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Wouldn't be so bold as to say that Ethiopian food has been ordained by a higher power but ... geez. ... Behold the beyeynetu. Everything is Eshi. ... ... ... ... ... #nycvegan #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #thanksgiving #beyeynetu #habesha #habeshafood #whatveganseat #vegansofinstagram #veganeats #veganfoodie #vegancommunity #veganlunch #ethiopianfood #forksoverknives #ethiopia #bunna
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Where in NYC can you get 1/2 lb of hand-roasted cardamom/clove spiced single origin Nensebo/Sidamo for your home? Need a hint? Bring the bean with you. We also have raw beans available for $7, for your inner @originalbarista. In store now, online coming soon. Everything = eshi. #originalbarista #bunna #ethiopia #habesha #coffeetime #coffeeceremony #barista #brooklyn #nyc #eritrea #vegan #gebena #gebenacoffee #arabica #traditional #authentic #yegebenabunna #vegan #nycvegan #buna #coffee #singleorigin
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Tonight 12/12, 8pm. Join us for the return of Dance Theater of Nepal. Shyam Nepali visits from Boston on Sarangi and Vocals, with Nhucche Narayan Dangol returning on Percussion. Immersive, captivating music from the World's roof... @UnderTheGrassRoof. Namaste. #livefromnyc #nepalipan #nepalkomaya #liveacoustic #nyc #nepal #nepal #nepalesemusic #freeshow #bushwick #namaste #chillvibes #brooklyn #bk #livemusic #ethiopia #vegan #vegetarian #nycvegan #ethiopianfood
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Nothing like an impromptu photoshoot... Pictured (l) Baklava, Bunna style -- layers of filo dough, walnuts, and olive oil, topped with a shai and bunna-infused turbinado syrup and pistachio. Delicious, #Vegan. (r) some of the tastiest bubbles on the planet. Ambo is mineral water from a holy spring near Addis Ababa. The effervescence is a flavor unto itself. Paired with a flavorful thing like our Baklava, it pops those taste receptors into that part of your subconcious -- the one that numbed your waked self, through the horde of human polar bears packed on 5 stops of the L train shuttle, and the 4 gut-wrenching blocks of prime-northeastern-seaboard-30deg-14-wind-chill-you-still-gotta-get-home-sucka-kind-of-weather, and into the Lake-Awassa-synchronized temperatures of 1084 Flushing Avenue. You were meant to be here, and we will keep the prices chill enough for you to uber home. After that, who knows... Ethiopia?? Flights.google.com and then let us know, we'll give you connections. World's big. Some corners are enormous. Everything = Eshi. #nycvegan #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #habesha #whatveganseat #veganeats #veganfoodie #ethiopianfood #ethiopia #bunna #dessert #vegandessert
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Smells like a 2nd Sunday (that's sage, sweat, berbere, and bunna)! @stringsnskins all up in dis. Tonight, early start time 8:30. Good good! @UnderTheGrassRoof #stringsnskins#bunnacafe#brooklyn#vegan#cumbiadelolvido#ourpeopleunited#vodourap#diaspora#woman#nycvegan#ethiopia#bushwick#livemusic
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Heads up your phone is abt to pop up a reminder that Ethiopian Brunch is happening in 12 hours because your phone knows what you need to be happy better than you do (was in latest iOS update i think). Na j/k you already knew. Ya growing, wising, woke specimen of prosperity... 11-4 Sat /Sun. Everything is eshi. Beautiful 📸 by @brandisfoodiediary. #veganfood #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi #blackowned
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The beautiful @jo_braun dancing to @stringsnskins #cumbiadelolvido at the Bunnaa!. Come catch the fam this Sunday at a special early start time of 830pm. Always free (buy something!). We be dancin, @UnderTheGrassRoof. #stringsnskins#bunnacafe#brooklyn#vegan#cumbiadelolvido#ourpeopleunited#vodourap#diaspora#woman#nycvegan#ethiopia#bushwick#livemusic
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We live in a seasonal part of the world. This just happens to be the bummer season of the year. On the bright side, Bunna's seasons happen in their full entirety every week, and they are all rad af! Prepare for Brunch Equinox: Sat/Sun 11 to 4. Planet 1084 Flushing Everything is Eshi. 📸: @e__j__z #veganfood #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi
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Yeah yeah It's cold outside and you have to work tomorrow, BUT you are a 10 min Uber/Subway/Pedestrian commute to this. Not to mention the plethora of hot toddies and spiced bunna right at your fingertips. Rally Rally! Everything is eshi. 📸: @brooklyndinersclub .. #nycvegan #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #thanksgiving #veganthanksgiving #beyeynetu #habesha #habeshafood #whatveganseat #vegansofinstagram #veganeats #veganfoodie #vegancommunity #veganlunch #ethiopianfood #forksoverknives #ethiopia #bunna
