Chalet building in northeast Wichita, vacant 4 years, is getting a new restaurant tenant
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The northeast Wichita building best known as the longtime home of The Chalet is about to get a new tenant.
The building at 3030 N. Penstemon has been vacant since 2018, when a reboot of the original bar by partners Hussein Alkasasy, Raed Mansour and Ehab Mansour, closed after five months. (The trio also ran the just-closed Heroes Sports Bar and 6 Degrees.)
But the space has now been gutted, and in the next three or four months, new owners plan to open a Japanese/Korean restaurant there called Mi Ya Izakaya.
The business is owned by Alex Kim and his father, Yul Kim, who once had a restaurant in Alaska. It’ll have a big sushi menu, Alex said, and it will also specialize in Korean-style fried chicken, which uses a frying technique that renders it extra crispy.
The owners are in the early stages of their remodel and say the restaurant likely won’t be ready to open until late summer. It’ll have a big sushi bar plus booth and table seating throughout. It’ll also serve alcohol.
Mi Ya Izakaya will put its focus on dine-in customers. Though it will likely accept to-go orders, it won’t offer delivery, even through third-party services, Alex said.
The restaurant will also offer a unique system that will allow customers to order from and pay at their tables using provided tablets, Alex Kim said.
Look for an update on the restaurant this summer.
This story was originally published April 20, 2022 at 10:28 AM.
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