5 Star Cafe

2469 7th St W, St Paul
(651) 696-0909

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Pasta with Ground Beef
Roast Beef Sandwich
Full Mudammas
Derek TIBS
Baklava

Menu

Breakfast
Full Mudammas
Baked fava beans seasoned with cumin, olive oil, topped with fresh chopped onion, tomatoes, green pepper and house-made fresh sour yogurt served with your choice of french bread or flat wheat bread.
Fata
Chopped fresh bread mixed with spicy red sauce topped with optional house-made fresh yogurt and lettuce with tomatoes, onion & green pepper.
Scrambled Egg
Topped with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and black pepper served with French or flat wheat bread.
Egg with Red Sauce
Egg silsi. Scrambled eggs mixed with red sauce served with french bread or flat wheat bread.
Tuna with Red Sauce
Tuna silsi. Tuna mixed with eritrean red sauce served with french bread or flat wheat bread.
Avocado Salad
Fresh garden lettuce with avocado topped with dressing, tomatoes, green pepper and onion.
Kitcha Fitfit
Chopped home-made fresh flat bread doused with spicy red sauce.
Vegie Sandwich
Fresh garden lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sliced of boiled potatoes topped with dressing.
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Tuna, fresh garden lettuce, tomatoes, onions topped with house-made dressing.
Kinche
Small pieces of grounded wheat cooked, seasoned with house-made spices and butter, served with injera firfir.
Egg Sandwich
Fried eggs, fresh garden lettuce, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, onions topped with house-made dressing.
Turkey Sandwich
Roasted turkey, cheese, fresh garden lettuce, tomatoes, onions topped with house-made dressing.
Roast Beef Sandwich
Roasted beef, cheese, fresh garden lettuce, tomatoes, onions topped with house-made dressing.
Half N Half
Avocado & scrambled egg. Scrambled eggs mixed with avocado topped with dressing. Served with french or flat wheat bread.

Entrees

Vegetarian Combo Plate
A wonderful medley eritrean cabbage, potatoes, lentils, special salad & spinach served with injera.
Lamb Tibs
With awaze or plain. Tender tip pieces of marinated lamb meat cooked with peppers, onions, garlic, tomato, a touch of rosemary and house-made spices, served with injera. *awaze is a house-made chili*.
Beef Tibs
With awaze or plain. Tender tip pieces of beef cooked with peppers, onions, garlic, tomato, a touch of rosemary and house-made spices, served with injera. *awaze is a house-made chili*.
Zilzil Tibs
Strips of tender beef grilled with onion, jalapenos, marinated with butter and house-made spices topped with rosemary. Served with injera and chili sauce (awaze – house-made chili).
Derek Tibs
Cubes of tender beef grilled marinated with butter, onion, jalapenos and house-made sauce topped with rosemary. Served with injera and chili sauce (awaze – house-made chili).
Kitfo
Ground beef with house-made spiced butter and ground chili powder, served with injera and house- made cottage cheese.
Quanta Firfir
Dried strips of beef mixed with injera, house-made spiced butter and ground chili powder.
Zigni
Keywot. Tender and flavorful beef cubes cooked in spicy berbere sauce, eritrean butter and house-made spices served with injera (sourdough flat & spongy bread, made of teff).
Tsebhi Derho
Dero wot. Cooked chicken with onions, garlic, ginger, berbere and mixed house-made spices simmered to create authentic flavor served with injera.
Tibs Firfir
Tender tip pieces of beef cooked with peppers, onion, tomatoes, jalapenos and mixed with pieces of injera.
Injera Firfir
Red house-made sauce cooked with peppers, onion, tomatoes, jalapenos and mixed with pieces of injera.
Pasta with Red Sauce
Onion, garlic, tomato, house-made spices, served with french bread or injera.
Pasta with Ground Beef
Ground beef, celery, onion, garlic, tomatoes, jalapenos. Served with french bread or injera.
Shiro
Powdered chickpeas and chili-peppers well cooked with onion, tomatoes and garlic served with injera.
Ades
Miser. Split lentils, onion, garlic, ginger and house-made spices served with injera.
Beef with Spinach
Seasoned beef cooked with spinach, onions, garlic and house-made spice, served with injera.
Chicken Tibs with Rice
Chicken breast cooked with onion, tomatoes, jalapenos and house blend spices served with rice.
Salmon Fish Filet
Salmon fish cooked, eggs, black pepper, lemon pepper, garlic, house blend spices, served with mix of vegie.
Beef Burger
Served with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, house-made sauce & french fries.
Chicken Burger
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onion, house-made sauce & ketchup on a classic bun, with french fries.
Kikil
Kikil is a mild stew type of dish. This dish is made with lamb and potatoes. It has meat with bones slow-cooked and it is more of a thinner watery stew. Served with injera (sourdough flat & spongy bread, made of teff).
Five Star Combo
Mix of 6 dishes: Dulot, kikil, zigni (keywote), tibs, spinach and lettuce served with injera.
Fish Sandwich
Crispy tilapia fish, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, cheese, mayonnaise, and house- made sauce. Served with french fries.
Chicken Wings with Celery
8 pieces.

Bakery
6" French Bread
Pound Cake
Baklava
Enjera

Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Red Bull Energy Drink
Red Bull Sugar Free
Red Bull Tropical
Fresh House-Made Juice
Five Star Yogurt
Chai Latte
Coffee
Latte
Cappuccino
Macchiato
Espresso
Hot Cocoa
Tea
Ginger Tea
Bottled Juice
Bottled Soda
Soda Cans
Bottled Water
Americana
Arizona
Gatorade
Milk Hot
Pierrier
Spris

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Recent Reviews

This review is about a delivery order. It included the Chicken Tibs with Rice, Avocado Salad, and the Vegetarian Combo Plate. They were overall amazingly delicious. The last time o ordered the rice it was seasoned a little better, but it was still good. The Pound Cake is by Sara Lee so that was disappointing. The main dishes were so good and the ingredients so fresh I’m still giving them all stars. It was also delivered in a Friday night and came fairly quickly.
October 2025
Ordered a roast beef sandwich and it was very very good. They add chilis which is a very nice touch. HOWEVER after paying for the sandwich, tax and a 15% tip it came out to $14. This price is a little bit too high considering there’s a subway in the same strip mall. My advice is to reduce the price of the sandwich by a dollar or $1.50. I’m afraid that the price is going to be a deterrent to new customers getting your wonderful menu
September 2025
I went in this place for the first time this Jan and the experience was strange. We all ordered coffees, and 3 of us ordered cake and I ordered baklava. The baklava was fresh but the cakes are pre packaged SaraLee type things so everyone else thought that was terrible, Inconsistent and weird. But a major issue I had was that I went to use the women’s restroom in back and it was locked but the men’s was wide open. So naturally I assumed that it was occupied by someone and...
February 2025

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5 Star Cafe

2469 7th St W, St Paul, MN 55116
(651) 696-0909