A Harry Potter-Themed Pasta Restaurant Has Opened in New York

Yoga, bars, markets, bed and breakfast-style wizarding schools, parties — if you're a muggle looking for more Harry Potter magic in your life, there's no shortage of options. Add this new New York pasta restaurant to the list. At Pasta Wiz, you'll be slurping spaghetti as you're spying a sorting hat out of the corner of your eye, all while sitting in a HP-inspired enchanted lair.

Think chandeliers and candles too, in what's hoped will be the first venue in a potential chain if there's enough interest. Given that the book and film side of things doesn't really seem to be slowing down (we have four more Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies to watch, remember; and, 2017 marks 20 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published), you'd think locals and tourists alike will be dropping in.

It's not just the decor that's designed to make customers feel bewitched, though; or dishes with names like Magic Meatballs, Dragon's Blood (a mango, raspberry and strawberry smoothie) and the Dark Lord (a liquid mix of avocado, cacao, cashews and agave), plus four types of potions (aka juice blends). It's also the speed of the service. According to the Pasta Wiz website, their meals only require three minutes to make, on average. Perhaps the chefs have a time-turner?

Via Gothamist.