Bunna Cafe

Bunna Cafe Plant-based Ethiopian restaurant, bar, and music venue based in Bushwick BK. Until then, we are a travelling cafe. What do you get from a Bunna event? etc.
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http://bunnaethiopia.net

Bunna Cafe is an Ethiopian Vegetarian Restaurant, Coffeehouse, and Music Venue that will be opening in BK later this year. We are hosting dinner parties and collaborative headline events around the city -- in bars, cafes, rooftops, parking lots, friends' apartments, beach, etc...? For one, food -- lots of it. Healthy, tasty, gourmet vegan Ethiopian food. And, you get to e

xperience the coffee ceremony, which involves making coffee from raw bean to powerful aromatic brew and every single amazing smell, sight, taste that goes with it. Then we throw in Tej (Ethiopian honey wine), surprisingly good Ethiopian beers, live music, a film or two, flea markets, dj's, dance parties, etc. Our aim is to take a beautiful, elegant, and sophisticated Ethiopian tradition of entertainment and create multi-faceted, multi-genre events that creates goodwill and good times in NYC. If you've ever wrapped a saucy mix of lentils, peppers and spices around an odd but comforting fluffy sour flatbread and stuffed it in your salivating pie hole, then you know what we're talking about. If not, it's time to carpe diem, my friend. See you soon. We are ready.

NEW DESSERT!Raw Frozen Key Lime Pie. 🌿-based. Delectable.Thanks to .roro for the coaching and recipe dev. It's good. Rea...
06/01/2026

NEW DESSERT!
Raw Frozen Key Lime Pie.
🌿-based. Delectable.

Thanks to .roro for the coaching and recipe dev.

It's good. Real good. Try for yourself.
Everything is Eshi!

05/31/2026

TONIGHT 5/31!
Afrobeat in the backyard with LIVING LANGUAGE!

We are excited to host a live concert recording of one of New York City's premier Afrobeat groups, Living Language ().

Nikhil Yerawadekar - guitar
Troy Simms - alto sax
Carter Yasutake - trumpet, keyboard
Yoshi Takemasa - percussion
Vince Chiarito - bass
Greg Gonzalez - drums

7:30 start. Eat Ethiopian food. $15 here or at the door. Dtls and tix in bio link.

Music at Bunna Cafe,
/// Under The Grass Roof \\

05/29/2026

FENDIKA IS REBUILDING!
Time to support. Learn more and donate (link in post and in bio).

እናመሰግናለን!
❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/26/2026

DREAM TEAM.

Our crew planted roots here in NYC from Ethiopia, Senegal, and Burkina Faso, bringing a bounty of knowledge, wisdom, and experiences with them. Many have been with us since well before Covid. They've given Bunna the personality she is known for, and they treat her like their own home. It is a blessing beyond words!

You've seen their faces, so why not know their names?
This summer we will be profiling a selection of our wonderful staff, to fill you in a bit more on the person behind the smile. There are amazing stories to be told!

More to come.
Everything is Eshi!

🎵: Long Time No Speak --

05/16/2026

Just another Friday night at Ethiopia in Bushwick.

Since 2014!

Come find us... again.

Also check the latest amazing EP drop by London-based Habesha duo - . It's on our playlist!

AND, don't miss ournfirst backyard show of the season this Sunday 5/17. Haiti or Bust! Dtls and tix in bio.

Spring is the friggin best.
Everything is Eshi.

Let us be your party destination. Backyard fits 40 seated, 75 standing.Available for private events.DM or email us! even...
05/15/2026

Let us be your party destination.
Backyard fits 40 seated, 75 standing.
Available for private events.

DM or email us!
[email protected]

05/12/2026

Book your tix now!

This Sunday 5/17 is Bunna's first backyard party of the year, and it's all for the family.

From 1 to 5 we dive into HAITI, with an amazing traditional drum and dance group called Rasin Okan, plus a Cyanotype print workshop by visual artist Jennica Drice, and more... Our DJ Modrums will be going on too.

