MERIDIAN TWP. – A restaurant off East Michigan Avenue known over the last three decades for its authentic Ethiopian dishes will expand to Okemos next month.
Altu’s Ethiopian Cuisine & Bar, in business since 1996, will open a second location at 4738 Central Park Drive, owner Gutu Lencha said.
Lencha’s been at the helm of the restaurant, located at 1312 E. Michigan Ave., since 2023. He’s the nephew of Altu’s founder, Altu Tadesse, who moved to the area with her husband, who studied at Michigan State University. Both Lencha and Tadesse are natives of Ethiopia…