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Highlight from @i_chelle_b 's immersive performance with her combo last Wednesday. Tonight's show is @BernardLinnette and @aimeemarieallen playing classic jazz starting at 8. Free with dinner/drink. Check out @underthegrassroof for all musoc and events at Bunna Cafe. We will keep them coming. Everything is Eshi. #roots #reggae #bushwick #flute #darc #rasta #ethiopia #bunna #habesha #vegan #nycvegan #underthegrassroof
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Ugh turkey is played leave 'em alone. Duba Wot is the new fellowship food. Its back on the menu as our winter seasonal -- sweet cubes of Kabocha Squash mixed in a spicy Berbere sauce. ... Nothing more Thanksgiving than a feast for 3 and gurshas to please. We'll be at it, 6 to 11. Come by. Everything is Eshi. ... #nycvegan #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #thanksgiving #veganthanksgiving #beyeynetu #habesha #habeshafood #whatveganseat #vegansofinstagram #veganeats #veganfoodie #vegancommunity #veganlunch #ethiopianfood #forksoverknives #ethiopia #bunna
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We are only on this planet for ~80 years give or take. ... We cannot eat solid foods until we are like 2. ... That means we have only about 8100 opportunities to eat plant-based Ethiopian #Brunch in our lifetime. ... That's heavy... Let's discuss in person. Serving for the 468th time and counting. 11 to 4. Today/tmrw. ... Everything is Eshi. ... 📸: @theveganfightclub #brooklynvegan #plantbased #veganeats #vegango #ethiopian #nycvegan #plantbased #ethiopia#habesha #ethiopianfood #breakfast #foodporn #ethiopianbrunch #bushwick #bushwickfood #whatveganseat
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The people united will never be divided!! @BunnaCafe and @StringsnSkins will never be divided -- as long as they are obsessed with our berbere lentils and fluffy flatbread, and we are obsessed with their solar-powered-renewable-multimegawatt-electrical-vibes. #symbioticrelationship ... They are here, SUNDAY 9pm, free with dinner/drink. Everything is ESHI. @underthegrassroof ... #djembe #sabor #livemusic #stringsnskins #ethiopianfood #freeshow #plantbased #vegan #nycvegan#everythingiseshi #unity#unitedwestand#colombia#africa#diaspora#haiti#ayiti #vodourap#stringsnskins#brooklyn#bats#hiphop#mc#rapper#freestyle#elements#afro#latino#aftolatinos
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ETHIOPIAN CATERING. We do it. Min 12 ppl, max 12,000,000. (Or if you wanna eat for 12 that will work too.) Anywhere in NYC metro area. Give us 3 days notice. Order online on our home page! Link in profile. ... ... ... #nycvegan #vegansofnyc #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #newforkcity #nycdining #whatveganseat #vegansofinstagram #veganeats #veganfoodie #vegancommunity #veganlunch #ethiopianfood #forksoverknives #ethiopia #bunna #catering #plantbased
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Ethiopian Brunch will exist for only 3 more hours get out of bed lazy!!! . Pictured: Habesha Breakfast. Clockwise from top: Kosta -- sauteed swiss chard; Duba Firfir -- cubes of kabocha squash mixed with crumbled injera and berbere sauce, and topped with cashew yoghurt; Butecha -- vegan scramble of chickpea flour, onion, jalapeno, and tumeric. Comes with Kita, Ethiopian roti-style breakfast bread. All..... #VEGAN!! Get over here, we have the Bunna to add the pep in that step. Everything = Eshi. 📸: @samara_renee (check out her wellness blog on her profile link) #veganfood #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi
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Brunch knows no season. Brunch is eternal. Ethiopian brunch is the greatest therapy since transcendental meditation. We could literally make a whole new restaurant with our Brunch menu. Also (speaking of therapy), look at these drink specials! $5 Tej Mimosa or Grar Sangria $4 beer & shot ($6 w ethio beer) And as always, we have the Bunna, the Shai, and the Espris. Sat/Sun 11 to 4. Be seeing ya. Everything is eshi. ----- 📸: @veganschaibs ----- #vegan #veganfood #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi
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Have you EVEN tried our Baklava? It's saturated in rich nutty sugary spiced flavor. ✔ Filo dough ✔ Walnuts ✔ Pistachios ✔ Coffee-and-Shai-infused turbinado syrup. #VEGAN! If you really wanna get crazy, try it with avocado juice on the side (yes we make that). Either way, don't walk out without one. Everything = eshi. ... 📸: @ahlgrensbilder ... #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #dessertporn #vegandessert
