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Is your business brand new in the city? Moving? Celebrating an anniversary? Expanding? We want to know! Reach out to methuenlife@msn.com.
Here’s a look at the businesses that are moving in and out of Methuen.
NOW OPEN
• Aroma Joe’s, at Holy Family Hospital, 70 East St. Chain sells coffee, smoothies, energy drinks, food, etc. It’s located at the main entrance in the former Dunkin’ Donuts spot. Open daily, 6am-8pm.
• Heirloom Law: Bilingual law firm specializing in estate planning, probates and real-estate services. Now open at 213 Broadway, Suite 5.
CLOSING … NOT!
• Big Lots, on Jackson Street, won’t be closing after all. Despite the STORE CLOSING announcement on BigLots.com, a massive CLOSING sign on the front of the store and a person standing along the busy roadway holding a large BIG LOTS CLOSING; 30% OFF sign, staffers say this location has avoided the ax. Many of the chain’s sites nationwide are permanently closing.
IN THE WORKS
*Ybonis Beauty Spa: Opening soon at the former Pest End location, 15 Pelham St., at the Five Corners.
*The Smoke Shop BBQ: Opening December at the former Outback steakhouse on Pelham Street. Award-winning competitive-barbecue chef Andy Husbands’ restaurant (which has several locations in and around Boston) is known for its ribs, sauces and whiskey. See story in the September issue of MethuenLife.
*Teriyaki Madness: Now hiring at The Loop, in between European Wax Center and Bath & Body Works. Offering Asian-style bowls, apps and sides in a fast, casual atmosphere. There will be six to 10 seats at this site. This nationwide chain also has a location in Burlington.
•Sweet Learning Center is coming soon to the Jackson Street site previously occupied by Methuen Animal Hospital and is currently under construction.
•Froggy’s Play School (child-care center chain) opening on Merrimack Street, near Dollar Store. Per their Haverhill location, which will also oversee this site, there is no opening date at this time.
• ABI New England is a state-of-the-art applied behavior analysis (ABA) center at 147 Pelham St., Suite 201. ABI provides individualized ABA services for individuals on the autism spectrum up to the age of 22. Info: abinewengland.com, (617) 402-5444.
• Wengs Garden, which has the same owners at Salem, N.H.,’s Yang Ming, is completely renovating the former Knights of Columbus Gaythorne Hall on Broadway. Per our May issue, owner May Chen-Weng is looking forward to bringing live entertainment (“like music, a dancing space or hopefully a comedian”) to the venue. Max occupancy for this space is 150.
• KPOT, an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ and hot pot experience, is coming to The Loop. Seating for 196 guests and anticipated opening is August. The chain is also planning to open locations in Dedham and West Springfield as well as Nashua, N.H. Thekpot.com
NEARBY
• The Capital Grille, a fine-dining and steakhouse chain, is coming to Tuscan Village in Salem, N.H., and expects to open in winter 2025.
