Five bites of Wichita restaurant news you may have missed
Last week was a busy one for Wichita restaurant news with planned openings, expansions and at least one closure.
Here’s what to know:
• Tokizo, a grab-and-go Japanese restaurant, opened March 20 at 5231 E. Central in the old Angelo’s space. The menu includes sushi rolls, onigiri rice balls and udon noodles. There’s no dine-in seating. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. daily, closed Wednesdays.
• The Coop Chicken Fingers plans to open in July at the former Schlotzsky’s at 1140 S. Rock Road. The owners hope to eventually have three Wichita locations.
• Final Draft, a bookstore-coffee shop-bar, is coming to Delano at 1029 W. Douglas. Owners Natalie and Josh Macy expect to open by June or July. The 2,000-square-foot space will carry about 4,500 books and feature an 18-foot bar with coffee, craft cocktails, beer and wine.
• Sushiya in Old Town has been closed for weeks, and owner Jiyeon Kim said she has “no concrete plans” to reopen due to difficulty finding a sushi chef. Her other restaurant, Wasabi east at 3242 N. Rock Road, remains open.
• 7 Brew is adding an eighth Wichita-area location at 1910 W. 21st St., but two other shops, at 3505 N. Rock Road and 10221 W. 21st St., are expected to open first.
This reporting was done by dining reporter Denise Neil, and these takeaways were compiled with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and edited by journalists. The full stories found in the links were reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
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