Baobab Fare

"2022- awarded best restaurant in America "

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"East African, outdoor seating "

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"East African cuisine! Yum. Ate here with Tracy"

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"Serves a mix of East African dishes "

@whitehead.melvin

"Eastern Africa restaurant John beard award "

@lisamadaschi

"Amazing dishes, chicken & beef so good "

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"Best spiced coffee. All the dishes are great especially vegan options."

@dk_overland

"Authentic African food. $20 entrees. No alcohol. Homemade tea and juice. Food comes out VERY QUICK"

@ekoneczny9

"Number 28 on the top 100 list of best restaurants in U.S."

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"james beard nominated east african food"

@natescherer01

"Delicious East African food"

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"Hamissi Mamba saw obvious opportunity in the dearth of African restaurants in Detroit, the nation’s largest Black-majority city: Like a baobab tree that flourishes in the desert, a restaurant serving East African fare could blossom here. Diners had warmly embraced Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, since they’d launched their wildly popular pop-ups serving the cuisine of their native Burundi in 2017 — shortly after they were granted asylum. Now that Baobab Fare has a vibrant, permanent home, the couple’s take on the quintessential East African comfort dish ugali, a dense corn-flour ball served once a week alongside savory hot okra stew, is fast becoming a signature alongside the mbuzi, a dish of slow-roasted goat that parts effortlessly from the bone. Meanwhile, servers let folks know that the divine smell drawing them in from the outside comes from the nyumbani, beef slowly simmered in a tangy, ripe tomato sauce. The bustling restaurant employs fellow refugees and asylum-seekers, making a beacon of the bright-yellow slogan on its window: “Detroit ni nyumbani,” meaning, “Detroit is home.”"

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"Best new 2021 Eater. East African. "

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