PepperJax Grill, a regional chain based in Omaha, is coming to Wichita with at least three restaurants and possibly four. “We are going to go national across the United States,” says president and CEO Gary Rohwer. Currently, there are 40 restaurants in the chain “that is
Wichita’s newest IHOP is going to open late this month at the Southfork development at the southwest corner of 47th Street South and I-135. Ali Issa says he’s hiring now. He needs quite a few employees because the restaurant will be a 24-hour business, though not immediately. “It might take
The long-vacant former Spaghetti Works building downtown soon will have a new owner. Eagle File photo BY CARRIE RENGERS After a long period of inactivity, it looks like there’s once again hope for the redevelopment of the former Spaghetti Works building downtown. Through their Seneca Property LLC, Brad Saville and Nick Esterline of Landmark Commercial
BY CARRIE RENGERS crengers@wichitaeagle.com Wichita’s third Firehouse Subs opened on Monday. “It’s been kind of a soft opening, which has been fine with me,” says Andy Reece. He and his wife, Megan, own the Firehouse at Kellogg and Rock Road and the new one inRegency Lakes at 21st and
BY CARRIE RENGERS crengers@wichitaeagle.com Rochelle Stroh first began working in restaurants at age 18 and eventually went into management for Chick-fil-A. Restaurant experience isn’t the biggest motivation for her new Ecclesia coffee shop, though. “God just really put it on my heart that I was supposed to be
Thirty companies were honored this week at the Wichita Business Journal’s 2015 Best Places to Work Awards, sponsored by Meritrust. The companies were finalists because they scored highest on employee engagement surveys taken by their staffs. Click on this link to see pictures from the
