Addis Cafe and Roastery, 226 Nicholson Street. Footscray. Phone: 9687 4363
The proposed CTS lunch scenario, Plan A, has been thwarted.
By an eatery not adhering to its advertised opening hours – or letting anyone know about that.
We quickly turn to the classic western suburbs eats Plan B – “Go next door!”
And what a classic move that turns out to be.
Addis cafe is a lovely, friendly place that appears to be a cherished (perhaps secret) “in spot” of workers of various kinds in this part of Footscray.
The menu runs to simple breakfasts and sandwiches.
But it’s the lunch list (see below) that grabs our attention.
The food is here is your fundamental Ethiopian – but it’s only very rarely served, we’re told, with injera.
That’s cool with us – rice is nice, too!
Out back is a lovely garden where we settle in for what turns out to be the briefest of waits.
Juz’s beef stew combination and …
… and my chicken combination both cost $12.
The beef is yebere sega wot and the chicken is doro wot and the serves smallish but simply perfect for a quick lunch.
They are, as you’d expect, very rich.
That richness is ameliorated by the plain yet for-sure delicious vegetables – smashed greens, cabbage, spuds, courgette.
It’s simple food that goes down a treat.
The coffee, “and roastery” part of the establishment’s name will have to wait another day.
consider the sauce 
Oh no Ethiopian without injera;rice looks amazing !
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One i was telling you about.very good coffee too!!
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There was good ethiopian pizza joint on that side of Nicholson st,they better not closed down
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Hussen the pizza was there last check in.
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Everything about this place is beautiful: we need more ethiopian places like this,
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Did the renovation Harambe ethiopian restaurant completed mr weir?
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Still working on it, from what I saw today.
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Very big space,could be good local gem with good ideas
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Yes.
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Addis and kulan both serve aussie food.like such african establishment,the Vietnames did it before us too,sandwiches/bread etc
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Addis is a Footscray institution! Mal and his wife serve fabulous food and great coffee and are both lovely people.
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