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July 5, 2005: Headlines: Local Groups: Advocacy: Maryland Returned Volunteers: Join the Maryland Returned Volunteers on Friday, July 15 for an ethnic dinner at Dukem Restaurant
Join the Maryland Returned Volunteers on Friday, July 15 for an ethnic dinner at Dukem Restaurant
Join the Maryland Returned Volunteers on Friday, July 15 for an ethnic dinner at Dukem Restaurant
Maryland Returned Volunteers: Ethnic Dinner on Friday, July 15 at 6 pm
Original Press Release - For Immediate Release
Who: Maryland Returned Volunteers
What: Ethnic Dinner at "Dukem" Ethiopian Restaurant (1100 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201) on Friday, July 15 starting at 6 pm.
Members of the Maryland Returned Volunteers are invited to attend a meeting to discuss future directions for our group that will start at 6 pm at the restaurant and run to 7 pm.
The ethnic dinner will begin at 7 pm.
Where: Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant 2
1100 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 410-385-0318
When: Friday, July 15 at 6 pm
Description of Event: Join the Maryland Returned Volunteers for an Ethnic Dinner at "Dukem" Ethiopian Restaurant (1100 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21201) starting at 6 pm.
Kay Ibrahim-Muldoon who lived in East Africa for many years will be helping us navigate the menu and making recommendations for what to order.
Contact and RSVP to: Tracey Feild (410) 719-0946
Menu: View the Menu
Directions: Here's a Map
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More about Dukem Restaruant
Hot Stuff - Dukem offers a new choice for Ethiopian dining
Hot Stuff - Dukem offers a new choice for Ethiopian dining
By Sloane Brown
Special To The Sun
This is the season to be feasting. Dukem Restaurant opened just a week ago on Maryland Avenue south of the Meyerhoff. A brother to D.C.'s popular Ethiopian restaurant of the same name, this Dukem is also owned by brothers Tefera and Getachew Zewdie.
The Zewdies bought the property -- which used to be another Ethiopian joint, Ghion -- a year and a half ago and have remodeled the place. Right now, just the downstairs is open -- with about 25 seats and a bar. Getachew Zewdie describes the place as "cozy and nice," with lots of dark mahogany touches, similar to its elder sibling.
In the next few months, the second-floor dining room will add 50 more seats.
The menu is the same is that in D.C., but the prices are about a buck less here, generally ranging from $8.95 to $15.95. There are various lamb, beef, fish, chicken and vegetarian dishes, as well as combo plates, which will run you a bit more money.
There's doro wot, a chicken stew made with legs or thighs marinated in lemon, sauteed in butter and stewed in a red pepper sauce, flavored with onions, garlic, ginger and cardamom.
The Dukem Kitfo is a mixture of minced beef with homemade cottage cheese, herbal butter and Ethiopian spices. Dukem Special Tibs is a lamb dish marinated in a "secret sauce" and sauteed with onion, rosemary, tomato, garlic and jalapeno.
The complete menu is online at www.dukemrestaurant.com.
Dukem Restaurant (410-385-0318) is at 1100 Maryland Ave. Its hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday. It will be open New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
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