I see it is back open and there food is good. They bakery part is really good. The bean pies love them plain or with ice cream. Just lile everything else the price has gone up but I still get one.

I haven't been there in 20 years, but, I get my sister to order a bean pie for me every 3 months or so and ship it to me.

Its been a while since Ive been there...but i ate here during their grand re-opening some years ago and again after that...when I say THEE freshest food. The staff are so very warm and welcoming...even the bathrooms upstairs had such an ambiance it was more of an experience. If you want quality food and service, go here!

I miss this place being open daily, but now it's only for special events. The food is FANTASTIC! Are you Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescatarian, or haven't experience either, then this is THE PLACE for you. Come in and give it a try... I may not had eaten everything on the menu, but what I've had was short of outstanding - including the bakery items!

I cannot say enough good things about the cuisine at this restaurant. It was a wonderful experience for my brother and I to take our mother there for a Special Mothers Day Brunch. Where in the world can you go for a $20.00 per person price, and receive all you can eat Lamb, eggplant, Chicken, Mac & Cheese,various Vegetables, Carrot Fluff (a healthy version of Sweet Potatoe Souffle) an omelet station, Punch and Bean Pie? The Food was Delicious and The upstairs ballroom was opulent. A perfect venue for wedding receptions. You can tell the chefs love their work by the many smiles on everyone's faces.

The food here is off the charts. Its was a grouo of five. I had lamb burgers, two others had fish, another had chicken and marinated in a sauce that jumped off the plate. The fifth was a vegan, so the chef made a stuffed pepper dish that looked and taste delicious. Coming from N.Y.C. we wanted to try something unique and different. Couldnt of ask for a better experience. P.S. Be careful when you order a slice of bean pie. Cause you will order a whole one to go. We bought five. Lol!!!

Salaam Restaurant 706 W. 79th St. Chicago, Illinois 60620 Being on my Health & Fitness Transformation track, I am ecstatic that I'll be able to continue eating and enjoying their foods! Absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL NOT be frequenting any more restaurants or buffets that do NOT measure up to the QUALITY, CLEANLINESS, and HEALTHY cuisines offered by this establishment! I can't say enough about my experience here today! 5 STARS and an A+

They are open and running as of July 6th, 2012.....my husband and I stopped by yesterday and had the fried fish sandwiches and fries...it was delicious and as tasty as I remember. I brought my 4 year old a kid sized macaroni dinner and he loved it...which says a lot because he barely eats macaroni from restaurants....I recommend this place to everyone.. they have a bakery, casual dining and upscale dining...the casual dining also has take-out... I grew up in this neighborhood and frequented the Salaam back in the 90's the food was always good and the bakery was amazing and had the best cheesecakes ever..the prices are reasonable....I plan on returning next weekend and hopefully the new bakery will carry cheesecake as well..

Without ever visiting this city before, I moved to Chicago in 1992 from the Mississippi Delta, where I was born and raised. I'm quite sure the southern way of life had an immense effect on my dining experience at Salaam Restaurant shortly after it opened in 1995 on the south side Chatham neighborhood. (Salaam Restaurant was a $5 million debt-free project constructed by the Nation of Islam in a very depressed neighborhood.) Opening such a bold restaurant complex in the core of a national recession in a very downtrodden black neighborhood took a lot of balls, to say the least but let's talk about the food! I stopped eating pork in 1991, then all red meats around 1993 so I looked forward to the vegetarian fine dining offerings at Salaam. Keep in mind, this was a period in Chicago dining history where vegetarian menu options were little more than a sloppy Iceberg lettuce salad with a few chips of tasteless hot house tomato thrown on top. I still have nightmares about how many times I've had that offered back in the early 90s! Other than travelling up to Devon for some Indo-Paki food, you were pretty much out of luck. Thank God things have changed dramatically! So Salaam was forward looking in a number of ways and this was also noticed in the presentation. Our food was served on their very beautiful wine red and white presidential looking plate ware with gold script. I'm quite sure this was one of my first fine dining experiences and a friend and I were almost in tears because sitting in their luxurious dining room felt like something out of a dream that we didn't want to wake from. OK the food! I think my friend ordered a chicken entree but I wanted to see how well the chef would do with vegetarian fine dining. I was new to bean pie back then and was impressed that anyone could make a pie out of white navy beans and make it taste so phenomenal. Our dishes were brought to the table with such grace and care it almost made us want to get up and help them. I'm sure that will be an odd read for a lot of you but, we were sitting on clouds. :) After many disappointing substitutions for vegetarian food around the city, I'd finally found gold. The blend of perfectly-cooked greens and sauces were definitely a new experience on my palate. And to finish, we couldn't leave without devouring their famous bean pie. It's been quite some time since I've been and writing this will lead to making a reservation soon! UPDATE: I was just informed that the restaurant will open for dinner during Saviour's Day in late February, 2011. http://www.noi.org/sd2011/index.shtml