Jack’s North Hi Carryout owner says the business sold for $116,600 at its last auction

March 26, 20132:53 p.m.

WICHITA — Jack’s North Hi Carryout owner Austin Herron and McCurdy Auction auctioneer Megan McCurdy would like to get one thing clear before the April 11 auction of the business.

When Herron bought the business at auction in 2010, it sold for $116,600 – not $106,000 as the previous owner said. It looks like a buyer’s premium or some other real estate fee accounts for the discrepancy.

McCurdy says a lot has changed since the last time the business sold.

“The business is in a different condition today.”

She says there have been improvements to the building and the equipment in it.

“He’s really turned it around,” McCurdy says of Herron.

She says personal reasons are prompting him to sell.

“He’s not leaving for the sake of it not doing well. In fact, he’s got a good demand. I’ve been in there, and it’s been very busy.”

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Jack’s North Hi Carryout for auction again

March 19, 201311:06 a.m.

UPDATED — After decades and decades with only a couple of owners, Jack’s North Hi Carryout has been in a fairly constant state of transition for the last decade.

Current operator Austin Herron has hired McCurdy Auction to auction the building across from North High School on April 11.

“He is planning on going back to school,” says Ramona Herron, who bought the building in 2010 for her grandson to run the restaurant. She paid $116,600 for it.

Herron says her grandson is helping her with an ill family member as well.

“He thought, well, he can’t do all three,” she says.

Even before he decided to sell, Ramona Herron says her grandson fielded inquiries from people interested in buying the piece of Wichita history. The restaurant opened in 1951 and was an immediate hit.

“There’s been a lot of people … come in and ask him about it,” Herron says. “A lot of them have tried to get the money but can’t.”

The restaurant has been closed for several days for spring break but is reopening Wednesday.

Herron says her grandson plans to keep the restaurant open until the auction.

And if it doesn’t sell?

“Well, he’ll keep it open until it does.”

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Restaurant roundup: What’s opening — or not — soon

Oct. 4, 20105:50 p.m.

WICHITA — By popular demand, we’re debuting a new mini feature of sorts, which will be a regular “what’s up with that?” update on businesses we’ve already reported on that now are close to either opening, closing or changing in some way.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the list, just let us know.

Today’s collection:

– The new Braum’s at 201 N. Seneca is scheduled to open Nov. 8. This will replace the older Braum’s just around the corner on West Douglas, which will close after business on Nov. 7.

The new 5,756-square-foot store will feature the company’s latest design, which includes two drive-through lanes and seating for 86.

There’s no word yet on when construction might start on Braum’s stores planned near Harry and Rock and just north of the Residence Inn by Marriott at Plazzio at 13th and Greenwich. In May, a company spokesman said both stores are still happening.

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Jack’s North Hi Carryout sells at auction

Sept. 16, 20102:10 p.m.

jacksUPDATED — There’s a new owner of Jack’s North Hi Carryout.

Austin Herron, 25, will run the restaurant. His grandmother purchased the building for $106,000 at auction today.

“She’s kind of my mortgage company,” Herron says, laughing.

Barbara Moore has been running the restaurant since the November death of her husband, Joe, who reopened Jack’s in March 2009.

Moore says the restaurant was her husband’s labor of love — not hers.

Herron has been wanting to own a “burger joint,” he says, and Jack’s seems to fit.

He plans to keep the name, recipes and even the same food vendor.

“You know, my grandfather’s name is Jack, and the name (of the restaurant) is already established. . . . It would be kind of dumb to change it.”

In the majority of the six-decade-old restaurant’s history, there were only two owners.

In recent years, ownership has been less stable.

Herron hopes to change that.

“We’d like to keep it going for another 50 or more years.”

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