Up at the top of Jackson at the corner of 20th, there’s a funny little place called Hidmo. There’s a bar with a dance floor – Hidmo has live music every other Friday night – a sort of hallway with booths in it, and the restaurant is at the back under a sign that says “A Taste of Eritrea.”
The menu isn’t huge and it’s mostly the stuff you’re used to seeing at Ethiopian places, served up with injera – that sponge-like flat bread. We started with fitfit, a salad that’s highly reminiscent of tablouli with the bulgar replaced by shredded bread. For our entrees, we shared a curried sort of chicken and the veggie combo.
The waitress (from Cameroon) was unbelievably charming and adorable, almost enough to make up for the fact that the food was just adequate. The red lentils were quite good, as was the okra, which I typically don’t like, but the rest of the selections were bland and not very hot. The green beans tasted like they’d popped a pack of frozen beans in the microwave and the chicken was overcooked. It was like eating leftovers.The food at Meskel on Cherry is much better – Meskel should steal the delightful waitress from Hidmo for an overwhelmingly winning combo. Hidmo may be better left to dropping in on live music night to have a beer and take in the scene.
Hidmo is at 2000 Jackon. Meskel is at 2605 Cherry.
Bummer that it wasn’t as good as you expected. I’ve heard really good things about the live music at Hidmo.
Sigh … I keep forgetting the risk of ‘food’ here … and I wander in, not aware of hunger or anything and then ‘wham’! another lovely food pic and my mouth is watering. 🙂
This resturants food is the bomb. Maybe u should of tried something else to eat before you talked mess about it.
It’s been more than a year since I wrote this, so I’m willing to admit it could be time to give the Hidmo another go.