New Salaam Restaurant on the southside?

While we were making our pilgrimage to the BBQ mecca (Uncle John's BBQ) to visit Mack we noticed that there was a Salam Restaurant under construction on 79th east of Racine.

They had a huge sign on a pole with a middle eastern symbol and quite a nice interior from what we could see from the street.

I know there is one located on the northside as well as south Harlem.

Looks interesting...

The Nation of Islam (Louis Farrakhan's group) has a large restaurant of that name at 700 W. 79th, I would assume it is an expansion or new iteration of that one, rather than any relation to the northside ethnically middle eastern place. (If it has a relative, it's probably in Bridgeview on Harlem.)

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/sear ... 1701.venue

That must be it.

I thought the building looked old but others in the car were saying it was new.

Thanks!

Mike G wrote:The Nation of Islam (Louis Farrakhan's group) has a large restaurant of that name at 700 W. 79th, I would assume it is an expansion or new iteration of that one, rather than any relation to the northside ethnically middle eastern place. (If it has a relative, it's probably in Bridgeview on Harlem.)

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/sear ... 1701.venue

That blurb on Salaam is long out of date, typical of Metromix’s coverage of South Side restaurants (they still list some places out of business over a decade). Salaam closed well over a year ago and I haven’t noticed any remodeling or anything going on. I especially miss the bakery; they made a good bean pie.