It’s time to boil the pasta, cook the marinara sauce, and warm up the breadsticks. The Italian fast-casual restaurant Fazoli’s is preparing to open its doors at Columbus Park Crossing, the city’s shopping and dining hub. The 3,750-square-foot eatery, which seats 128 and has a drive-thru window, is scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, said Greg Russ, director of operations with C&P Italian Company, the Macon, Ga.-based franchisee that is operating the Columbus Fazoli’s.

“It’s certainly a high-traffic area and this is the retail hot spot in Columbus, Georgia, so we feel like we’re in the right place,” Russ said Wednesday of Fazoli’s, which is located at 6589 Whittlesey Blvd., across from the Academy Sports and Outdoors store that should be opening its doors on June 9.