Happy Daze

Amazing onion rings, good fries, and hamburgers. A great little place to swing in and get a bite to eat. The place is small and clean.

Army term: BLUF. Bottom line up front. Avoid this place at all cost. Our interest was piqued when we saw an incredible amount of different ice cream flavor available. Alas, our adventure turned sour. First, it’s dirty. And this may sound a little strange but it’s a little creepy of a place. Walking in there were a few people sitting at a darkened eating area who seemed to have been there quite awhile! A woman was grinding something for quite a few minutes from what appeared to be a soft serve machine — and who didn’t bother looking up at us while she ground away. Another lady was doing something at a cash register and she too did not look up at us. We assumed we ordered at a window opening so stood there awhile looking at their menu of ice cream deciding from the many favors. The grinder girl then stopped grinding and proceeded to call to one of the customers sitting in the creepy eating area. The waffle cone was quite small and the man came up, grabbed the cone while the grinder lady passed it between us, never looking at or acknowledging us whatsoever. Decision time! Stay or chance it. We left. Must not good service or atmosphere. BLUF? Stay away!

Used to be great but not so much anymore. The food is not bad but the service is horrible.

I really wanted to like Happy Daze and give it five stars, but that is not to be the case. While the service staff were mostly friendly and polite, the food was a huge, and I mean HUGE, disappointment. Since Happy Daze is a mom-​n-​pop joint that locals seem to enjoy, I expected the food to be more unique. What they have is preprocessed and prepackage food that anybody can buy from Sysco and slap a price on it. The hamburger meat was a pre-​made soy patty, the fries were shoestring type from a bag, and the nachos and cheese were nothing more than bagged chips and «cheese» in a can from the grocery store. In addition, it is far too expensive. The only bright spot was the attempt to decorate the place with old albums and such from Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, and the music was pleasing (80’s and 90’s country). I am sorry to say that I will never be back and I caution everyone who reads this to not expect much.

On our way back from the Hernando Square, we decided to check out this establishment for dessert, as it had a weird dive-​esque feel to it. We walked in and saw a bunch of photos of classic pop-​culture icons sprawled across the wall. This place is definitely low on glamour, but has it’s own charm about it. I then ordered the caramel soft-​serve. I found out the small was $ 2.40 and the extra large was $ 3, so I decided to go big on this one and got the XL. I got the ice cream and it was FAR more than I needed or could finish; two people could split it and probably still have leftovers. I’ll admit, I wasn’t a tremendous fan of the taste, but I’m not much of a soft-​serve fan to begin with so I won’t dock them that substantially for my not liking the flavor as much as other ice creams. At the end of the day, the prices are simply amazing here and I will likely come back here at some point and try some actual food next time we come to this part of town.

For a small place it sure has some good food. The brisket sandwich is super tasty, the burgers are good and the best part; easy on the wallet. It is worth a stop for a quick, cheap bite.

Ice cream had a weird taste. Wouldn’t go back.

Having just moved to the area i was looking for something close and fast to grab for lunch. I happen to come across this little place right down the road from me and was more than pleased with what i found. its not big by any means but the food and the price was right for a quick lunch. On the inside there is a multitude of elvis memorabilia and a small sitting area. On the outside there is an ice cream bar also with a sitting area. The milkshakes were actually very good id put them a step above the sonics in the area.