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3210 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63118

314-772-4442 

http://www.meskeremstl.com  

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3210 S. Grand Blvd. St. Louis MO 63118

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  • Eritrean, Ethiopian
    Daily 11am-10pm
    $$ $$
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
    Casual attire
    Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
  • Dinner, Lunch
    Accepted
    Street
Description

An Ethiopian restaurant likely to appeal to novice and connoisseur alike, Meskerem is a welcome addition to South Grand's multi-culti mix. Even the injera - the spongy, slightly sour bread with which you scoop up your food - is better than average here. Newcomers might want to try the Meskerem Combo, which offers both straightforward tibs wat (beef in the classic Ethiopian berbere sauce), and the more interesting gomen besaega (beef with collard greens). Vegetarians will find several delicious lentil, chickpea and sautéed vegetable dishes, while adventurous carnivores may want to try kitfo, raw beef chopped very fine and seasoned with clarified butter and fiery mitmita chile powder.








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    Grand Adventures

    By Ian Froeb | Wed, May 09, 2007

    Even after a friend and I had scooped up several handfuls of kitfo — raw beef chopped very, very fine and seasoned with niter kibbeh (clarified butter) and mitmita (a fiery ground chile pepper) — our server offered to take it back to the kitchen... More »

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  • 2009 | Best East African Restaurant

    You can't dangle your toe in the waters of Ethiopian cuisine. You must, to mix metaphors, roll up your sleeves and get your hands messy from the start, forgoing traditional utensils -- or untraditional utensils, for that matter. Instead, you use the spongy, sour flatbread known as injera to scoop up the complexly spiced sautés and stews that make up Ethiopian cuisine. If this seems daunting, it isn't, and the staff at Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant goes out of its way to make you... More »

  • 2007 | Best East African Restaurant

    This category couldn't have existed in 2006, but the past year has seen a boomlet of East African restaurants opening in St. Louis -- none more welcome than Meskerem. The first Midwestern outpost of a very small chain (there are two locations in New York City and one in Charlotte), Meskerem offers something for everyone. Longtime fans of Ethiopian food -- not to mention dedicated carnivores -- will relish the kitfo, a dish of raw beef with clarified butter and chile powder that's... More »

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Main Menu
Vegetarian Entrees
$8.50
Kik Alitcha
slightly pureed yellow split peas simmered in a mild sauce of onion, herbs and spices.
$8.50
Yemisir Watt
pureed lentils are simmered in meskerem's own spicy, hot berbere sauce.
$8.75
Tikil Gomen
sliced cabbage, carrots and potato chunks, cooked to perfection in a mild sauce.
$7.00
Misir Azifa
pureed lentis are served next to a rare combination of finely chopped onions and green chillies mixed in vinaigrette sauce.
$8.75
Gomen Watt
chopped collard greens simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berber sauce.
$8.50
Shurro Watt
seasoned milled chick peas (shurro) are simmered in our unique, hot and spicy berbere sauce.
Three Or More Persons $10.25
Two Persons: $21.00
One Person $11.00
Vegetariab Messob
a combination of vegetarian dishes arranged on a platter and served with tomato and potato salads.
Seafood
$11.95
Shrimp Watt
shrimp sauteed in meskerem's unique, hot and spicy berber sauce.
$11.95
Shrimp Alitcha
shrimp sauteed in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce.
$12.25
Shrimp Tibb S
shrimp sauteed with chilli, awaze, onion and seasoned butter.
$11.95
Shrimp Atkilt
shrimp cooked with string beans, carrots and cauliflower in mild meskerem sauce
$12.95
Assa Watt
a hearty platter of shrimp, scallops and fillet of fish sauteed in meskerem's special sauce.
Meskerem Specialty
At Meskerem We Served Food the Traditional Way: affordable Prices and Generous Portions. to Continue with This Tradition, We Would Like Our Patrons to Order An Entree Per Perso
Three Or More People: $11.25
Two People $23.00
One Person: $11.95
Meskerem Messob
a dazzling array of beef, chicken, and lamb with vegetarian dishes, arranged on our large serving tray
$11.50
Meskerem Tibbs
tender chopped lamb sauteed to perfection wit oinion, green chilli, seasoned butter and herbs
$10.45
Kitfo
freshly minced, very lean beef mixed with mitmita and butter, kitfo, a specialty of the gurage people of central ethiopia, is served raw, like steak tartar, or lebleb (very rare). the butter has a special herb (koseret) that gives kitfo its flavor
 
Gored Gored
morsels of choice lean beef dipped in "awaze", a traditional sauce of milled pepper thickened with honey wine, butter and spices. gored gored is served raw or very rare.
Entrees-Poultry
$9.75
Yedor Watt
a drumstick and thigh cooked to tenderness in a hot and thick berbere sauce. served in ethiopian style with hard boiled egg
$9.75
Yedor Alitcha
this mild version of yedor watt features a drumstick and thigh simmered to perfection in a mild thick sauce and served with a hard boiled egg.
$9.75
Yedor Fitfit
pieces of meskerem's traditional injera soked in one of the above poultry dishes
Entree-Lamb
$10.25
Yebeg Kay Watt
succulent lamb meat cooked to tenderness in hot and thick berbere sauce.
$10.25
Yebeg Alitcha
succulentt lamb meat cooked in a mild and distinctly flavorful sauce.
$10.25
Yebeg Fitfit
pieces of mekerem's traditional injera soaked in one of the above lamb dishes.
$10.00
Sigana Atkilt
lamb meat slowly cooked with string beans, carrots and potatoes in a mild sauce.
$10.00
Zilbo
morsels of lamb, collard greens, and potato in specialty seasoned mild sauce.
Entrees-Beef
Meskerem's Authentic Injera Is Made From Premium Teff, a Cereal Grain Unique to Ethiopia. Or Whole Wheat Fermented to Perfection. Please Let Your Sever Know Which Injera You Prefer to Be Serve
$11.00
Kay Watt
very lean chopped beef, simmered in hot and thick berbere sauce
$11.00
Alitcha Watt
extra lean chopped beef, simmered in a mild and flavorful onion and herb sauce
 
Special Tibbs
cubes of choice lean beef, sauteed in special, spicy sauce
$11.95
Zilzil Tibbs
strips of choice lean beef, sauteed in butter, onion and herbs.
$10.50
Bozena Shurro
meskerem's highly seasoned milled chick peas (shurro) is simmered in berbere sauce with cubes of lean beef.
Salad
$5.00
Tomato Salad
diced tomatoes tossed with onions and green chilli on a dressing of olive oil and lemon
Small $5.00
Regular $6.50
Mekerem Salad
feta cheese, tomato, lettuce and olive oil in meskerem's house dressing of olive oil and lemon
$5.00
Ethiopian Potato Salad
diced potato, green chilli in meskerem's house dressing
$5.00
Kay Seer Salad
chopped beets, potatoes, onion and chilli pepper in house dressing
$5.00
Sinigg Karia
chilli pepper stuffed with seasoned onion and herbs
Appetizers
Chicken $3.75
Beef $3.75
Sambusa
thin dough shells are stuffed with a balanced blend of minced beef, green chili and herbs. this dish is lightyly deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden perfection
Cabbage, Potato And Carrots $3.50
Collard Green And Potato $3.50
Lentil $3.50
Vegetarian Sambusa
this meatless alternative features a masterful compliation or vegetables with green chioli, onion and herbs
$5.75
Shrimp
large fresh shrimp are steamed, then served with meskerem's piquant sauce

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