Category Archives: Menu changes

Gaslamp Grille adds lunch

May 12, 201110:33 a.m.

They’ve been talking about it for a while, and starting Monday, Gaslamp Grille and Lounge at 550 N. Rock Road will start offering lunch.

It’ll be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and will include upscale appetizers, salads, sandwiches, burgers and pastas. You can see the full menu here. (Twice even!)

Appetizers average about $8. salads are $12-ish, and the sandwich/burger/pasta dishes  range from $9 to $12. If I were going today, I’d probably order the Dagwood, made with three meats, lettuce, tomato, pepperoncinis, pickle, Italian style vinaigrette aioli, Gruyere and fontina on a French baguette for $9.95. Yum. The brie cheese fodue appetizer ($7.95) sounds good, too.

For more information, call 316-260-1432.

By Denise Neil | Tags: Filed under Lunch, Menu changes, Menus | Comments

Changes at Gaslamp: Seasonal entrees, lower prices

April 22, 201111:39 a.m.

Gaslamp Grille & Lounge, the fine dining restaurant that opened in December at 550 N. Rock Road, is launching a new menu on Monday, with several new seasonal dishes and some lower price points.

Among the new menu items: A pork belly appetizer,  citrus shrimp corn chowder, a shellfish provencal entree featuring seared scallops, a blue crab and truffle gnocchi and a roasted rack of lamb.

Prices have been lowered to be more on par with Gaslamp’s sister restaurant, Mike’s Wine Dive at 4714 E. Douglas. The blue crab and truffle gnocchi, for example, is $17.95, as is a new apple wood smoked chicken entree. In fact, most dishes — save the steaks, a duck dish and the rack of lamb — are now under $20.

Gaslamp serves food from 4 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 4 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and from 3 to 10 p.m. Sundays.

Reservations are available by calling 316-260-1432.

By Denise Neil | Tags: Filed under Menu changes | Comments

A whole new Heroes

April 21, 20113:45 p.m.

This is what Heroes looks like without carpet.

Heroes in Old Town has been closed since Sunday while workers pound away on a half-million dollar remodel. New manager Jason Fisher had hoped to be ready to re-open this afternoon, but things got behind, as they tend to do.

If all goes well, though, he’ll be ready to open at lunchtime on Friday. When customers re-enter, they’ll find a new-and-improved Heroes, complete with a carpet-free concrete floor (better for sloshed beer absorption), new standup drink bars and brand-new booths and bar stools.

A new, expanded patio should be ready to go by Cinco De Mayo (May 5), and Fisher and Co. also are working on adding 19 new items to the menu, including bierocks, enchiladas, salmon and several new salads.

I’m going to inspect the new menu sometime in the next couple of weeks, and I’ll report back. All I can say is that Fisher BETTER leave my buffalo chicken pizza right where it is.

I’m kidding. Kind of.

By Denise Neil | Tags: Filed under Menu changes, Restaurant remodeling | Comments

Little Lebanese menu at Bella Luna

Feb. 18, 20114:42 p.m.

Fans of Bella Luna Cafe have been bugging chef and owner Matteo Taha to permanently add some of his rotating Lebanese specials to the menu. So starting today, he’s going to give it a try.

Taha has introduced a separate menu of Lebanese dishes at the east side restaurant at 2132 N. Rock Road. It’s separate, he says, only because it won’t physically fit on the already jam-packed regular menu.

It includes hummus, baba ghannooj, tabouleh, grape leaves, kafta, kebbi and more. Taha says he’ll start the menu at the east side restaurant but hopes to eventually offer it at the 4618 E. Central and 2441 N. Maize Road restaurants as well.

By Denise Neil | Tags: Filed under Mediterranean food, Menu changes | Comments

Return of the Tropic’s sandwiches

Nov. 16, 20109:56 a.m.

tropicsLunch business got slow, so the Tropics Lounge at 2705 N. Broadway stopped serving its famous sandwiches.

But customers have been begging owner Stella Cruz to bring them back, and she’s finally relenting. On Friday, Cruz will re-institute service of the mile-high ham, the Reuben, the hogies and more.

Starting Friday, sandwiches will be available starting at 11 a.m. until the kitchen closes (around midnight) Mondays through Fridays. They’re available on Saturday’s starting at noon.

For more information, call 316-425-5553.

By Denise Neil | Filed under Bar food, Holes-in-the-wall, Menu changes | Comments

Big changes at Dolci & Joes

Sept. 30, 201010:31 a.m.

Dolciandjoes_0Dolci & Joes, a sandwich shop with a following at 3425 E. Douglas, has changed or tweaked just about everything about how it does business in recent weeks, and even bigger changes are coming in the next few weeks.

