Award-Winning East African Restaurant a Step Closer to Opening on E. Warren

Our neighborhood used to be a difficult place to find good sit-down restaurants, but that’s rapidly changing. Baobab Fare, which specializes in cuisine from Burundi in eastern Africa, is making good progress toward opening its second location on E. Warren and Grayton.

Since 2017, Hamissa Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, have turned Baobab Fare from a simple pop-up to a bricks-and-mortar restaurant in the New Center. Three times the restaurant has been a semifinalist for the prestigious James Beard Award.

The couple recently closed on the purchase of the building at E. Warren and Grayton. They hope to start renovation in July and have the restaurant open by the end of the year.

We’ll be following their progress closely as the process unfolds. In the meantime, you can read more about it in Bridge Detroit here.

Baobab Fare co-owners Nadia Nijimbere and her husband Hamissi Mamba. Image courtesy of Orlando Bailey