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Mahari

Name: Mahari
Address: 1504 E 55th St, Chicago, IL, 60615, US
Telephone: (312) 907-5274
Price range: $$$

African diaspora$$$Hyde Park

African diaspora cooking on 55th Street

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The place

About Mahari

Named Best Neighborhood Restaurant at the 2026 Jean Banchet Awards. Lunch Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (pickup or patio), dinner nightly except Tuesday, brunch on weekends.

Cuisine: African diaspora
Price: $$$
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Address: 1504 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: (312) 907-5274
Website: maharirestaurant.com

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Photo: Christopher Andrew

Mahari

African diaspora. 55th Street.

Live Oct 11

FREE DESSERT

Buy any entrée. Get a free dessert.

Order any entrée, at lunch, dinner or weekend brunch, and get a dessert free: Monmon Bread Pudding, Key Lime Pie or Tante's Banana Pudding Tart. At weekday lunch it is the bread pudding.

Only 12 to 3 pm and 5 to 10 pm.

Any entrée, one free dessert
Bread pudding, key lime pie or banana pudding tart
Weekday lunch: the bread pudding
Dine in or pickup, not delivery
Once every 30 days per student

Cannot be combined with other discounts.

Opens Sunday, October 11

Free Dessert with Any Entrée at Mahari

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Pay Mahari for your order. Pool doesn't handle payment.

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What to order

On the Pool deal

Order any entrée and one dessert is free. At weekday lunch (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until 4 pm) it is the Monmon Bread Pudding, the only dessert on the lunch menu. At dinner and weekend brunch, pick any of the three below. Not the sorbet.

Monmon Bread PuddingHouse-made brioche bread pudding with sweet cream sauce. Contains dairy.$12
Key Lime PieKey lime cheesecake on a graham cracker crust with cream sauce. Dinner and brunch. Contains dairy.$12
Tante's Banana Pudding TartBanana custard, wafers, banana foam. Dinner and brunch. Contains dairy.$12

Not included: Seared Okra with Creole Sauce, Berbere Spiced Plantain, Rice & Peas or White Rice and Sorrel Ginger Sorbet

Full menu

4 sections, 38 items

LunchMonday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 12 to 4 pm. Pickup, delivery or patio dining, no dine-in at lunch.

Salmon Cala
$18
Three salmon and rice fritters, petite green salad, chutney, house vinaigrette. Seafood.
Salmon Burger
$21
Salmon patty, grilled pineapple, Haitian pikliz, mixed greens, cheddar, brioche bun, Cajun aioli, house frites. Seafood.
Pineapple Jerk Wings
$18
Five pineapple-brined, spiced and grilled wings. Halal.
Caribbean Lamb Burger
$27
Spiced lamb, grilled pineapple, Haitian pikliz, mixed greens, cheddar, brioche, house frites. Halal.
Mushroom Satay
$15
Spice-grilled mushrooms, dakwa salad, crushed peanuts, celery root purée. Vegan, nuts, spicy.
Spiced Grilled Mushroom
$14
Spice-grilled mushrooms, dakwa salad, crushed peanuts, celery root purée. Vegan, nuts, spicy.
House Salad
$12
Mixed greens, chef's choice vegetables, citrus vinaigrette. Vegetarian.

DinnerMonday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 4 to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 5 to 10 pm.

Habesha Berbere Naan
$9
Grilled pita bread, berbere, caramel drizzle. Contains dairy.
Summer Citrus Salad
$14
Mixed greens, pickled fennel, grapefruit, orange, sliced almonds, feta, citrus vinaigrette. Add mushroom +$8, salmon or scallops +$10, steak or shrimp +$12.
Crispy Brussels Sprouts
$18
Spiced honey, balsamic drizzle, parmesan crumble. Vegetarian, nuts.
Salmon Cala
$18
Salmon and rice fritter, mixed green salad, chutney, mandarin vinaigrette. Seafood.
Pineapple Wings
$18
Pineapple-brined, spiced and grilled wings. Halal.
Mushroom Satay
$19
Spice-grilled mushrooms, dakwa salad, crushed peanuts, celery root purée. Vegan, nuts, spicy.
Scallops & Elotes
$24
Pan-seared scallops, deconstructed Mexican elotes, shaved pico, avocado crema, parmesan. Seafood.
Stuffed Plantain
$24
Spiced ground beef or spiced mushroom, Creole tomato sauce, rice and peas, burnt feta.
Rah-Sta Pasta
$24
Linguini in a spicy coconut cream sauce with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and bell peppers. Add mushroom +$8, salmon or scallops +$10, steak +$12, three prawns +$15.
Caribbean Lamb Burger
$24
Spiced lamb, grilled pineapple, Haitian pikliz, mixed greens, cheddar, brioche, house frites. Halal.
Pollo n' Succotash
$30
Pineapple BBQ chicken, okra, corn, tomato, onion, garlic, caramelized pineapple, crispy okra. Halal.
Seafood Etouffée
$30
NOLA-style roux with prawns, crawfish tails and chicken sausage, with buttery toast. Seafood, spicy.
Mahari Safari Platter
$32
Steak, salmon, chicken or king trumpet mushrooms with rice, charred onion and tomato, buttery naan, fried plantain.
Graze n' Bayou
$42
African-spiced grilled NY strip, NOLA-style salmon Creole, celery root purée, asparagus.
Seared Okra with Creole SauceNot included
$12
Side.
Berbere Spiced PlantainNot included
$10
Side.
Rice & Peas or White RiceNot included
$8
Side.

Weekend brunchSaturday and Sunday, 11 am to 3 pm.

French Toast Flambé
$20
Flambéed brioche, plantain, berbere honey.
Naancakes
$15
Dredged naan, cinnamon, coconut cream.
Salmon Cala
$18
Salmon and rice fritter, mixed green salad, chutney, mandarin vinaigrette. Seafood.
Bayou Strata
$23
Green and hot water cornbread, bell peppers, okra, spinach, fresh eggs, cheese blend, Creole sauce. Add filet mignon +$12, river prawns +$14.
Mahari Safari Breakfast Platter
$19
Two eggs your way, beef bacon or chicken sausage patties, potato medley, honey naan.
Jerked Roots Hash
$21
Stuffed avocado with okra, bell peppers, zucchini and potato medley. Vegan, spicy.
Caribbean Lamb Burger
$24
Spiced lamb, grilled pineapple pikliz, bib lettuce, smoked gouda, brioche bun, yucca frites. Halal.
Seafood Etouffée
$30
Tomato-based NOLA stew with prawns, crawfish tails and chicken andouille, basmati rice, fried okra, baguette.
Suya Steak & Eggs
$32
10 oz suya-spiced skirt steak, two folded eggs, potato medley, red epis. Halal, nuts.
Louisiana BBQ Shrimp & Polenta
$44
Grilled river prawns, Louisiana BBQ sauce, creamy polenta cake, red pepper salsa.

Dessert

Key Lime PieQualifies
$12
Key lime cheesecake, graham cracker crust, cream sauce.
Monmon Bread PuddingQualifies
$12
House-made brioche bread pudding with sweet cream sauce.
Tante's Banana Pudding TartQualifies
$12
Banana custard, wafers, banana foam.
Sorrel Ginger SorbetNot included
$8
Hibiscus elixir, brown sugar, mint. Vegan. Not part of the Pool deal.