The perfect birthday gift for your foodie friend living in another state: some Ethiopian barbecue from Arlington's Smoke’N Ash. And, you know what, this gift is now a possibility thanks to the Ethiopian barbeque sensation teaming up with national food shipping company Gold Belly. With the two entities collaborating, patrons can send the restaurant's mouthwatering barbeque to loved ones far and wide.
Owners Patrick and Fasicka Hicks were recently humbled to make the New York Times list of America's Top 50 Restaurants of 2022. Fasicka is an Ethiopian native, hailing from the nation's capital Addis Ababa; when she came to the States, she brought an extensive arsenal of her native spices and recipes. Patrick is a born-and-bred Texan from Waco. Fasicka's knowledge of seasonings combined with her husband's Texas barbeque roots inevitably led to the birth of their restaurant and its signature Tex-Ethiopian flavor — the only known restaurant in the world fusing the two styles.
Gold Belly founder Joe Ariel's mission since the company's inception in 2013 is to make local fare accessible on a national level and to give small business access to a platform that reaches farther than they are capable of solo.
The mission of Gold Belly seems perfectly aligned to spread Smoke'N Ash barbeque all across the land, ensuring everyone has access to its deliciousness, and perhaps more importantly, giving the two innovative chefs behind its creation the recognition they deserve.
