Apricot Lane closes for now; here’s what the new owners plan

Kami and Mark Murphy have closed their 7-year-old Apricot Lane at Bradley Fair — the last day of business was Sunday — but new owners are going to revive the business. Chad and Ali Raymond are reopening the store at 21st and Rock Road later this month and plan a grand reopening in April. “My wife has a huge passion for fashion,” Chad Raymond… Read Article

Greenwich Place announces new stores, including a long-awaited east-side Marshalls

Greenwich Place at K-96 and Greenwich is growing by two more stores: Marshalls and Skechers. Both stores rather unusually went to the west side of Wichita first and are now catching up with east-side sites. “Both have been wanting to get out east for a long time,” says Greenwich Place developer Christian Ablah of Classic Real Estate.… Read Article

Daughter of Knolla’s Pizza founder set to open the local chain’s first downtown store

She’s been wanting to open a Knolla’s Pizza in downtown Wichita since she opened her east-side pizzeria in 2005. But either it didn’t feel like the right time, or she just couldn’t find the right place. Recently, though, everything gelled, and next month, Darinda Knolla — daughter of Knolla’s founder Pat… Read Article

Wichita, we can all breathe a sigh of relief: We’re getting a new driver’s license office

Wichita, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. The Kansas Department of Revenue has decided to open a second driver’s license office in the city. “It helps reduce lines and those wait times,” said Zach Fletcher, the department’s public information officer.   “This just gives more options to people and so… Read Article

A new business is opening in the former Lou’s Charcuteria space on Commerce Street

  A new business is opening in the former Lou’s Charcuteria space on Commerce Street, but it’s not a restaurant and bar. Axe to Grind will be Wichita’s second ax-throwing business. “We kind of enjoy blending a lot of different things,” says general operations manager Jonathan Frazzell. That includes ax-throwi… Read Article

BigShots isn’t the only golf entertainment concept coming to Wichita; look who’s next

For four years Wichita has been teased with a possible golf entertainment complex. First it was Driv, then Swings and finally in January, The Eagle confirmed that a BigShots franchise will open at Greenwich Place. Now, weeks later, it looks like the leading golf entertainment concept that a lot of Wichitans have asked for all along is going to… Read Article