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Live Music and a Shared Platter at Axum
Ethiopian stews by hand, a live Friday band, and the kind of injera-sharing that requires getting very comfortable very quickly.
Foodie Experiences
Ethiopian stews by hand, a live Friday band, and the kind of injera-sharing that requires getting very comfortable very quickly.
Axum is a big, warm Ethiopian dining room on East Hastings with a smart solution to the awkward-dinner problem: on Fridays, they bring in a live band playing traditional music, so the conversation always has somewhere to go. Dinner is the communal round where it's supposed to go, one shared spread of injera topped with stews, lentils and tibs, eaten by hand because there is no cutlery, just two of you leaning in. This is the date format that either accelerates things or reveals something interesting, and the 4.6 across hundreds of reviews suggests the kitchen gives you the best possible version of that experiment. Go on a Friday, book the combination platter, let the music fill in the silences, and arrive knowing the injera is the plate and the plan.
