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| The restaurant shortly after opening |
This looks like bad news: PoP reports that Tegeste Ethiopian Restaurant at 3521 14th Street NW has abruptly closed. It appears to be an issue with rent, as the landlord taped a returned rent check on the window, the restaurant’s sign has been removed, and there’s a For Rent sign in the window.
Kind of a harsh way to show that somebody hasn’t paid rent, but then again I wouldn’t be happy if I were a landlord and that happened.
The owner is Gladys Nunez, who also seems to own RedRocks (at least somebody who lives at her same address owns it, according to the city’s database.) In 2007, there was some kind of issue with Ms. Nunez at the location where Tegeste was located: a person who rented an upstairs space alleged she was a scammer. Not sure what came of that, I’m trying to find out more.
This is too bad, as I liked the place. The decor was so-so, but the food was good and inexpensive. I wonder if it was too inexpensive. “Mama” Tegeste was a very nice lady too, she came out to say hello to most people there. I hope she lands on her feet somewhere else.
