Axum Ethiopian Restaurant

5844 N Broadway, Chicago
(773) 654-3038

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Ye Doro TIBS - Chopped Chicken
Yellow Lentils Kik Alecha
Meat & Veggie Combo for 2
Meat and Veggie Combo
Collard Greens Gomon
Veggie Combo for Two
Chef's Combination
Chef's Combi for 2
Kayser Atkelet
Veggie Sambusa

Appetizers and Salad
Sambusa Combo
One beef, one chicken, and one veggie sambusa.
Veggie Sambusa
House Salad
Chicken Sambusa

Vegetarian
Red Lentils (Yemisir Wot)
Red lentils stewed in a rich berbere sauce and Ethiopian spices. Comes with a side of veggies.
Yellow Lentils (Kik Alecha)
Pureed yellow split peas cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, and green peppers. Comes with a side of veggies.
Cabbage (Tikel Gomon)
Ethiopian-style cooked sweet and sour cabbage. Comes with a side of veggies.
Collard Greens (Gomon)
Freshly chopped kale cooked with mild spices. Comes with a side of veggies.
Chickpeas (Shiro)
Roasted chickpeas stewed with onions, garlic, and Ethiopian spices. Comes with a side of veggies.
Kayser Atkelet
Red beet salad served with a tangy dressing. Comes with a side of veggies.
Green Peas (Fossolia)
Ethiopian vegetarian food made with string beans and carrots sautéed with onion. Comes with a side of veggies.
Spinach (Quosta)
Fresh spinach cooked with onions, garlic, and Ethiopian spices. Comes with a side of veggies.
Kik Wot
Special lentil peas cooked with special Ethiopian hot spices. Comes with a side of veggies.
Lentils (Deten Meser)
Comes with a side of veggies.

Veggie Specials
All Veggies Combo
Served in small portions on a tray. Comes with a side of veggies.

Meat
Beef (Ye Bere Tibs)
Chunks of lean beef sautéed with onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, and clarified butter. Comes with a side of veggies.
Chicken (Ye Doro Tibs)
A variation with pieces of chicken. Comes with a side of veggies.
Lamb (Yebeg Tibs)
Lamb lightly cooked with onions, jalapeño peppers, and Ethiopian seasonings. Comes with a side of veggies.
Doro Wot
National Ethiopian dish with chicken and boiled eggs with a spicy berbere sauce. Comes with a side of veggies.
Tibs Ferfer
Lamb sautéed with mitmita sauce mixed with injera. Comes with a side of veggies.
Quanta Ferfer
Yebere Wot
Tender beef cubes, stewed with berbere sauce, and flavored with onions, garlic, and ginger roots. Comes with a side of veggies.
Kitfo
Ethiopian steak tartare, freshly ground, and seasoned with spiced butter (kibe) and red pepper blend (mitmita). Comes with a side of veggies.
Yebeg Alicha
Lamb cooked in a mild alicha sauce served with pieces of injera. Comes with a side of veggies.
Gored Gored
Tender beef brisket cooked with shallots, spiced butter, garlic, awaze, and a hint of cognac. Comes with a side of veggies.
Ye Beg Key Wot
Lamb stew in our dark berbere sauce. Comes with a side of veggies.
Zil Zil Tibs
Strips of beef sautéed with peppers in a special berbere sauce. Comes with a side of veggies.
Lamb chop
Chicken with Spinach (Ye Doro Tibs with Gomen)
A variation with pieces of chicken with fresh spinach. Comes with a side of veggies.

Combinations
Meat and Veggie Combo
Comes with a side of veggies.
Extra Injera
Extra Veggie (1 Item)
Chef's Combination
All veggies, tibs, and wot. Comes with a side of veggies.

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Recent Reviews

The best Ethiopian food we’ve eaten! We got the Chefs Special platter and the Sambusas. Everything on the platter was full of flavor and the Sambusas were delicious and came with a nice sauce!

Very much a cozy homey feel inside the restaurant and staff were really kind. You can feel the effort they put into their food!
August 2025
Hit up Axum Ethiopian Restaurant for lunch yesterday—got the All Veggies Combo and a Beef Tibs, plus two sambusas, and a soda. The spread was flavorful and injera was legit soft—packed in plenty of sides and the tibs had a nice kick. Service was friendly and chill. Only wish it came with a bit more sambusa sauce. Great overall though.
July 2025
Adding this comment literally right after finishing my dinner because this place is such a gem!
I’ve always loved Ethiopian food and have been to quite a few restaurants in different cities but haven’t tried ordering online. Saw that the restaurant does ubereats and decided to give it a try. I was a little concerned about ordering kitfo (raw beef) via delivery in this hot summer weather but it did not disappoint at all! The portion size is huge (among the most generous...
July 2025

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Axum Ethiopian Restaurant

5844 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
(773) 654-3038