A new restaurant is hoping to make a big impact with its fresh African flavor in Midtown Detroit.
Chef Helina Melaku, who is originally from Ethiopia, opened Konjo Me to introduce Detroiters to the food and stories of her homeland.
“I started Konjo Me in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic,” Melaku said. “I was searching how to bring Ethiopian food to Detroiters. And as I was just doing some soul searching during that time, I decided to do it through food, through storytelling and showing Detroiters (and) Africans how to connect back to their ancestral roots.”…