# Yassa's African Restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 19, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182 "2025-09-19T11:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/1 "2025-09-19T11:35:21Z")
[**Yassa’s African Restaurant**](https://themenustar2.com/webspace/menus.php?code=orderyassaafricanrestaurant.com) A great thing about Chicagoland is the access we have to truly ethnic restaurants that cook truly native dishes. On 35th and King Drive, only twenty blocks from the University of Chicago Medical Center, is a Senegalese restaurant that features delicious Senegalese chicken, lamb, and vegetarian dishes. Went there last night, and the food was every bit as good as you would get in an upscale restaurant in Senegal. If you’re ever in that area or, if you are ever at the U of C Medical Center for any reason, it’s worth the short trip in lieu of eating in any of the food choices that are in the center. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/2 "2025-09-19T11:43:04Z")
Looks yummy. A few months ago I enjoyed a meal at this restaurant in Detroit: > **[A Celebration of East African Food & Culture - Baobab Fare](https://baobabfare.com)** > > A celebration of East African 
food & culture Bringing the vibrant flavors of East Africa to Detroit, Baobab Fare is an award-winning restaurant founded by refugees from Burundi that embodies the spirit of “Detroit Ni Nyumbani” — Detroit is... ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/3 "2025-09-19T11:44:37Z")
Yum! I’m not in the Motor City very often, but I will make a note of this. My SiL travels a lot, so she collects info like this because there is a real chance she may be able to use it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/4 "2025-09-19T11:45:40Z")
Right on. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/5 "2025-09-19T16:04:04Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Yum! I’m not in the Motor City very often, but I will make a note of this I thought Detroit was the Motor City. Chicago is the Windy City. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/6 "2025-09-19T16:05:56Z")
Right. I’m not in Detroit very often … in fact, virtually never. LOL ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/7 "2025-09-20T22:13:26Z")
I came across more recommendations for Yassa elsewhere on the internet this afternoon. [best jollof rice in chicago? : chicagofood](https://old.reddit.com/r/chicagofood/comments/1nm61fs/best_jollof_rice_in_chicago) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/8 "2025-09-22T11:31:55Z")
Thanks for the addition! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/9 "2025-09-22T12:35:14Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Yassa’s African Restaurant > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Looks yummy. A few months ago I enjoyed a meal at this restaurant in Detroit: > > [https://baobabfare.com](https://baobabfare.com) My wife and I love African cooking. Will keep Yassa’s in mind next time we’re in the Chicagoland area, and @JKellyMap , thanks for the Detroit area recommendation! Just to give the OP another reason to come to the Detroit area, one of our very favorite restaurants is [The Blue Nile in Ferndale](https://bluenileferndale.com/menu) (just north of Detroit). Delicious Ethiopian food. There’s also a [Blue Nile in Ann Arbor, Michigan](https://bluenileannarbor.com/), which I think is the same as the Ferndale restaurant, but we’ve never eaten there. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yassas-african-restaurant/1023182/10 "2025-09-22T12:38:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Just to give the OP another reason to come to the Detroit area, one of our very favorite restaurants is [The Blue Nile in Ferndale](https://bluenileferndale.com/menu) (just north of Detroit). Delicious Ethiopian food. Taking notes! 🙂