The Spot—also listed on delivery apps as The Halal Spot—opened on Broadway in Methuen in early July 2026, giving Merrimack Valley diners a new counter-service stop for halal bowls, smash burgers, chicken sandwiches, loaded fries, and dessert shakes. Usmuslims.com reported the opening on July 2, 2026. The brand site frames Methuen as part of Food That Hits—the company behind The Spot locations in Manchester and Merrimack, New Hampshire, and Owings Mills, Maryland. For Muslim families in Methuen, Lawrence, and nearby towns who want American-style fast casual without guessing whether the beef or chicken is meant to be halal, this is a practical new pin on the map—if you confirm hours, address details, and what “halal” covers when you go.
A Food That Hits brand on Broadway
On foodthathits.com, the Methuen location is branded simply as The Spot — Methuen, at 4 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844, with the phone number 351-204-7056. The same address and number appear on the brand’s locations directory. DoorDash lists the store as “The Halal Spot” and describes chicken and beef bowls, loaded fries, smash burgers, wings, and naan bowls—language that matches Food That Hits. July and August 2026 DoorDash reviews treat Methuen as a local extension of the New Hampshire spots. A Burlington, Massachusetts location is listed as coming soon for November 7, 2026, subject to permits, per the brand homepage and locations page when we checked.
What is on the menu
The Spot’s public menu is built around customizable and named hits rather than a single cuisine label. Build-your-own orders start with rice, naan, or a loaded chip bag, then protein, toppings, and sauces. Named items on foodthathits.com include a Cali Chicken Bowl (grilled chicken over yellow rice with avocado, lemon, and lime); smash burgers described as fresh grass-fed Zabiha halal beef with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and chipotle sauce on a potato roll; crispy or Nashville hot chicken sandwiches; loaded fries; chicken and waffles; a falafel bowl; wings; and sides such as fries, cheese fries, falafel, mac and cheese, rice, naan, and chips. The Sweet Spot dessert lane—served at every open restaurant, the brand says—covers milkshakes (Oreo, strawberry, and Snickers-style options), build-your-own tres leches, and loaded waffles. Treat the website list as a guide: live ordering menus control availability and price, and we are not inventing fixed prices here.
Address, phone, and hours—confirm before you drive
The brand site lists dine-in, takeout, and delivery for Methuen and posts hours of Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday through Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight, with a note that holiday and ordering hours may differ. DoorDash’s Methuen storefront showed a shorter evening window (about 11 a.m. to 10:40 p.m.) when we checked delivery hours, so do not assume the dining-room and delivery clocks always match. Cross-check before a late run.
There is also an address and phone mismatch across directories. Mass Halal’s listing for The Halal Spot currently shows 6 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844 and (978) 974-9222, with status “Fully halal · directory-reported.” Zabihah similarly uses 6 Broadway and posts hours that do not match the brand site. Food That Hits and DoorDash point to 4 Broadway and 351-204-7056. Broadway numbering can be confusing in a small strip; call the brand number, use the foodthathits.com directions link, or confirm the live map pin before you park.
A note on halal evidence
Food That Hits markets The Spot around “halal bowls, burgers, and chicken” and publishes an “Our Halal Commitment” page with supplier documents. Those PDFs, the company states, name specific supplier facilities or products and validity dates—they are supplier certificates, not third-party certification of The Spot restaurants or every menu item. Documents listed when we reviewed included HalalCo certificates for House of Raeford and Amick Farms poultry facilities, a Mar-Jac Poultry facility approval, and an OK Foods product certificate, each with its own scope and expiration. The smash-burger page separately calls the beef fresh grass-fed Zabiha halal beef. Mass Halal’s directory entry is directory-reported, not an independent kitchen audit. Ask the counter about meat, slaughter method, shared equipment, and alcohol if that matters for your household, and use the brand’s contacts (including thehalalspotnh@gmail.com on the commitment page) for ingredient questions. Menu and sourcing can change; we do not invent certifiers beyond what the brand posts.
Why it matters in Methuen
Methuen already sits in a corridor of Muslim family life in the Merrimack Valley. The Islamic Academy for Peace, a full-time Islamic school, is at 125 Oakland Avenue in Methuen (tiapeace.org). Nearby, Selimiye Mosque lists its address as 105-A Oakland Avenue, Methuen, on its official contact page. Those are community landmarks for school runs and prayer—not a claim that The Spot posts prayer times or partners with either institution. A Broadway halal-forward burger-and-bowl shop is useful context for parents, students, and workers who want a quick meal without leaving town for Lawrence or driving up to the New Hampshire Spots.
Before you go
Confirm the address pin, phone, and hours on foodthathits.com/locations/methuen-ma/ or by calling 351-204-7056, and check the live ordering menu for what is actually available. Ask about halal details for the specific protein and sides you want. If you know a corrected suite number, updated hours, or a third-party certifier we should verify for the Mass Halal directory, tip us at masshalal.com/contact.