እፎይ (Efoy)

Addis Ababa


If Addis has a vaguely ‘boutique’ pizza place then this is it. It’s small, warm and welcoming, with thin-crust pizzas popping out of the pizza oven to satisfy a young and cool local crowd. Upstairs is an equally intimate bar. The sign is written in Amharic only – the rough translation is ‘efoy’, which is the sort of sighing noise a contented person makes.


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