A couple of weeks ago, the restaurant switched from a standing-in-line to order system and introduced table service. Now customers come in, take a seat and order from a waiter or waitress. The move has cut down on the amount of time customers spend in line during the busy lunch hour, managers said, and hurried diners can get in and out more quickly.

Dolci & Joes also recently started a “lunchbox” special” that offers customers a half sandwich and choice of soup or house salad for $6.99.

In recent months, the restaurant also has introduced a breakfast menu that includes items such as breakfast burritos. In the next couple of weeks, the restaurant  plans to offer a more detailed breakfast menu plus a dinner menu, which will include items such as steaks, chops and chicken. I’ll post an update when that menu’s ready to go.

Dolci & Joe’s is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Breakfast is served from 7 to 11 a.m., and when dinner starts, it’ll be offered from 5 to 9 p.m. For more deitals, call 316-613-3515.

By Denise Neil | Filed under Menu changes, Neighborhood cafes, Sandwiches | Comments

Free tacos, cheap noodles

Sept. 28, 20102:33 p.m.

thainoodles2Two local chain restaurants are offering patrons an opportunity to save money.

One is Pei Wei, 2441 N Maize Rd., which is offering diners who visit on Thursday or Friday of this week  a ticket for half off the price of the new Thai River Noodles Dish, featuring wok-tossed wide noodles in sweet soy sauce with choice of meat, broccoli, carrots, Fresno peppers and Thai basil. The coupon can be redeemed Saturday through Oct. 10.

The other is Chipotle, which is introducing a new kids menu and enticing young customers with free kids meals the first four Sundays of October — Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 24. The new kids menu offers a small cheese quesadilla with a side of rice and beans, a small meat and cheese quesadilla with a side of rice and beans, a single taco with a side of rice and a taco kit, which allows kids to build their own. A kids meals is free with the purchase of  an adult-sized burrito, burrito bowl, salad or order of tacos.

By Denise Neil | Tags: , Filed under Deals for kids, Menu changes | Comments

Burger news… with a side of chicken

Sept. 17, 20102:49 p.m.

smashchickenBurger-ish news broke out all over Wichita yesterday.

First came news that Jack’s North Hi Carryout was purchased at auction by 25-year-old Austin Herron’s grandmother. Austin will run the restaurant but keep everything the same.

Also, burger chain Smashburger has started smashing more food items, including chicken and salad. The menu at the restaurant at 3570 N. Woodlawn (plus the one in Derby) has just added “Smashchicken” sandwiches, available grilled or fried, and “Smashsalads” to the menu.

Following are the new choices:

• BBQ Ranch Smashchicken topped with applewood smoked bacon, haystack onions, lettuce, tomato, BBQ sauce and ranch dressing on an egg bun

• Avocado Club Smashchicken topped with fresh avocado, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, ranch dressing and mayo on a multi-grained bun

• Buffalo Smashchicken featuring Frank’s® Buffalo Sauce, crumbled blue cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo on an egg bun

• Honey Mustard Chicken Smashsalad a mix of fresh garden greens, topped with strips of crispy or grilled chicken, applewood smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and red onions with creamy honey mustard dressing

• Chicken Caesar Smashsalad with a mix of fresh garden greens topped with strips of crispy or grilled chicken, parmesan cheese, diced tomatoes and croutons with parmesan Caesar dressing

• Harvest Chicken Smashsalad a mix of fresh garden greens topped with strips of crispy or grilled chicken, marinated balsamic tomatoes, raisins, cranberries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, blue cheese, with balsamic vinaigrette dressing

• BBQ Chicken Ranch Smashsalad a mix of fresh garden greens topped with strips of crispy or grilled chicken, applewood smoked bacon, diced tomatoes, haystack onions, cheddar cheese, with buttermilk ranch dressing and bbq sauce.

By Denise Neil | Tags: , Filed under Burgers, Menu changes, Uncategorized | Comments

Larkspur’s new name, flavor

July 14, 20103:25 p.m.

larkspursign.jpg 001Larkspur, the downtown restaurant at 904 E. Douglas loved by businessfolk and town painters alike, has changed its name and its menu — sort of.

The restaurant is now known as Larkspur Bistro & Bar, and it has a new sign to prove it.

Owner Ty Issa also has added several items to the menu. (And no, starfish is not one of them.)

The new lunch menu now features a bruschetta with feta tapenade, a triple deck club, a pepper steak and a fettuccine diablo. The new dinner menu now has a stuffed Idaho trout, a ribeye steak and a fettuccine Bolognese, among other dishes. He’s also updated the wine list and added some lower-price options.

Issa kept the Larkspur favorites on the menus, including the Metro salad, chicken pistachio and crab cakes, which he now will make using lump crab meat.

By Denise Neil | Tags: Filed under Menu changes | Comments