Lily Fersha, Teddy Tamire and Getahun Tebeka with the help of Martha Yiglletu are working on a plan to open an unnamed restaurant to serve Ethiopian food in the former Hunan Chinese Restaurant space.

Chef Elias Taddesse trained in France and worked in several Manhattan Michelin-starred kitchens. But when it comes to his own restaurants, the chef—who grew up in Addis Ababa and Minneapolis—likes to ...