text: I have been going to Cafe Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant for many years now Tonights experience reminds me of my very first time here years ago when my wife and I flew into Sky Harbor Airport late in the evening to visit Phoenix for a job interview We were very hungry but could not find a place to sit and eat We spotted this Ethiopian restaurant in a strip mall of all places we thought and decided to try it out As we walked up to the entrance we saw that Cafe Lalibela was closing for the evening it was about pm In defeat we turned to walk back toward our rental car but the owner saw us and urged us to come in Mind you there were diners finishing their meals Clearly we were going to keep them late The owner and staff never minded though and we had an amazing meal nnWe now live in Phoenix and ever since that night we bring nearly everyone who visits us from out of town to Cafe Lalibela after picking them up from the airport Universally they are pleased with the food and friendliness and ask to return on subsequent visits to PhoenixnnTonight I brought my parents who just arrived in Phoenix to visit us to Cafe Lalibela and found that the restaurant was closing early for the evening The manager saw us looking at the Closed sign and invited us in He explained they had such a busy day today a very favorable review in todays Arizona Republic will do that apparently that they ran out of several dishes only had glutenfree injera bread left and decided to close early He explained that as long as this was okay he would be pleased to have us dine here tonight We were treated like honored guests as my dad noted and our meal was fantastic as usualnnCafe Lalibela is my favorite restaurant in Phoenix