, ethiopian cheese and Kocho (traditional ethiopian sour-tasting bread).
Golden Tibs
$27.00
Sizzling prime short ribs marinated with soy sauce, onion, tomato, fresh garlic, jalapenos and rosemary.
Gomen Besiga
$23.00
Fresh collard greens sauteed with ribeye beef, onion, garlic.
Chicken Doro Wot
$23.00
Tender chicken drum Traditional stew simmered in spicy berbere red paper sauce ginger, garlic, onions and herbal butter. Served with boiled egg.
Chicken Alicha Doro Wot
$23.00
Tender chicken in purified butter flavored with curry and tamaried served with hard boiled egg.
Chicken Tibs
$23.00
Strips of tender chicken sauteed with onion, garlic, and Ethiopian spice.
Kekle (lamb Stew)
$23.00
Light stew made with lamb bones, onion, ginger, turmeric powder, black pepper.
Shiro (chickpea Stew)
$19.00
Ground chickpea simmered in a rich house sauce and spice with olive oil or butter.
Ater (yellow Split Pea Stew)
$19.00
Yellow split peas stewed in a special sauce with onion, turmeric, garlic and ginger.
Miser (spicy Split Red Lentil Stew)
$19.00
Lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce with onion, garlic and ginger.
Tikel Gomen (cabbage)
$19.00
Fresh cabbage sauteed with onion, garlic, ginger, carrots and turmeric powder.
Dinch Wot (potato Stew)
$19.00
Potato simmered with berbere, onion, garlic and other spices.
Gomen
$19.00
Fresh collard greens sauteed with onions, garlic, and turmeric powder.
Mushroom Stew
$19.00
Sauteed with onion, fresh garlic, and fresh ginger.
Flax Seed Wot
$19.00
Puree roasted flax seed cooked in spicy powder.
Tofu Kitfo
$19.00
Minced tofu seasoned with mitmita for a flavorful, mildly spicy taste with olive oil.
Regular Veggie Combo #1
$23.00
Splint lentils, yellow peas, greens, beets, tomato salad.
Have It Your Way Combo (5 Items)
$23.00
Custom selection of 5 vegetarian items.
Regular Veggie Combo #2
$23.00
Yellow peas, gomen, cabbage, tomato salad and green beans.
Special Cottage Veggie Combo
$47.00
Yellow peas, gomen, shiro, cabbage, tofu, yellow splint lentils, green beans, beets, alicha dinich and tomato salad.
Doro Wot And 5 Additional Veggies
$39.00
Chicken stew served with five vegetable sides.
Kay Wot And 5 Additional Veggies
$39.00
Spicy beef stew served with five vegetable sides.
Beef Alicha And 5 Additional Veggies
$39.00
Mild beef stew served with five vegetable sides.
Fish (asa)dullet
$23.00
Ground fish mixed with diced onion, garlic jalapeno cardmon and mitmita (spicy powder).
Tuna Kitfo
$24.00
Minced Tuna with olive oil, cardamom, mitmita Spice.
Fish (asa) Gulash
$23.00
Lightly fried chunked fish filet cooked in our special tomato and berbere sauce.
Fish Only
$15.00
Deep fried whole fish.
Fish And Rice Or Salad
$19.00
Deep fried whole fish with rice or salad.
Spaghetti With Meat Sauce
$20.00
Served with side salad.
Spaghetti With Tomato Sauce
$18.00
Served with side salad.
Spaghetti With Mushroom
$19.00
Served with side salad.
Tibs And Rice With Vegetable Mix
$20.00
Sauteed meat served over rice with vegetables.
Baklava
$7.00
Sweet pastry made of layers of filo.
Tiramisu
$7.00
Coffee-flavored Italian dessert.
Sweet Street Chocolate Molten Bundt Cake
$7.00
A moist dark chocolate cake.
Sweet Encore Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
$7.00
All butter decadent chocolate cake with oozing chocolate ganache center.
Ice Cream
$7.00
Vanilla and chocolate.
Rasmalai
$7.00
Flat cake made of cream cheese, then soaked in thick milk.
Kheer (rice Pudding)
$7.00
Traditional Nepalese/ Indian style rice pudding.