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Seeing triple?? Pictured: Feast for 1 = $16. Shai, spiced Wush-Wush black tea hand picked from the hills outside Addis = $3. ... Any time, any season. Habesha vibe be appeasin'. ... 📸: @vedgetalk ... #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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Uhh... Gang. ... (Not pictured: Rest of gang. 'Sup.) ... #EverythingIsEshi ... (African Heritage Reception, 9/26/18 @nycmayorsoffice)
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Men: 🥇: Lelisa Desisa, 🇪🇹, 2:05:59 🥈: Shura Kitata, 🇪🇹, 2:06:01 (2 seconds!!) 🥉: Geoffrey Kamworor, 🇰🇪, 2:06:26 --- Women: 🥇: Mary Keitany, 🇰🇪, 2:22:48 🥈: Vivian Cheruiyot, 🇰🇪, 2:26:02 🥉: Shalane Flanagan, 🇺🇲, 2:26:22 Amazing morning. Who's hungry. #nycmarathon2018 📸's: @nycmarathon
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We keep rolling … last week MEAZA ASHENAFI was sworn in as Ethiopia’s first female President of the Supreme Court. A former high court judge sworn in in 1989 at the age of 25, she served as legal advisor in the drafting of the new Constitution after the overthrow of the Derg. In 1995 Ashenafi founded the Ethiopian Women’s Lawyers Association and began tirelessly campaigning for women’s rights in Ethiopia. She helped create the first all-female bank in Ethiopia, Enat Bank, in 2011. As a leading women’s rights attorney, she has called into question the cultural norms that have put women in a deferential position instead of giving them the freedom to recognize and manifest their own potential. As an example of someone who fought hard for this freedom, she is now positioned to interpret and influence law to give that opportunity to so many others. Gobez!!! #femmepower #everythingiseshi
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Sharing is caring, Lunch is for lovers, and just $15 for two, Leaves $$ for the brew... ------- Repost from @alternativetravelers - Last month we checked out @bunnacafe, an all vegan Ethiopian restaurant in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Stepping into the quiet and cozy Bunna Cafe felt like stepping out of New York and into Ethiopia. Bunna means coffee, and the cafe regularly puts on the traditional coffee ceremony, an integral part of life in Ethiopia. Everyone gathers around as the coffee gets roasted, ground, and then brewed. We didn't get to see the coffee ceremony (this time) but we did get to eat! Due to many religious fasting periods where folks don't eat animal products, Ethiopian cuisine contains a lot of traditional plant-based dishes, including steamed greens, lentils, split peas, cabbage, potatoes, and sauteed beets, all spiced a bit differently. Instead of using a fork and knife, you eat using injera, a sourdough flatbread that you use to scoop up the different dishes. It's yummy and fun! (Bunna Cafe also offers gluten-free injera with 1 day advance notice). Best of all, Bunna Cafe is quite affordable, especially if you go for lunch. They have a 2 person lunch special for $15! NYC has so many great vegan restaurants, but a lot of them are prohibitively expensive, and we're not about fine dining anyway. We'd much rather eat with our hands in a chill spot like this one. #nycvegan #vegansofnyc #vegansofny #eaterny #nyceats #nycfood #newforkcity #nycdining #horngryvegan #whatveganseat #vegansofinstagram #veganeats #veganfoodie #vegancommunity #veganlunch #ethiopianfood #forksoverknives #ethiopia #bunna
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Salieu Suso (@msalieu.ss) is a Jali (#Griot) from #Gambia, part of a prolific musician family whose ancestor invented and mastered the #Kora instrument. We have been very happy to have him on as a regular performer at Bunna Cafe. He joins us once again, with bass player Rashiim Saho, Wednesdat, 10/31, at 8pm, @UnderTheGrassRoof. This clip, recorded by @bkartscouncil, is a song called Kelefaba. From Salieu: This song was named for 19th century warrior King Kelefa Sane and it was one of the first Kora songs dedicated to a King to keep his legacy and lineage alive. It means the mastermind of the war. The djelis sing about the great work he did for the kingdom and tells the story of his death in a battle on the north bank of the Gambia River in the mid-1800's. The djeli wants the King's name and legacy to stay alive by speaking Kelefaba's lineage and history. This was the first song my father ever taught me. Watch the full video in the link on our profile page. And do join us Wedneaday. Everything = Eshi.
