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Carvana, the Arizona-based e-commerce car dealer, is now delivering cars in the Wichita market. The retailer, which offers vehicle delivery in about 300 cities nationwide, announced the news that residents in the Wichita area can now shop from an online listing of 30,000 used cars, sell or trade-in their car, and schedule fast pick-up or … Continue reading “E-commerce retailer Carvana brings car delivery to Wichita – but sorry, no fancy vending machine”

A new coffee shop and breakfast eatery is coming to 143 N.l McLean Blvd. in Wichita. Mokas Café, which also operates in Hays and Salina, Kansas, has also just broken ground on a free-standing Wichita café and plans to have it open early next year. It will serve coffee plus breakfast items, wraps, salads, burgers, … Continue reading “A new breakfast spot is going up amid the new construction in Wichita’s Delano District”

Amtrak will discuss the vision for passenger train service connecting the Amtrak Southwest Chief in Newton with the Amtrak Texas Eagle in fort Worth. The proposal would extend the Heartland Flyer from its current Oklahoma City service into both Wichita and Newton, which would ten connect passengers to the current Southwest Chief which runs from … Continue reading “Amtrak talks passenger train service; Wichita part of discussion”

TopGolf is now headed to K-96 and Greenwich after it was initially expected to build its first located at 13th and Greenwich. It will be a joint venture with BigShots, the similar but smaller driving range concept which was also originally going to have its own location at K-96 and Greenwich. The project will be … Continue reading “TopGolf will build $25.8M facility at K-96, Greenwich in joint venture with BigShots”

It looks like the national retailer Buckle is planning to open a sttore location at NewMarket Square, an outdoor shopping center in northwest Wichita. Buckle’s signage recently went up in the windows of the former Dressbarn space that says “coming soon”. There are two unknowns- those being when the store will open, and what the … Continue reading “NewMarket Square is getting a new fashion retailer in the old Dressbarn space”

Wichita will have another outdoor market to choose from this summer, and this one will be set up in the heart of downtown Wichita. Shop & Grub is the market which will be held monthly until October. It will take place at the newly renovated Naftzger Park at Douglas and St. Francis, and features a … Continue reading “Renovated Naftzger Park will be the site of an outdoor market with food, adult beverages”

Max Sheets started Chick N Max in 2017 and now is offering the business as a multiunit franchise for the first time. Sheet says they have learned a lot along the way and have really perfected their process. That’s when he knew it was time to start franchising. The pandemic also taught him some things, … Continue reading “Wichita is witnessing the birth of yet another homegrown good franchise”

Max Sheets started Chick N Max in 2017 and now is offering the business as a multiunit franchise for the first time. Sheet says they have learned a lot along the way and have really perfected their process. That’s when he knew it was time to start franchising. The pandemic also taught him some things, … Continue reading “Wichita is witnessing the birth of yet another homegrown good franchise”