Billed by founder Louis Farrakhan (accomplished violinist and leader of the syncretic movement The Nation of Islam) as “The Palace of the People,” Salaam Restaurant—with its smoky black windows, peroxide-white walls, and artfully carved edifice—is pretty hard to miss.
Author Archive for Arman Sayani
A Fashion Ethic
by Arman Sayani •
Rahpheal Hunter is an early riser, an attribute he credits sheepishly to his two little girls. “I get them ready for school, we do a little meditation, run them to school, and between the hours of eleven and one, I’m…
Doppleganger
by Arman Sayani •
Jack Clark is early. He hovers around the well-stocked bar, looking to quell his anxieties about the lighting at Jimmy’s. Dmitry Samarov arrives soon after. Bearded, tattooed, dressed in 501’s and a pair of beat up wingtips, he looks part…
