WICHITA — The owners of Let’s Be Frank have filed a lawsuit against their landlord at Douglas and Grove.
Brad Standing says he filed suit today in Sedgwick County District Court to regain possession of the space his restaurant occupied since May.
Problems started with a previous landlord and a dispute over a sewer line.
Cheryl Schwab bought the property in late October and changed the locks Nov. 15.
Standing says his equipment is still in the building, and he wants back in.
Schwab won’t comment except to say she’s moving her Second Story consignment shop into the former Let’s Be Frank space.
Another dispute the restaurant was in has been resolved.
Two days after Let’s Be Frank opened, a California hot dog seller contacted the restaurant to say his business has the same name.
Standing says they’ve talked, and he’s agreed to change his restaurant’s name.
It will now be known as Get Franked. But where it will reopen is not yet clear.
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Oh, good, just what Wichita needs – another high-end garage sale business.
Podunkboy:
If by “high end garage sale” you are refering to Second Story, they have been in business for awhile in the building. Ms. Schwab had the opportunity to buy the Let’s Be Frank/Savage Salon, so she did. She is moving, not starting, the consignment shop she has there already.
So… when I am wrong, I say so. Sounds like, based on the information in this post, the real issue is that the new owner wanted to take the space without having to live up to the terms of the existing lease.
So, my apologies to Standing for implying that he failed to pay his rent. It was an assumption on my part and an erroneous one, it appears.
That said, shame on the new owner. If you want the space, there are ways to acquire it legally without damaging others. I hope Standing is successful in court!
So was Get Franked lease up? Or since the building sold, the lease is void? If Standing still had a legal lease, what the new owner is doing is illegal? A little more info on the legal side of this would help the readers. Maybe have an outside lawyer put his input on the situation?
It’s a pity there is/was already a business called “Frankly, Scarlet.”
If they served beer, they could call it “Frank-N-Stein.”
It’s a pity there is/was already a business called “Frankly, Scarlet.”
If they served beer, they could call it “Frank-N-Stein.”
Or if they really wanted to make some money, they would catch the spirit of our new downtown arena, sell naming rights, and call it “In-Trust Frank”.
Gotta go with JDL on this one… it would be nice to have the whole story. But, then again, I have stopped expecting complete reporting on this blog. I get disappointed far less often with lowered expectations.