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Can you feel the sweet warm radiant rays of #Brunch hitting your sweaty drunk forehead? 🌞🌞🌞 Ethiopian Brunch. T-minus 11 hrs and ticking. Everything is eshi. 📸: @vegeeter #vegan #veganfood #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofig #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi
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Aside from the much-celebrated appointment of Sahle-Work Zewde as the first woman Ethiopian president, here are two postings in Abiy's new half-female cabinet that represent true positions of power and leadership for women (the Presidency, while an important symbolic position, has practically no executive power in the Ethiopian government structure): ---- Minister of Defense (oversees the armed forces and defense industry) -- AISHA MOHAMMED, from Afar region. ---- Minister of Peace (a new posting that aims to manage and resolve the internal ethnic struggles that have given rise to this new inclusive administration. Perhaps the most difficult and important posting of all at this juncture) -- MUFERIAT KAMIL, former speaker of the House and chairwoman of the SNNPR state party. ---- Good things happening at home... Abiy has promised free and fair elections by 2020. While every promise must be taken with a grain of salt, let us find hope that overall momentum remains on the side of peace and inclusive prosperity. #EverythingIsEshi
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Can't go wrong with a big pile of fruit. --- Papaya -- Avocado -- Mango -- Vimto -- Lime --- Espris Selata. It's our Espris drink, deconstructed. Available for brunch 11 to 4, Sat / Sun. ---- 📸: @samara_renee - This refreshing @bunnacafe Espris Selata (fruit salad) is exactly what you need on a scorching day. 🥑 Head to the link in the bio to learn more about the yummy brunch at @bunnacafe. 😋 #vegan #nycvegan #ethiopianfood #foodporn #brunch
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Gebre Mesqel Lalibela was a ruler of Ethiopia in the late 12th/early 13th century, part of the long-standing Zagwe Dynasty. According to legend, he spent much of his childhood in Crusader-occupied Jerusalem, and when it was reconquered by the Muslims in 1187, he drew inspiration to build a replica of the city in the highlands of Ethiopia, and use it as his capital and the spiritual center of the country. In a feat of engineering unfathomable in the world for its time, he oversaw the cutting of eleven large churches out of the soft limestone boulders of the area – all of them intricately and meticulously carved into perfect angles and proportions. The Lalibela complex likely took decades to finish, but became a powerful center of the Zagwe domain and a site of wonder for later European visitors, with one Portuguese ambassador in the 1500s writing: “I weary of writing more about these buildings, because it seems to me that I shall not be believed if I write more … I swear by God, in Whose power I am, that all I have written is the truth.” Two of the twelve churches stand out in particular. Medhane Alem, at over 100 feet in length and 33 feet in height, is considered to be the largest monolithic church in the world. The most recognizable and well-preserved is St Giorgis, which is carved out as a cross and sits alone at the far end of the complex. Today they are a popular tourist destination, and the second holiest site in the country behind the ancient city of Aksum. ------------------ We designed the wall behind our bar to follow the map of early Lalibela. Each rectangle represents one of the eleven churches, while the two shelves depict (n to s ) a tunnel from Bet Giorgis to the eastern church complex , and (s to n) the River Yordanos, named after the one in Jerusalem. The rectangles representing the churches are a common icon in Ethiopian iconography. They represented in various places throughout the restaurant. #thoughtyallmightliketoknow
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The PUSHKIN. An Ethiopian white russian in honor of a slightly black Russian. (Alexander Pushkin's great granddad was Abram Gannibal, a nobleman from central or east Africa). ... ✔ Vodka ✔ Sunflower Milk ✔ Ethiopian Spiced Sidamo ✔ Turbinado Syrup ✔ Rocks ✔ Coffee bean garnish. ... Try some poetry. Try a Pushkin. ... 📸: @ahlgrensbilder ------ #vegan #vegandrinks #whiterussian #russia #pushkin #ethiopia #nycvegan #cocktailporn #drinkporn #bunna #jebena
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We've been doing monthly Ethiopian #Vegan Cooking Classes since 2012. One beauty about this cuisine is that it gives much leeway to the personal touch and in our classes we get you started on that path. No worries tho, we know you'll veer back to 1084 every now and then for some Chef Kedega inspiration. ------ Make Habesha Food Like A Habesha Would. ------ Next class, Wed 10/24. Details, tix and more available on our website (link in profile). ------ 📹: @theodoralogy Music: Hallo Dawe ------ #bkeats #nyceats #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #CookingClass #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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Lunch for 2. Just $15, since 2014. M to F 12-4. Full menu in profile link. Come to Bunna. Everything is eshi. ... 📸: @ahlgrensbilder ... #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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We make good use of this 30 sq ft cherry wood gem of a stage. ... Coffee Ceremony: @originalbarista Wed/Fri at 6, Sat/Sun at 5. ... Music: @underthegrassroof Wed nights at 8. Plus random shows throughout the year. ... And of course, the nicest DJ in Bushwick and the fittest DJ in America, spinning for your weekend dinner, señor @JahBanks. ... 📸: @ahlgrensbilder #livemusic #ethiopianfood #freeshow #plantbased #vegan #nycvegan #everythingiseshi #originalbarista #bunna #ethiopia #habesha #coffeetime #coffeeceremony #barista #brooklyn #nyc #eritrea #gebena #gebenacoffee #arabica #yegebenabunna
