Pasta di Guy Bringing Fast-Casual Italian Dining to Ashburn Village Shopping Center

Ashburn Village Shopping Center is getting a new pasta player, and the pitch is built for busy weeknights. Pasta di Guy is headed to the Loudoun County center off Gloucester Parkway in Ashburn, where it will take over a nearly 2,600-square-foot end unit that most recently housed Carnegie NY Style Pizza.

The concept is not a one-off experiment. Pasta di Guy began as a food truck in Tampa Bay in 2019, and chef-owner Guy Carmeli opened the first brick-and-mortar location in Wesley Chapel, Florida, in 2020 after the truck gained traction. The company now lists existing restaurants in Wesley Chapel, Trinity and Fort Wayne, with Ashburn and Spring Hill marked as coming soon. The Ashburn location is expected to open in summer 2026.

What makes the opening stand out is the model itself. Pasta di Guy describes itself as a fast-casual Italian-themed eatery centered on made-from-scratch pasta dishes, with a menu that also includes sauces, flatbreads, salads, sandwiches and desserts. Gluten-free and vegan options are part of the lineup, giving the brand a wider reach than a strictly red-sauce, sit-down pasta house. For Ashburn diners comparing it with the area’s fuller-service Italian spots, the appeal is obvious: a quicker format, a more convenient shopping-center stop, and a setup that should fit into dinner between errands, pickups or youth sports.

The space matters too. Carnegie NY Style Pizza occupied the unit before Pasta di Guy, and that tenant also offered dine-in, carry-out, delivery and catering. The transition signals that the center is keeping the same broad Italian comfort-food lane while shifting toward a more contemporary, fast-casual version of it.

That location is no small backdrop. Saul Centers describes Ashburn Village as one of the largest shopping centers in Loudoun County, and says it sits off Gloucester Parkway near Route 7 in the Dulles Technology Corridor. For a brand trying to build awareness beyond Florida, that kind of traffic pattern and household density can be as valuable as a prime downtown block.

Pasta di Guy’s company materials say the brand has collected multiple Florida and Tampa Bay honors, including repeated Best Italian recognition, and it was named one of Franchise Dictionary Magazine’s Top 100 Franchise Game Changers of 2025. With a food truck origin, a chef-founder in Guy Carmeli, and a franchise-minded growth plan, the Ashburn opening looks like another step in a broader run rather than a single local debut.