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Simba Ugandan Restaurant
This restaurant has closed
Simba Ugandan Restaurant closed this location at the end of June 2019. A new location is planned. In her native Kampala, Uganda, Christine Mukulu Sseremba was an actress and ran a company providing IT training, especially to women and the underprivileged. Then a dispute with a relative of Uganda’s president forced her to flee the country. She sought asylum in the United States and, having moved to St. Louis, opened Olive Green International Restaurant in University City’s Jeffrey Plaza, home to many notable small, independent restaurants over the years. In 2018, she reopened the restaurant in a standalone building across the street from Jeffrey Plaza as Simba Ugandan Restaurant. The food ranges from Ugandan street fare (the chapati-wrapped Rolex) to the warming spices of goat curry and the garlic-imbued mbizi enjoyke (roasted pork ribs). Simba’s food is delicious, its relaxed pace winning, its story thoroughly, essentially American.
Hours: Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday (closed Monday)
Last year's ranking: New this year
Opened: 2018