From the name it’d be easy to peg Happy Eats Pasta as an Italian restaurant, but that wouldn’t be accurate.

Yes, there were plenty of dishes associated with Italy, but the eatery more closely falls into the fast (as in very fast) casual designation.

The first thing we noticed was the long counter with a soda dispenser and a vibrant display board listing menu items. At first we weren’t sure if this was an order-at-the-counter establishment, but were soon escorted to a table upon which a number was placed. The number and the speed with which food emerged from the kitchen furthered the fast food notion.

Besides the number, we were given large menus that included the same information as on that above-the-counter board. Pasta reigns here. There’s a “Build Your Own Pasta” option that takes up

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