These Wichita-area restaurants announced openings, closings, future projects in April
From new openings to a downtown closure, Wichita’s dining landscape had several changes in April. Food trucks are going brick-and-mortar and national chains are expanding.
Here are the area’s openings and closings announced this month:
Wichita restaurant openings and closings
• New openings: Cafe on Me has moved into a brick-and-mortar space at 115 S. Minneapolis, and it will eventually share the building with Verdant Coven Plant Co., set to hold its grand opening May 15-17.
• Chain expansion: Mokas Coffee & Eatery opened its third Wichita location at 3851 N. Ridge Road on April 15. A fourth Wichita store is planned near Central and Oliver and should open next spring.
• Burger news: A new Culver’s opened April 20 at 3620 N. Rock Road, and another will open in December at the Heritage development in Andover, near Kellogg and Yorktown Parkway.
• Downtown additions: Florida-based Stoner’s Pizza Joint will open this summer at Suite 107 in the Naftzger Park development, and Chipotle is building a new restaurant at 13333 W. Maple, expected to open in late 2026.
• Mexican restaurant debut: Brothers Adrian and Odiom Gutierrez, formerly of the Taqueria Los Coralles food truck, just opened Los Laureles — Cocina Economica at 3088 W. 13th St.
• Mobile bar concept: Rochelle Collins and Shea West, formerly of Kind Kravings food bus, will debut The Upper Deck — a double-decker mobile bar — at a May 9 grand opening at the Chainlink Gallery, 121 E. Douglas.
• Closing soon: Solly & Jude’s, the sandwich shop at 400 S. Emporia across from Intrust Bank Arena, will close at the end of business on May 2, though the space will remain available for private rentals.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
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