New Senegalese spot Teranga by the Bryn Mawr red line stop in Edgewater is the best new restaurant I’ve found in years

Someone made me try this spot Teranga and now I’m obsessed. The appetizers are really amazing fried comfort food (fataya is basically a salmon empanada but somehow doesn’t even taste that much like salmon, it tastes like something entirely even better?; and accara are black eyed pea fritters, so they’re coated in batter and fried to perfection; both come with a delicious tomato-onion sauce for dipping and a spicier salsa, I’m not sure what they’re called). The chicken yassa is melt in your mouth chicken on the bone in a savory sauce with lots of onions and a few bell peppers. Entrées come with two sides — I get a side of jollof rice and niebe (black eyed peas in a really delicious slightly spicy sauce). There’s also fried plantains, couscous, etc. to choose from. I could honestly have an entire meal of the jollof rice and niebe and be super satisfied. It’s insanely good. I haven’t tried any of the drinks yet but they have a good selection.

It’s not cheap but I got an appetizer and entree and split with my partner and it was enough food for both of us, so a little over $20pp. I’d recommend dining in if you can because you’ll get bigger portions.

The guy who runs it apparently trained with Senegalese chefs down on the south side and opened up his own restaurant on the north side so as not to compete with them. Good guy.

If you go lmk what you think. It’s right next to the Bryn Mawr red line stop in Edgewater. Posting photos from their website instead of my own because I got takeout tonight and the low lighting in my apartment is not doing it justice lol