Gulab Jamun
$7.00
Soft Indian dessert deep fried and soaked in sweet cardamon flavor syrup.
Non-alcoholic Beverages
Signature Cocktails
Beer
Red Wine
White & Rose Wine
Sparkling
Traditional Ethiopian Beverages
Coffee
$4.00
Freshly brewed coffee.
Espresso
$4.00
Strong black coffee.
Cappuccino
$4.75
Espresso with steamed milk foam.
Macchiato
$4.75
Espresso with a small amount of foamed milk.
Traditional Ethiopian Coffee With Ceremony
$5.00
Authentic coffee preparation.
Milk
$3.50
Glass of milk.
Sparkling Water
$9.00
Carbonated water.
Tea
$3.50
Choice of Green, Ginger, or Spiced tea.
Sodas
$4.00
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale.
Juices
$5.00
Orange, Cranberry, Pineapple, or Mango.
Old Fashioned
$17.00
Uncle Nearest Premium Bourbon, a dash of sugar, bitters and water. Garnished with an orange peel.
Rosa Paloma
$17.00
Codigo 1530 Rosa Blanco Tequila, mixed beautifully with grapefruit juice, and agave nectar. Topped with soda water.
Negroni
$15.00
Condesa Artisanal Gin, Select Apertivo, and sweet vermouth, equally mixed and garnished with an orange peel.
Harenna Bird
$15.00
Don Q Reserva 7 Year Rum chilled hard with Select Apertivo, fresh lime and pineapple juices.
Coffea Arabica Martini
$17.00
Our take on the espresso martini with premium Absolut Vanilia Vodka, Kahlua, and Ethiopian espresso.
The Sidecar
$17.00
Rémy Martin VSOP, Cointreau triple sec, and lemon juice combined into a delightful sip.
St. George
$8.00
Pale Lager, Ethiopia.
Habesha
$8.00
Lager/Pilsner, Ethiopia.
Bud Light
$5.00
American Lager, St. Louis, MO.
Amstel Light
$7.00
Light Lager, Holland.
Stella Artois
$7.00
Pale Lager, Belgium.
Tsing Tao
$5.00
Lager, China.
Paulaner Grapefruit
$5.00
Radler, Germany.
Heineken
$7.00
Lager/Pilsener, Netherlands.
Guinness
$7.00
Stout, Ireland.
Cabernet Sauvignon | Smith & Hook
$14.00 | $55.00
Monterey, CA.
Cabernet Sauvignon | Martis
$65.00
Sonoma, CA.
Merlot | J. Lohr "Los Osos"
$12.00 | $45.00
Monterey, CA.
Pinot Noir | Hahn
$12.00 | $50.00
Monterey, CA.
Pinot Noir | Inscription
$60.00
Willamette, Oregon, OR.
Malbec | Alamos
$11.00 | $40.00
Mendoza, ARG.
Sauvignon Blanc | Whitehaven
$14.00 | $45.00
Marlborough, NZ.
Chardonnay | Clos Du Bois
$12.00 | $45.00
Sonoma, CA.
Chardonnay | La Crema
$55.00
Sonoma, CA.
Chardonnay | Bezel By Cakebread
$15.00 | $65.00
San Luis, Obispo, CA.
Pinot Grigio | Ecco Domani
$11.00 | $40.00
Delle Venezie, IT.
Pinot Grigio | J Vineyards
$14.00 | $50.00
Russian River Valley, CA.
Rose | Château Ste. Marguerite Symphonie
$15.00 | $55.00
Provence, FR.
Moscato | Caposaldo
$11.00 | $40.00
Lombardy, IT.
Prosecco | La Marca
$12.00 | $50.00
Veneto, IT.
Prosecco | La Marca Rosé
$12.00 | $50.00
Veneto, IT.
Brut Champagne | G.h. Mumm Cordon Rouge
$99.00
Reims, FR.
Brut Champagne | Perrier-jouët Grand Brut
$120.00
Epernay, FR.
Yemar Tej
$15.00 | $45.00
Honey wine, similar to mead.
Areki
$10.00 | $45.00
Ethiopian anise flavored spirit.
Tela
$15.00 | $45.00
Homemade Ethiopian beer, made from barley, maize, wheat or millet.