Bunna's amazing Ethiopian brunch, cocktails, mocktails, will be available.

High of 80 and no rain, come on thru!!

https://www.bunnaethiopia.net/event-details/beteseb-brunch-haitian-roots-with-rasin-okan

Music at Bunna Cafe,
Under The Grass Roof

04/23/2026

ETHIOPIAN CATERING!
All over the city and burbs, no order too big. CHALLENGE US!

Tap the link to order and pay online. Is easy! Or dm us for a custom quote.

We are indeed... catering maniacs.
Everything is ESHI.

04/21/2026

Be a weekday afternooner at Bunna!
(Except Tuesday)

$14 lunch special, 12 to 4pm!

Plus all day Happy Hour!
✔️ $10 cocktails
✔️ $6 wells
✔️ $2 off Ethiopian beers

Das it for now! Big healthy announcement coming next month!!

Everything is Eshi.

04/07/2026

It's April and we're crawling out of our caverns, popping on dusty amps, & crackling crusty voxes. Hello again! Details on our events page (link in bio):

Music and Events at Bunna Cafe
/// Under The Grass Roof \\\

Wed 4/8
Dualing Mbira with
Kevin Nathaniel and S**o Myoji
( )

Wed 4/15
Ambient Jazz with
Ryan Weisheit Trio
( )

Sun 4/19
THE
Leeben Tinos Trio
( .music)

Wed 4/22
Anything Goes ??!! with
El Primo and the Other Primo
()

Sat 4/25
3rd CUP
Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony Experience
()

Sun 4/26
BETESEB BRUNCH
Family time reggae music experience with
Natty Frenchy and Friends
()

Wed 4/29
Flamenco + Raga with
Compass Trio
()

Plus: New desserts! Seed free oils! Cooking classes!

Lets not mince words -- it's a restaurant mid life crisis. Golden years to come! Everything is Eshi.

THIS IS HUGE! We've been holding back on announcing this for months but today we finalized a collab with Hasbro and now ...
04/01/2026

THIS IS HUGE! We've been holding back on announcing this for months but today we finalized a collab with Hasbro and now Bunna Cafe is on store shelves as a Play Doh set!!

Thank you to Hasbro's new development team for working with us in depth to make a perfect representation of our beyaynetu, it was such a fun process for everyone!

This is the first in an entire line of Ethiopian food centered products. Did someone say Injera Mitad? Coming soon!! Your kids never had this much fun with food.

Find us on Amazon or at licensed retailers nationwide. Everything is SO Eshi..

03/19/2026

Calling all kids-oriented makers and shakers!

We are putting together a monthly spring / summer brunch music series for families in our backyard. Will have cool international music and also looking for creators who want to set up activity booths that are fun, educational, and open eyes to the world around us.

Ideas? Dm us or email [email protected]

🎶:

03/15/2026

Teddy ALWAYS plays the entire song.

Melkam Lidet!!

03/03/2026

It's fasting season. Sounds ironic for a restaurant but it's our whole reason for being. Ethiopiand and Eritrean Orthodox is all about abstainig from meat and alcohol. Our menu is loaded with delicious plant-based beyaynetu, amazing coffees, teas, and mocktails. Been doing it since 2011.

This year we are sharing Tsom with our Muslim brothers and sisters' Ramadan observances. We are in this together, and glad to share the experience.

Clear your mind, embellish your soul.
Come to Bunna. Everything is Eshi.

Everyone thawing out? Put on your snow err... slush boots and bring some folks over to tackle this magnificence. Feast ...
02/27/2026

Everyone thawing out? Put on your snow err... slush boots and bring some folks over to tackle this magnificence.

Feast for 3.
Everything is Eshi.

📸:

Tsom has arrived. Come to Bunna.📸:
02/19/2026

Tsom has arrived. Come to Bunna.

📸:

02/12/2026

CATERING? CATERING.

Order and pay online using our in house ordering form or contact us for full service or special requests. No job too big! So far!! Challenge us!!!

