Ethiopian Restaurant (CLOSED)

The charming family-run eatery is a helluva find for the Upper East Side. Every dish tingles with flavor, and you can sample a bunch of them with the Ethiopian Combo: Meat and vegetarian offerings include spicy lentils, beef in pepper sauce, collard greens and lamb cooked with onions and peppers atop a spongy layer of injera. To soothe the berbere burn, crack open a cold beer.