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Cafe Desta
758 S Stone Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701
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Main Menu
Soup & Salad
The soup is served with Ambasha, our own home made bread
Shorba
$6.00
Vegan soup made from red lentil, carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes and orzo. Our traditional Shorba kicked up a notch with Lamb $8
House Salad
$9.00
A combination of romaine Lettuice Large seasonal garden salad with fresh lemon juice, Olive oil, Vinegar, and pepper dressing, served on a bed of rice topped with Azifa and your choice of Fish, Lamb or Chicken and sprinkled with Ayeb
Entrée
Sepciality dishes are excluded from all entrée. With all entrée rice can be substituted for Injera
Vegan Entrée
$10.00
Any one of our Vegan dishes served with Selata and Injera
Meat Entrée
$12.00
Any one of our meat dishes served with Selata and Injera
Combinations
Sepciality dishes are excluded from all combinations. Lunch special is served between 11 am and 2:30 pm
Lunch Special
$9.00
Any three items from Vegn and Meat dishes, served with Injera or rice
Individual Combo
$15.00
Any three items from Vegn and Meat dishes, served with Selata and Injera or rice
Combo for Two
$25.00
Any five items from Vegn and Meat dishes, served with Selata and Injera or rice
Vegan Signature Plate
$35.00
A sampling of all our Vegan dishes served with Selata and Injera or rice
The Works
$45.00
A sampling of all our Vegan and Meat dishes served with Selata and Injera or rice
Speciality Dishes
All our speciality dishes subject to availability
Lamb Tibs
$18.00
Cubes of lamb pan seared in Kibe, Awaze onion, jalapenos and fresh rosemary. Served with Selata, Fosolia (Fosolia can be replaced with another vegetable dish of your choice) and Injera or rice
Beef Tibs
$15.00
Cubes of beef pan seared in Kibe, Awaze onion, jalapenos and fresh rosemary. Served with Selata, Tikil-Gomen (Tikil-Gomen can be replaced with another vegetable dish of your choice) and Injera or rice
Description of Vegan Dishes
Misr (spicy)
Red split lentils cooked with onions, Berbere and herbs
Fosolia
Green beans, carrots and onions simmered in tomato sauce
Gomen
Chopped collard greens cooked with fresh garlic and onions
Tikil-Gomen
Cabbage, carrots and potatoes spiced with turmeric
Kik
Yellow split peas cooked with onion, turmeric and herbs
Kosta
Finely minced spinach simmered with onion garlic and tomato Finely minced spinach simmered with onion garlic and tomato
Azifa (served chilled)
Whole brown lentils, onion, jalapenos, lemon juice and oil
Description of Meat Dishes
Alicha Doro
Chicken cooked in turmeric, onions, and flavored with various spices
Kaye Doro (spicy)
Chicken cooked in Berbere, onions and flavored with various spices
Kaye Beg (spicy)
Lamb cooked in Berbere, onions and flavored with various spices
Kaye Asa (spicy)
Fish cooked in Berbere, onions and flavored with various spices
Ayeb
Cheese made from a butter milk and whole milk mixture; goes well with spicy meat dishes
Desserts
Ask for the dessert of the Day
(tiramisu, coconut mango pie, chocolate cake, and blueberry tart are most common)
Coffe, Tea, Juice
Macchiatto
$1.95Black Eye
$2.50Americano
$1.95Latte
$3.50Ethio Late
$3.50Mocha
$3.50House coffee
$1.95Espresso
$1.75Mackato
$2.25Perrier
$1.50Soda
$1.25Yekemem Shai iced
$2.00Yekemem Shai hot
$1.75Mint tea iced
$2.00Mint tea hot
$1.50Vanilla steamed milk
$2.00Hot Chocolate
$2.50Mango juice
$2.00Guava juice
$2.00Juice Fizz
$2.50Browse Nearby
General Info
Cuisine
Coffee Shop
Vegan
Vegetarian
Meals
Lunch
Dinner
Hours
Monday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Tuesday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Wednesday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Friday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday:
11:00am - 9:00pm
About Us
Cafe Desta offers authentic Ethiopion cuisine - great food and great coffee in Tucson. Come- my friend- let's sit and drink a cup of coffee. Enjoy each other’s company and partake in some delicious food. Feeling welcome to do so (for hours and hours) in this milieu of comfortable being-enjoying, life! and all its great flavors and aromas.