Thanks to for giving us a go this week.

We deliver all over the metro area. Link in bio. Everything is ESHI.

02/04/2026

Thu 2/5 8pm!
THE LEEBEN TINOS TRIO

Leeben Tinos - keys
Adam Turay - bass
Morgan Greenstreet - drums

Amazing groundbreaking Ethio-Jazz fusion.
Do Not Miss!

Free with your meal.
Everything is Eshi.

Music at Bunna Cafe,
/// Under The Grass Roof \\

02/02/2026

This Wed, 2/4: Dualing Mbira, Kevin Nathaniel () and S**o Myoji ().

Starts at 7:30. Free with your meal. Everything is Eshi.

A visionary musician who, with voice and ancient African instruments, channels sound as a universal healing force. Together, breathing rhythms to the beat of our synchronized hearts, Kevin Nathaniel resonates songs of unity and the “big picture” of love in beautiful ways! A long-time devotee of mbira, kalimba, circle song, drum, dance, meditation, and yoga; a world-traveled music healer sharing the musical medicine of the ancient, the now, and the beyond, Kevin Nathaniel brings a fresh, deep experience of the beauty of sound. Kevin Nathaniel’s music is an invitation for all to come together, to share in song, laughter, positivity, movement, prayer, and breath.

Kevin Nathaniel was “called” to music by the magical sound of the mbira immediately and mysteriously after graduating “Scholar of the House” at Yale University. He then worked closely with legendary Zimbabwean mbira master Ephat Mujuru for many years. Kevin continues the mbira/kalimba legacy, creatively working to expand upon it. He has worked with a great variety of artists including Alice Walker, Oprah Winfrey, Jonathan Demme, Thomas Mapfumo, Miriam Makeba, Bobby McFerrin, Niles Rodgers, Madonna, Philip Glass, and Nana Vasconcelos.

The multi-instrumentalist, S**o Myoji’sj musical experiences are broad; Blues, Funk, Rock, Bossa Nova, Salsa, Jazz, and Free Improvisational music. She blends all together with her native Japan’s melodies and sensibility to express love and gratitude to nature and the Universe and her music uplifts audience’s spirit.

S**o appears in clubs, galleries, festivals, and healing/wellness events in Japan and U.S., mostly in the New York City area, including the Celebrating Women Composer Festival, the Vision Festival, the WHAM Festival, and other venues and events. S**o offers various configurations of the ensemble; solo, duo, trio, and often brings the choir, extra percussionists and dancers, depending on the size and occasion of the event.

Music at Bunna Cafe,
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01/29/2026

THE LEEBEN TINOS TRIO
Monthly Residency @ Bunna Cafe
Thursday 2/5 at 7:30pm.
Free with your dinner.

We are so so happy to present a monthly residency of habesha virtuoso Leeben Tinos' first group in the USA!

The Leeben Tinos Trio features Leeben on keys, Adam Turay on bass, and, Morgan Greenstreet (aka Modrums!) on percussion.

Leeben Tinos is perhaps the most exciting Ethiopian artist to plant roots in NYC in many many years. Coming from a well known music industry family, Leeben has been pursuing his musical talents since age 5. Originally classically trained, he picked up jazz at the age of 14, and has since performed with Ethio-jazz greats in Addis Ababa -- including with our beloved family at Fendika -- and now blends his classical training with Ethiopian and modern jazz influences to create unique, original compositions.

Don't miss this one of a kind series!

Music at Bunna Cafe,

/// Under The Grass Roof \\

Remember, it's just mother nature's artistic frozen water falling down on ya. Come on over!Open as always.Everything is ...
01/25/2026

Remember, it's just mother nature's artistic frozen water falling down on ya. Come on over!

Open as always.
Everything is Eshi.

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1084 Flushing Avenue
New York, NY
11237

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 10pm
Wednesday 12pm - 10pm
Thursday 12pm - 10pm
Friday 12pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 11pm

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