At Lucy Ethiopian Café, food acts as cross-cultural dialogue: a way to connect customers to a culture and cuisine that may be unfamiliar to them. The food at Lucy, Woldesenbet said, is purely authentic –– it’s exactly what her grandparents made her as a child. However, the Black Lives Matter movement and the subsequent push to support Black-owned small businesses has helped places like Lucy Ethiopian Café stay afloat. “Because of this movement, we have connected with a lot of Black-owned businesses. “That kind of experience brings a lot of family, friendship and community.”—Lucy Ethiopian Café is located at 334 Massachusetts Ave.

Source: Ethiopian News July 08, 2020 23:15 UTC