Photo: Steven Greene
Emma Jacobs
Click to listen.No one beats Boston for seafood, but the city’s not exactly known for the variety of its African restaurant scene.
Marie-Claude Mendy opened Boston’s first West African restaurant, Teranga, in Boston’s South End. When the restaurant opened last year, the next-closest places to get Senegalese food were in New York City.
Teranga stands for Senegalese hospitality. For some people, the storefront on Washington Street is a rare taste of home. Others–like one of the first surprised women delivered an entire fish last summer– needed an introduction to Senegalese cuisine.
Being a pioneer hasn’t been easy, but Marie-Claude is bound to win them over.