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984 Main St · Worcester, MA

The waakye Worcester grew up on.

Ghanaian home cooking on Main Street for over twenty years. Banku and okro, fufu and light soup, Ga and Fante kenkey. Call ahead and it's hot when you walk in.

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Waakye with shito, gari, egg and spaghetti

Open daily 2 PM – 9 PM

Call (508) 755-5110(508) 579-5157

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Call it in. We'll have it ready.

  1. 1Pick your number from the menu.
  2. 2Call either line. We'll tell you when it's ready.
  3. 3Walk in to 984 Main St and pick it up hot.
(508) 755-5110(508) 579-5157

Open daily 2 PM – 9 PM

Elder Paintsil

Our story

The kitchen on Main Street.

For over twenty years this kitchen on Main Street has fed Worcester's Ghanaian families, students from Clark and WPI, nurses coming off a long shift, and anyone curious enough to walk in and ask what waakye is.

The recipes haven't changed. Banku is still turned by hand, the okro is cut fresh, and the shito takes the better part of a day.

  • 20+years on Main St
  • 2styles of kenkey, Ga and Fante
  • 7days a week, 2 PM – 9 PM

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First visit

New to Ghanaian food?

Start here. Three plates we'd give a friend on their first visit.

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984 Main St

Worcester, MA 01603

Open daily 2 PM – 9 PM

Every day2 PM – 9 PM

Get directionsCall (508) 755-5110Call (508) 579-5157