Pronounced in English as sah-loo-meh, Salumè carries two meanings: it is the Milanese dialect for salumeria (gourmet store), and it also stands as an icon of irresistible sensuality.

Salome was the daughter of Herodias, queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor, who lived during the first century. Christian traditions depict her as the pinnacle of female seductiveness, a beautiful woman who performed the Dance of the Seven Veils, a dance so passionate that it persuaded the king to kill John the Baptist. Her legendary sensuality is the basis for centuries of art like Oscar Wilde’s infamous play Salome, the film starring Rita Hayworth, and countless classical paintings, poems, operas, ballets, and songs. Salome is the epitome of artful power, a seductress who can exert her will through a look and a dance.

To us, Salome is a muse, as we hope your experience at Salumè will be just as irresistible.

Salumè will both celebrate the birthplace of the real Italian panini and will pay tribute to the panini’s enticing taste.

Salumè is not a bar, but is a “salumeria” that serves guests as a restaurant. Salumeria are food stores where gourmet specialties are selected and tasted by expert Salumiere, who is the ultimate guarantor for the quality he provides to guests.

Traditionally, salumeria were also the places for the best panini. Quite understandable, with the availability of the best ingredients and the knowledge, ability, and creativity to mix and match them.

At Salumè, like at a traditional Italian salumeria, all the gourmet products at the foundation of panini quality are on display to proudly show off their visual beauty and aromatics to our guests. Salumè’s real Italian experience fills a need in the New York food scene by providing an alternative to New Yorkers and visitors hungry for something new.

Salumè wants, in fact, to provide a modern contradiction: quality food, fast. While fast food is a lifestyle for millions of people in the city and everywhere around the globe, its convenience compromises the quality, the cultural aspects, and the hedonistic enjoyment of food.

Salumè’s real Italian panini changes the fast food paradox once and for all. It offers not only the taste, but indulgence as well, of an authentic Italian meal, enjoyed in few bites, complemented by the rewarding comfort of the overall setting and by the pleasure of quick and efficient table service.