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"Bringing a fun atmosphere and a serious pizza concept to LoHi, the Chicago team of Josh Iachelli and Clay Hamilton are opening a second Happy Camper location at 3211 Pecos St., occupying a 2,801-square-foot former Stones On 32nd space that sits across from Avanti Food & Beverage and includes room for a front patio and its own parking lot. The roadside diner exterior is in keeping with the original Old Town restaurant’s highway-inspired design, which featured a retrofitted Airstream trailer dining room and tire-swing seats at one of the bars. The Chicago menu, expected to arrive early 2019, includes “Happytizers” such as meatballs, potato skins and Goat Stix (bread sticks with goat cheese marinara), plus salads, soups, calzone combinations (turkey, bacon and cheddar; smoked ham and avocado) and pizzas categorized as “meat 'za,” “chicken 'za” and “veggie 'za” named after friends of the restaurant — Tim, Curt, Ken, Josh — along with the spinach-based Linda, the no-cheese Mom, and a Canadian-bacon-and-pineapple tribute to Jay." - Susan Stapleton