One of the most exciting new restaurants in the city opened quietly in November 2023. Tina Fahnbulleh took over the former Neon Taco space on Broadway and gave Seattle a much-needed—perhaps its only—restaurant serving traditional meals from Liberia and Ghana.
Today Gold Coast Ghal Kitchen keeps busy serving customers who are unfamiliar with dishes like waakye or Fahnbulleh’s favorite potato greens. But also visitors who nurture a connections to the food, or to Liberia specifically.
Here’s Fahnbulleh’s own account of how she went from a reluctant cook to a stand-in for so many African grandmas.
I was born in Liberia and grew up in Ghana until age 9.
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