Soul on Shawmut is a love letter to Roxbury from the kitchen of the Abdul-Musawwir family. Aadam, his brother Mohammed, and their sister Iman Lamontagne are the owners of the new halal, soul food, fast-casual restaurant.

The eatery shares the building with Boston’s oldest continuously running mosque and is just a few blocks from where Aadam and his siblings grew up. The food it serves is halal — there’s no pork and no alcohol, in accordance with Islamic teaching — and the meats that are served are sourced according to Islamic guidelines. The menu includes a melty chopped cheese and soul food classics like fried chicken, mac and cheese, and rice and beans.

Soul on Shawmut, a brand-new soul food restaurant founded by chef and Roxbury native Aadam Abdul-Musawwir and his two siblings, is centered around belly-warming goodness, from smash burgers and chopped cheese sandwiches to smoked mac and cheese, slow-cooked collard greens, and roasted and carmelized yams on the side. All the meats are halal, too.

One of the newest halal-friendly restaurants in Boston, Soul on Shawmut uses halal meats in each of its cheesy, toasty sandwiches and more, from rib-eye steak grilled with melted cheese on a toasted sub roll to crispy-edged smash burgers and fried chicken with Old Bay honey or ranch dipping sauces.

Roxbury-raised chef Aadam Abdul-Musawwir began serving prepared meals and pop-up dinners as Aadam’s Halal Meals. Now, he and two siblings have opened Soul on Shawmut to feed their community. Lightly updated soul food classics are on the menu along with Buffalo chicken egg rolls, grilled cheese burgers, and more. Fried chicken with Old Bay honey, smoked mac and cheese, slow-cooked collard greens with sauteed cabbage, sweet potato cheesecake, and hibiscus watermelon juice sounds pretty unbeatable for dinner tonight.

A trio of siblings is now serving up counter-service soul food in Roxbury, from sandwiches and burgers (all with halal meat, including a no-pork take on an Italian sub) to fried chicken. Chopped cheese egg rolls, Detroit-style pizza with beef pepperoni and hot honey, Hot Cheetos-breaded boudin balls, and more round out the menu.