San Francisco: Sheba Piano Lounge owner sources from Ethiopia

Above: Netsanet Alemayehu, with her sister Israel, owns
Sheba Piano Lounge in San Francisco’s Lower Fillmore
neighborhood.

San Francisco Chronicle
By Carolyn Alburger
Friday, September 11, 2009

There’s a stack of seven large suitcases in the corner of Netsanet Alemayehu’s San Francisco living room. Some sit empty, dusted with bright remnants of Ethiopian oregano and mitmita, a combination of African bird’s-eye chile and cardamom. Others are so heavy, Alemayehu can barely lift them, full of fresh spices and sauce bases shipped from her family members in Harar, Ethiopia, the town where she was born. Read More.

2 thoughts on “San Francisco: Sheba Piano Lounge owner sources from Ethiopia”

  1. i live in the east bay Sheba piano Lounge one of the best place to see.the food is great too!!!!!
    if you are in the San franciso area you have to vist Sheba……

  2. I have eaten at this restaurant. The food is really good. The Sheba Piano Lounge owner is really nice lady. She is really good people. I give her restaurant 10 out of 10. My girlfriend lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her name is Meron Kumlachew Derbew. And I look forward to taking her there in San Francisco to the Sheba Piano Lounge in lower filmore area.

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