Sekela Kitchen

Sekela Kitchen is the first Ethiopian cuisine offering. It is a fast-casual and approachable option to the African fare, and serves authentic dishes including doro wat, injera, and sambusa with a build-your-own bowl-style menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Our menu also features a large selection of the vegan and vegetarian items Ethiopian cuisine is known for, as well as meat-based dishes. Customers can choose their choice of base, protein, and vegetables to build flavorful bowls that match their cravings. We have a variety of dishes that feature traditional fare including doro wot, a spicy chicken stew, kitfo sandwich with marinated beef and caramelized onions, sambusa, a savory filled pastry, and katega, toasted injera layered with spiced butter and herbs.

Owner Marta Kebede grew up in the kitchen of her mother’s restaurant in Ethiopia and most recently served as manager of Era, an Ethiopian restaurant in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown neighborhood. After arriving to America in 2007, she worked for years in a variety of businesses in the area surrounding Reading Terminal Market including what is now The Fashion District. In 2017, Kebede set her sights on becoming a business owner in Philadelphia’s historic public Market and after years of financial preparation and business planning delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, her dream is becoming a reality.

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