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I don't think y'all realize that we serve these intense countours of fruit-based-flavors every day 12 to 11. ... But it can't even match the contours created in Addis.4, 5, 6 layers. Insane! ESPRIS. (top to bottom) Lime. Vimto syrup. Mango. Avocado. Papaya. --------- Bunna. Eritrea. Ethiopia. 📸: @thefoodduo
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No, we do not deliver. Someday, maybe... we've definitely explored it. But for now it just doesn't fit. ... Still, we will put delicious Ethiopian food in a pizza box so that you can build the perfect colorful ensemble for your own eyes, nose, and palate. Anywhere you choose (just gotta come here first!). At least you get to talk to us tinish tinish... ... 📸:@ahlgrensbilder #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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And yes, let us not forget, the immaculate portrait we paint, about a hundred times a day, that is the Feast for 2. All 9 of our entrees, all delicious, healthy, and #vegan. ... Every day after 5pm. Come to Bunna. Everything is eshi. ... 📸: @thefoodduo ... #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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Anytime, anywhere. Make Bunna happen. 🇪🇹🇪🇷. @OriginalBarista ... Loc: The first annual #AfricanHeritageNYC Reception at @graciemansionnyc, 9/26/18 ... #originalbarista #bunna #ethiopia #habesha #coffeetime #coffeeceremony #barista #brooklyn #nyc #eritrea #vegan #gebena #gebenacoffee #arabica #traditional #authentic #yegebenabunna #vegan #nycvegan
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Been a minute since we showed you the good stuff. Check out our weekend greatness! Ethiopian Brunch -- everything you see here is delicious and #Vegan. Top: Habesha Breakfast, a mix of Kosta swiss chard, Butecha chickpea scramble, and Duba Firfir spicy pumpkin and injera with berbere sauce and cashew yoghurt topping Bottom: Special Ful, a combo of Ful fava beans cooked with tomato and onion, Butecha chickpea scramble, and cashew yoghurt plus tomato salad topping. Left: Toasted Kita, Ethiopian breakfast bread. 11 to 4 Sat / Sun. It's different!! ... 📷: @veganeatsnyc ... #Brunch #EthiopianBrunch #Brunchporn #Vegan #Veganbrunch #whatveganseat #Ethiopia #Bushwick #nycvegan #comfortfood #plantbased #Ethiopianfood #Brooklyn #Willyburg #foodporn #foodie #habesha #everythingiseshi #veganeatsnyc
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We always be hoppin! @stringsnskins are uhhh making an appearence 9pm. FREE. (But buy something!!) ... / Under The Grass Roof \ ... ... ... #djembe #sabor #livemusic #stringsnskins #ethiopianfood #freeshow #plantbased #vegan #nycvegan#everythingiseshi #unity#unitedwestand#colombia#africa#diaspora#haiti#ayiti #vodourap#stringsnskins#brooklyn#bats#hiphop#mc#rapper#freestyle#elements#afro#latino#aftolatinos
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Watch your face! @stringsnskins are rolling in tonight 9pm. FREE. (But buy something!!) ... / Under The Grass Roof \ Everything is Eshi. ... ... ... #djembe #sabor #livemusic #stringsnskins #ethiopianfood #freeshow #plantbased #vegan #nycvegan#everythingiseshi #unity#unitedwestand#colombia#africa#diaspora#haiti#ayiti #vodourap#stringsnskins#brooklyn#bats#hiphop#mc#rapper#freestyle#elements#afro#latino#aftolatinos @lulustrings @okaimusik @tenzinhunter_ @granprimo
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Ok ok last set of pics and we will move on. Thanks for a night to remember! #Fendika! #Selamino! #MelakuBelay, #NardosTesfaw, @mesayabebay, @fendikaculturalcenter, @selaminomusic, @ashu_keyboard. All 📸: @sunrisealexis Loc: @lightspacestudios. Brought to you by #Ethiopia, #Eritrea, and Bunaaaaaa!!! #Fendika #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi#jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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At some point we will stop posting about last month's show .... But not yet. #Fendika!, #MelakuBelay #NardosTesfaw, @mesayabebay, @fendikaculturalcenter Loc: @lightspacestudios. #Fendika #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi#jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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More 🔥from last Saturday's show... pictured #MelakuBelay, @mesayabebay, #NardosTesfaw, #Fendika! @fendikaculturalcenter Loc: @lightspacestudios. All 📸: @sunrisealexis. #Fendika #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi#jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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LEGEND. @selaminomusic @ashu_keyboard #RohaBand #IbexBand #GuitarOlderthanYou #AndmoreExperienced #JuuustkiddingRelax #EverythingisEshi 📸: @sunrisealexis @lightspacestudios #ethiopia #bunna #eritrea #habesha #ethiojazz #brooklyn #nyc #legend #ethiopianfood #injera #habesha #zefen #africanmusic #bushwick #nyc
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1am transition. @bunnacafe. @lightspacestudios. 9/29/18 📸: @sunrisealexis #ethiopia #eritrea #Fendika #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #habesha #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife
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Airborne. 9/29/18 @fendikaculturalcenter @lightspacestudios 📸: @sunrisealexis #Fendika #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #culture #music #jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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Dang. @fendikaculturalcenter. #Fendika #Jamsession #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #culture #music #jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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We did it. Thanks to y'all. #Fendika is heading to Philly and DC next. Find them!! Melkam Meskel. Happy Irrecha. @fendikaculturalcenter @lightspacestudios #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #culture #music #jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan #dchabeshas #philly
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#Legend. @SelaminoMusic @ashu_keyboard. Thanks to all who came. Melkam #Meskel. Happy #Irrecha.
