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  • Merkato Market and Carry-out

Merkato Market and Carry-out

(301) 920-0707
  • 955 Bonifant St, Silver Spring, MD 20910
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(301) 920-0707
  • Menu
  • Breakfast Menu
    Breakfast Menu
    • Inkulal Firfir $5.99

      Scrambled eggs mixed with tomatoes, onions and jalapenos. Served with injera or toasted bread.

    • Qwanta Firfir $9.99

      Homemade beef jerky in spicy sauce tossed with injera.

    • Dulet $10.99

      Lamb tripe and liver mixed with lean red meat, diced onions, garlic and jalapenos.

    • Foul $6.25

      Crushed fava beans garnished with fresh onions, jalapenos, tomatoes and yogurt. Served with French bread.

    • Breakfast Combo $12.99

      Qwanta firfir, inkulal fifir and kinche.

    • Kita Fir Fir $6.99

      Chechebsa. Flat bread shredded and mixed with spiced butter or olive oil, served with a side of honey.

    • Ye' Timatim Firfir $6.99

      Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomatoes, onions, jalapenos mixed with Merkato's special dressing. (served cold)

  • Appetizers
    • Vegetarian Sambousa $1.75

      Fried pastry filled with lentils.

    • Sambousa $2.5

      Fried pastry filled with your choice of chicken or beef cooked in a special house mix of onions, garlic and spices.

  • Beef Entrees
    Beef Entrees
    • Beef Tibs $11.99

      Cubed tender beef sauteed with onions, jalapenos and tomatoes.

    • 50/50 $14.99

      Half Kitfo and half Tibs served.

    • Beef Awaze Tibs $12.99

      Cubed tender beef sauteed in awaze sauce with oniona, jalapenos and tomatoes.

    • Kitfo $12.99

      Beef tarter seasoned with herbed butter and spices. Can be served raw or cooked.

    • Merkato Kitfo $14.99

      Our special kitfo served with homemade cottage cheese and greens.

    • Kitfo Sandwich $6.99

      Served raw, medium or well done.

    • Lunch Dulet $10.99

      Lamb tripe and liver mixed with lean red meat, diced onions, garlic and jalapenos.

    • Tibs Firfir $11.99

      Tibs in spicy sauce tossed with injera.

    • Goden Tibs $14.99

      Prime short ribs fried and sauteed with onions, tomatoes, garlic and jalapeno.

    • Gored Gored $11.99

      Raw lean cubed beef mixed with spices, awaze and clarified butter.

    • Bozena Shiro $11.99

      Pureed split peas & cubed prime beef slow cooked with spices.

  • Lamb Entrees
    • Yebeg Alicha Wot (Mild Lamb Stew) $12.99

      Tender pieces of lamb simmered in mild sauce. With onions, garlic, ginger, and turmeric.

    • Lamb Tibs $12.99

      Cubed tender lamb sauteed with onions, jalapenos and tomatoes.

    • Lamb Awaze Tibs $13.99

      Cubed tender lamb sauteed in awaze sauce with onions, jalapenos and tomatoes.

  • Poultry Entrees
    Poultry
    • Doro Tibs $10.99

      Cubed chicken breast sauteed with onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, garlic, herbs and spices. (can be prepared hot or mild)

    • Doro Wot "The national dish of Ethiopia" $13.99

      Slow-simmered spicy chicken stew seasoned with spices and herbs served with one hard-boiled egg.

  • Seafood Entrees
    Seafood
    • Asa Goulshe $11.99

      Chunks of lightly fried tilapia fillet cooked in special spicy tomato sauce.

    • Asa Dullet $11.99

      Diced tilapia fillet cooked with onions, garlic, jalapenos and spices.

  • Vegetarian
    Vegetarian
    • Messer Wot $8.99

      Spicy split red lentil simmered in spicy sauce.

    • Alich Kiki $7.99

      Yellow split peas simmered in mild sauce.

    • Azifa $7.99

      Green lentil seasoned with onions, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and jalapenos.(Served Cold)

    • Tikel Gomen $7.99

      Cabbage and carrots cooked in mild sauce.

    • Gomen $7.99

      Collard green simmered in mild sauce seasoned with spices.

    • Dinich Wot $7.99

      Potatoes and carrots simmered in a sauce seasoned with spices and herbs.

    • House Salad $6.99

      Romaine lettuce, tomato, onion, green pepper with fresh lime vinaigrette.

    • Shiro $8.99

      Pureed split peas slow cooked with spices, onions and garlic.

    • Vegetarian Combo $10.99

      Choice of daily vegetarian dish up to four items.

    • Vegetarian Paradise $12.99

      Choice of daily vegetarian dish up to six items.

    • Veggie Lover $14.99

      Choice of daily vegetarian dish up to eight items.

    • Ye' Timatim Firfir $6.99

      Pieces of injera tossed in blended fresh tomatoes, onions, jalapenos mixed with Merkato's special dressing. (served cold)

    • Veggie Lovers $14.99

      Choice of daily vegetarian dish up to eight items.

    • Fosolia (Green Beans) $8.99

      Green beans, carrots, garlic and onions sauteed in a special blend of spices

    • Keyser (red beets) $8.99

      Beets and potatoes cooked with onions, ginger and garlic

    • Tomato Salad $3

      Jalapeno, onions, salad dressing, lemon juice

  • Side Orders
    Side Orders
    • Ethiopian Injera (Gluten Free) $3

    • Extra Injera $1

    • Hard Boiled Egg $0.99

    • House Salad $3

    • Gomen $3

    • Azifa $3

    • Dinich Wat $3

    • Tikel Gomen $3

    • Alich Kiki $3

    • Messer Wot $3.99

    • Shiro $3.99

    • Awaze Sauce (Spicy Red Pepper Sauce) $0.99

    • Rice $3

  • Pasta
    • Pasta with Tomato Sauce $9.99

    • Pasta with Meat Sauce $10.99

  • Beverages
    Beverages
    • Bottled Water $1.25

    • Juice $1.99

    • Bottled Soda $1.99

    • Canned Soda $1.25

    • Perrier $1.99

    • Power Drink $2.39

  • Dessert
    • Baklava $3.99

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