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Happy Mini Mart

Happy Mini Mart

★★★★☆ 4.3 (40) • $

Donna O. "Now I'm not working in the heart of downtown, so once in a great while my friend would offer to pick up lunch from town for me. She's another foodie person who likes to try new places and suggested this place! There's a mini mart across from the Downtown U.S. Post Office next to the golf shop, Roots and Relics. Many years ago I used to work in the area and even upstairs in the same building but never thought to have a mini mart serving delicious Korean food! Back then it was another business but what a great hidden gem Happy Mini Mart is! I would never have known about their yummy Korean food until my two friends raved on how reasonable yet tasty and how generous their portion was! For under $7-$8, you could get a pretty decent meal. Friend got me a mix combo bento of salmon and teri chicken and most recently, I stopped by and got a spicy pork bowl. Since I came by around 1:30pm, there weren't as many choices but you could also request to have made to order Kim chee ramen, bi-bim bap or even poke bowls! My friends like their bi bim bap. Spicy pork was not too spicy nor too sweet but just right! There's a good portion of meat vs rice and it comes with one mandoo, egg rolls and sweet pickled daikon (turnip).Great if you can walk from your office or drive & park in the metered parking lot fronting the post office. The meters are up until an hour at a time. Definitely have to be lucky to score parking during lunch time! The lady cashier was polite and they accept cash or charge payment. My friends and I'm sure you would also be satisfied and HAPPY after enjoying their food from Happy Mini Mart! I did and I'm a happy customer! =)Thanks for reading my review! =)"

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Andy F.

★★★★☆

Sep 16, 2021


Happy Mini Mart isn't your typical Kwik-E-Mart convenience store. No rotating wieners, brain freezing squishiees, coffee sitting in pots for who knows how long, and etc. Instead, you'll find delicious, freshly prepared bentos, musubis, rice bowls, and many other Korean style delights. Of course, there's your typical convenience store items too.This little store is located across the Downtown US Post Office along Richard Street, next to Roots and Relics with many metered stalls nearby. Many of my co-workers recommended this place. I never went until recently, and I've been there many times! It's a great place to grab a quick snack and lunch.The first thing I got was a musubi. There's spam, spam with egg, hot dog, or hot dog with egg. I tried spam and hot dog with egg. The rice was prepared very well. It was moist and warm. The Spam was prepared close to its original taste. The hot dog was very good. Packed with sweet and soy flavor. Both were very good! $2.25 with egg, and $2 without.The omelette was good. It was cooked very well and maintained its moistness. Basic salty flavor with nice bits of spam, scallion, and carrots. The middle had seaweed, which was very good. $4.00, but I got it at $3.85! :)The Meat Jun Donburi was good. Nice, thin slices of tender and tasty beef that was battered and fried very well. Some Gochujang would've been perfect. $7.50 for this.Inari was good. Nicely cooked, flavorful rice in a tasty bean curd pocket.Overall, I'm sold on the food here. I'll definitely be coming back to try other items. They have a daily menu that changes everyday, so it's not a guarantee you'll get the same items I got. The ladies here are very friendly and very nice. The store is bright, clean, and organized with a nice variety of drinks. Coming to Happy Mini Mart definitely makes me happy!

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