Eat something new during New York African Restaurant Week, with special prix fixe menus at more than a dozen top Senegalese, South African and Ethiopian restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Three-course lunch and dinner options are between $19.95 and $35.95 through Sunday, Oct. 16.
This is the fourth year for New York African Restaurant Week, with more restaurants participating than before.Enjoy a taste of Africa at one or more of these restaurants:
Lunch and dinner options are priced between $19.95 and $35.95. Make reservations directly with the restaurant of your choice.
Find more good deals on local restaurants and national chains on the NYCOTC Cheap Eats page
BROOKLYN
► Amarachi Prime
Where: 189 Bridge St., Downtown Brooklyn
Type of cuisine: African-Caribbean fusion
► Bati
Where: 747 Fulton St., Fort Greene
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian
► Bunna Cafe
Where: 1084 Flushing Ave., Bushwick
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian vegan
► Cafe Rue Dix
Where: 1451 Bedford Ave., Crown Heights
Type of cuisine: French-Sengalese
► Ghenet
Where: 348 Douglass St., Park Slope
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian
► Joloff Restaurant
Where: 1168 Bedford Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant
Type of cuisine: Senegalese
► Madiba
Where: 195 Dekalb Ave., Fort Greene
Type of cuisine: South African
MANHATTAN
► Farafina Cafe and Lounge
Where: 1813 Amsterdam Ave., Sugar Hill
Type of cuisine: African fusion
► Harlem Besame
Where: 2070 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., Harlem
Type of cuisine: “Latino Soul”
► La Savane Restaurant
Where: 239 West 116th St., Harlem
Type of cuisine: West African
► Lenox Saphire
Where: 341 Lenox Ave., Harlem
Type of cuisine: African-French patisserie
► Massawa Restaurant
Where: 1239 Amsterdam Ave., Morningside Heights
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian and Eritrean
► Peque
Where: 231 West 145th St., Harlem
Type of cuisine: International tapas
► Ponty Bistro
Where: 218 Third Ave., Gramercy
Type of cuisine: French-African
► Ponty Bistro Harlem
Where: 2375 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., Harlem
Type of cuisine: West African-French-Mediterranean fusion
► Queen of Sheba
Where: 650 10th Ave., Hell’s Kitchen
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian
► Tagine
Where: 221 West 38th St., Midtown
Type of cuisine: Moroccan
► Tsion Cafe and Bakery
Where: 763 Saint Nicholas Ave., Sugar Hill
Type of cuisine: Ethiopian
- Read this recent NY Times review of Tsion Cafe and Bakery
LONG ISLAND
► Suya Hot Spot
Where: 1929 Grand Ave, Baldwin
Thanks to DNAInfo for publishing this restaurant list, adapted from the New York African Restaurant Week website.
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