A new rockabilly bar in Delano has live music, food and pin-up girl style
Wichita’s Delano neighborhood has a new rockabilly bar that serves both food and craft beer and caters to fans of live music.
The Rockin Billy Goat opened on Aug. 7 at 925 W. Douglas, right next door to longtime Wichita hangout Club Billiards. In fact, the bar takes up half the space that Club Billiards occupied before the owner decided to downsize last year.
Plans for the new bar were first announced in October, but at the time, owners said it would be dedicated to airing extreme sports on its television sets. Since then, they changed their minds and decided to go with the rockabilly theme.
Kayla Warren, one of the bar’s owners and its general manager, said the bar is embracing the pin-up girl style associated with the 1950s rockabilly era, and a photo on the bar’s Facebook page shows that Warren has mastered the style herself.
The bar, which is also owned by Asher Joseph, was able to open despite Sedgwick County’s temporary bar shutdown because it offers a small food menu, Warren said. Patrons can choose from chips with salsa, queso and guacamole, a street taco plate, taquitos or quesadillas.
Rockin Billy Goat has craft beers on tap as well as a big selection of bottles and cans. The bar also offers special theme-appropriate cocktails, like a Jessica Rabbit martini.
Fans of live music will find it at the new bar on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and Warren describes the music as coming from “a mix of genres.”
“We’ll have classic, rock, blues, jazz, country,” she said. “The only things we stay away from are hip hop and heavy metal.”
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The new bar has a pool table and also a small patio on the back of the building. Its hours are 3 p.m. to midnight Wednesdays through Saturdays.
So far, Warren said, the bar has been busy.
“It’s a lot of people from Delano,” she said. “And the crowd is mostly anywhere from their mid-20s to late 30s.”
This story was originally published August 18, 2020 at 2:04 PM.
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