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Selam Selamino Seyoum joins us for #Meskel on Saturday 9/29, with DC-based keyboardist Ashebir Gebremeskel. Come see him live with dance superstars #Fendika! Join us. Dtls in profile link. ---- A pioneer in the heydays of Ethiopian popular music in the 70s and 80s, Selam Seyoum (@selaminomusic) was lead guitarist of the seminal Black Soul, Ibex and ROHA bands, which at various times contained #Ethiopian/#Eritrean superstars like #AlemayehuEshete, #MahmoudAhmed, #TilahunGessese, #AliBirra, @AsterAweke, and #TekleTesfazghi. ROHA was built out of the remnants of Ibex after it disbanded during the communist era, thanks in part to the leadership of Selamino. These bands were the superstars of Ethiopia – they served as the backdrop to masses of concerts and shows that were proportionally as important to the country as The Jackson Five, Rolling Stones, Beatles, were to The West. All in all Ibex and ROHA produced over 250 albums during its career. Since the 90s, Selamino has been a tireless performer among the Habesha community in DC. In the past decades he has collaborated with old and new Ethiopian and Eritrean greats such as #MulatuAstake, #GetachewKassa, #NhattyMan, #HaileGebru, and Betty G, as well as NYC-based performers such as Tomas Doncker.
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“When I am dancing, I am in my world. I do not know where I get the energy.” Melaku Belay, leader of #Fendika, displays his unique, vibrant style of movement as he travels through his country's capital Addis Ababa. He joins us this Saturday, 9/29! Fendika and Selamino! Meskel holiday party at Bunna Cafe, details in profile link. Via Channel 4's Random Acts series. Watch full video at bunnaethiopia.net/melakuaddis #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #culture #music #jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan #merkato
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3 days away! The Azmari tradition is an Ethiopian form of musical storytelling that uses improvisation, dance, humor, and Ethiopian instruments to create a one-of-a-kind collective experience. Nobody does it better than FENDIKA! ------------------------------- With Selamino, legendary guitarist from the early days of Ethiopian popular music. And THE DJ @JahBanks as afterparty #emcee Dtls and Tix in profile link. Everything is ESHI. #Fendika #ethiopia #bunna #livemusic #eskista #azmari #melakubelay #dance #eskista #habesha #addisababa #bushwick #nyc #everythingiseshi #culture #music #jazz #jazzfusion #ethiopianjazz #performance #concert #clublife #nightlife #ethiojazz #vegan #nycvegan
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#MESKEL. ------ On Thursday 9/27, dozens of bonfires will dot the evening landscape of Ethiopia and Eritrea. On Saturday 9/29, we light our own musical flame, in homage, and in unity. ------ For believers of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox church, Meskel (lit. “cross”) celebrates the legend of the finding of the True Cross by Roman Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, in the 4th century CE. While the event has been celebrated throughout the Orthodox world, it holds special meaning among believers in Ethiopia and Eritrea because of the passionate claim that part of the Cross was brought here from Egypt. Meskel falls near the end of the rainy season in the Horn of Africa and beginning of the harvest season -- a time that for millennia has given rise to the celebration of reacquaintance with neighbors and with the land. Seems a fitting holiday, perhaps, in Meskerem 2011. We’ll see what comes of the overtures of a desire for peace, and the complex, onerous, intertwined struggle to achieve peace. In the Horn. On the planet. In the meantime, let us step back for one night and celebrate the kindling that has satiated our desire for a new beginning, knowing that while the Work remains onerous, the Will bears fruit in the coming harvest. #Fendika and @Selaminomusic, Saturday 9/29 at LightSpace Studio across from @BunnaCafe. Dtls in profile link. Everything is Eshi…
