Letena

At this Ethiopian spot—on a side street off a busy Columbia Heights intersection—grab a cozy corner table with friends and stay longer than you expected. Choose the vegetarian sampler to taste a range of offerings, and make the mushroom tibs one of the choices; they meld wonderfully with the various legumes topping your injera. Add on the yebeg wat—a braised-lamb stew—with its symphony of sweet and savory spices.