An Ethiopian restaurant, Eshkol, recently opened at 36 East Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore. The Philadelphia Inquirer offered details on the restaurant from Chaltu Merga and her husband, Tesh Gebremedhin.

From the article:

Eshkol’s quaint, 32-seat storefront, across from Ardmore Music Hall and next door to Jack McShea’s Pub, has dining tables as well as one four-seat mesob — the traditional woven wicker basket that stores the spongy bread called injera and serves a communal dining table.

Merga and Gebremedhin said they realized that many customers might not be familiar with Ethiopian cuisine, so they had every dish photographed and described on the menu. Although the food traditionally is eaten with the hands using injera, they’re offering cutlery. “We don’t judge,” Gebremedhin said.

Pictured at the top of the article are dishes Zilbo (left) and Doro Alicha (right). Zilbo is lamb cooked with fresh collard greens, onion, garlic, ginger, and jalapeno Dora Alicha is a chicken stew and egg simmered in turmeric, onion, garlic, ginger, mixed Ethiopian spice, and spiced butter.

Eshkol opens on Saturdays for breakfast. Pictured is Chechebsa, a classic Ethiopian breakfast dish with small pieces of flatbread braised with berbere and spiced butter or olive oil. All breakfast dishes are served with Ethiopian spice tea.

Eshkol’s is open seven days a week. Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. You can learn more about Eshkol here.

Photos: Eshkol