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Here look at delicious food!! (📸: @feijaoviajante). Just kidding this is gonna be about dope music suckaaaas... Selam Selamino Seyoum (@selaminomusic) joins us for #Meskel on Saturday 9/29, with DC-based keyboardist Ashebir Gebremeskel. And of course dance superstars Fendika (@fendikaculturalcenter)..... A pioneer in the heydays of Ethiopian popular music in the 70s and 80s, Selamino was lead guitarist of the seminal Black Soul, Ibex and ROHA bands, which at various times contained #Ethiopian/#Eritrean superstars like #AlemayehuEshete, #MahmoudAhmed, #TilahunGessese, #AliBirra, @AsterAweke, and #TekleTesfazghi. ROHA was built out of the remnants of Ibex after it disbanded during the communist era, thanks in part to the leadership of Selamino. These bands were the musical icons of Ethiopia – they served as the backdrop to masses of concerts and shows that were proportionally as important to the country as The Jackson Five, Rolling Stones, Beatles, were to The West. All in all Ibex and ROHA produced over 250 albums during its career. Since the 90s, Selamino has been a tireless performer among the Habesha community in DC. In the past decades he has collaborated with old and new Ethiopian and Eritrean greats such as #MulatuAstake, #GetachewKassa, #NhattyMan, #HaileGebru, and Betty G, as well as NYC-based performers such as Tomas Doncker. Join us on 9/29. Food, drink, and vendors. Dtls and tix in profile link. Everything is Eshi. #ethiopia #bunna #eritrea #habesha #ethiojazz #brooklyn #nyc #ibexband #rohaband #vegan #nycvegan #ethiopianfood #injera #habesha #zefen #africanmusic #bushwick #nyc
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The Nile River spreads its wings over a 1.5 million sq mile basin, with a flow converging as the White and Blue Niles meet in Khartoum in central Sudan, and meanders in a line all the way through the country on the way to Egypt. -------- Khartoum is a dusty expansive metropolis full of insane traffic, amazing coffee, and some of the kindest, most accommodating city folk in the world. Recently witnessed the following road rage incident: Get cut off, curse, follow culprit to stop light, pull up next to him tires screeching, roll down window: Salaam! Please try to be a little more careful next time we are all trying to get to where we need to be! Yeah you are right I'm sorry my kid was distracting me I will do better next time! Haha kids are the worst in cars I understand. Thank you my friend have a wonderful day You too man! #Sudan #Khartoum #Nile #Nubia #Rivers #roadrage #traffic
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Our new artisan Brut Honey Wine from @BeedVine is dry as the desert, yet fruity and delicious. Produced by master Ethiopian winemaker, Ayele Solomon, this wine is aged in French oak barrels for over a year in the Napa Valley in California, with the finest locally sourced honey from the region. Nutty flavors mingle with citrus pith and spiced melon from this intriguing, dry, but tannin-free honey wine. Crisp, dry-yet-fruity. Ask for it! $25 for a half bottle, perfect for two. Everything is Eshi. #tej #honeywine #mead #ethiopia #winelife #bushwick #desert
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Coming up through October! / Under The Grass Roof \ @underthegrassroof 9/27 | Wed 8pm | Nepalese Traditional Music with Raj Kapoor and Ram Shresta 9/30 | Sat 1pm | Ethiopian Brunch Beats with mikeflo (@MikeFloRbg) of dead prez. 10/1, 15, 29 | Sun 2pm | Steel Pan Brunch VIBz with Maurice Archibald and Ras Lu'el 10/4 | Wed 8pm | Sounds do Brasil from MamBemBe w @haparockoyama @almog_sharvit and @ben_silashi 10/8 | Sun 9pm | Afro-Caribbean beats with @StringsnSkins n friends! 10/11 | Wed 8pm | Ethiopian chill with Habte Awalom (@habte314) 10/18 | Wed 8pm | Roots Reggae with @IshmaelLevi 10/25 | Wed 8pm | West African harmonies with Salieu Suso (@msalieu.ss) on Kora and Ebrima Jassey on Balafon All shows free with drink or food purchase. Only at Bushwick's primo vegan Ethiopian food and world music destination. #UnderTheGrassRoof #vegan #veganbrunch #ethiopia #ethiopianfood #bushwick #afrobeat #bunna #habesha #habeshaculture #reppin #nycvegan #everythingiseshi #livemusic #caribbeanmusic #brooklyn #utgr #freeshow #nocover
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Let us take a step back for a minute and immerse ourselves -- on the subject of Wanz.... #rivers.
