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This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
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- Family-owned Ethiopian cooking
Food history · Family-owned Ethiopian cooking
“Bomb Small spot, family owned Harar is one of the better spots for Ethiopian food in town! It's a family owned and run business and each time I've been here it has always been top notch service and the food never disappoints!”
Ethiopian
Roger rated this 4 stars, calling Harar one of the better spots for Ethiopian food in town, praising the family-owned business for consistently top-notch service and food that never disappointed.
Harar Ethiopian Restaurant's address on El Cajon Blvd was later home to GIHON Ethiopian Kitchen, which has also since closed. This page keeps Roger's dated review of Harar as a record, not as a place to visit.
Yelp — original Harar Ethiopian Restaurant listing (now shown as its successor, GIHON Ethiopian Kitchen, closed) (checked 2026-09-20) (2026-09-20) ↗This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
From Roger’s camera roll



From Roger’s Foursquare
On Roger’s lists: SD's Vegan/Vegetarian Joints!, Injera Joints.
Source-backed notes
Checked in 4 times on Swarm, most recently Jan 30, 2016. See the check-in log
“Bomb Small spot, family owned Harar is one of the better spots for Ethiopian food in town! It's a family owned and run business and each time I've been here it has always been top notch service and the food never disappoints!”
Roger praised this small, family-owned Ethiopian spot as one of the better options in town, saying the service was consistently top notch and the food never disappointed. The row's scraped business name ("GIHON Ethiopian Kitchen") is a later occupant of the same El Cajon Blvd address; Roger's text clearly names and describes Harar Ethiopian Restaurant, so this entry is drafted under that name. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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