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The Coffee Ceremony is a tradition that goes back centuries in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Learn more by following @OriginalBarista and by going to whatisthecoffeeceremony.com The folks at @BuzzfeedNews podcast See Something Say Something came by Bunna last month to learn about the coffee ceremony. We had a great time with Ahmed, Salimah, and the whole crew. Watch the entire podcast on their facebook page, facebook.com/seesomethingsaysomething ... ... ... ... #rituals #coffeeceremony #bunna #jebena #barista #coffeetime #coffeeholic #ethiopia #bushwick #nycvegan #habesha #ethiopiancoffee #everythingiseshi #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #seesomethingsaysomething @radbrowndads
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Happy New Year! It is 2010 in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar, as of last Monday September 11. The holiday is traditionally spent by feasting and exchanging yellow flowers, which grow abundantly in the country. We hope the year is full of abundance for all of you. Everything = Eshi. ... ... ... ... #enkutatash #addisamet #Ethiopia #NewYear #Habesha
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DJ Jah Culture, aka @JahMachine is 15! And 42!! That is, the DJ is 15. The man that embodies the DJ is 42. Either way, it begs for a Super Fun Chillin' Cotillion (Ok now I'm trying too hard). Join us in our sweeet lil backyard for the most Epic Irie Fresh-Reggae-And-Much-More-Vibes spun by the BDay Boy himself. Add to the mix the best Vegan Ethiopian Brunch in the Universe (according to Cygnus VII-3 Daily Herald, April 22, 2214). Buffet-Styleeee. $20 = All You Can Eat. All in. $24 = A.Y.C.E. plus 1 brunch beverage (Tej Mimosa or Grar Sangria) Tej Mimosa / Grar Sangria pitchers = $25!! We get rolling at 2pm, keep it going until we can't. Get ye to this thing. Where else you gwan?? Check out our full menu in @bunnacafe 's profile. Cash only. ATM on premises. Everything is eshi. ... ... ... ... #UnderTheGrassRoof#jahculture #brunch #bushwick #livemusic #vegan #brooklyn #reggae #roots #ethiopianfood #nycvegan #everythingiseshi #ethiopia #dj #irie #ital #italisvital
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The Coffee Ceremony is a tradition that goes back centuries in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Learn more by following @OriginalBarista and going to whatisthecoffeeceremony.com The roasted beans are ground and mixed with spices. The mix is added to the “Jebena” along with water. The brew is heated to a boil on the open flame. Once removed from the flame and cooled for 5-10 minutes, the grounds sink to the bottom and the rich coffee is flawlessly poured into small cups called “cini”. All photos by @CultureInColor, An online magazine creating visually-immersive global stories that connects people, places, food, and art. They did an introspective look at Bunna's founders and culture earlier this year. It is available to read under Coffee Culture at their website, cultureincolor.net (link in their bio). ... ... ... ... #rituals #coffeeceremony #bunna #jebena #barista #coffeetime #coffeeholic #ethiopia #bushwick #nycvegan #habesha #ethiopiancoffee #everythingiseshi #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood
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This rich, colorful beyaynetu you see here is only $32, or $16 per person. Come dine with us. All images in this series are courtesy of @CultureinColor. An online magazine creating visually-immersive global stories that connects people, places, food, and art. They did an introspective look at Bunna's founders and culture earlier this year. It is available to read under Coffee Culture at their website, cultureincolor.net (link in their bio). ... ... ... ... #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood #berbere
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Everything = ESHI! ... ... ... ... #everythingiseshi #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood
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The Coffee Ceremony is a tradition that goes back centuries in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Learn more by following @OriginalBarista and going to whatisthecoffeeceremony.com The washed coffee beans are roasted over an open flame into a dark chocolatey color. All the while the scent of roasted beans fills the dining room. Frankincense is burned after roasting to intermingle and replace the fading aroma of roasted Bunna. All photos by @CultureInColor, An online magazine creating visually-immersive global stories that connects people, places, food, and art. They did an introspective look at Bunna's founders and culture earlier this year. It is available to read under Coffee Culture at their website, cultureincolor.net (link in their bio). ... ... ... ... #rituals #coffeeceremony #bunna #jebena #barista #coffeetime #coffeeholic #ethiopia #bushwick #nycvegan #habesha #ethiopiancoffee #everythingiseshi #bkeats #nyceats #italisvital #Bunna #Ethiopia #Habesha #Ethiopianfood #Vegan #Bushwick #NYCVegan #Brooklyn #FoodPorn #whatveganseat #vegansofig #foodie #plantbased #instafood
