Everybody’s Family Restaurant is the name for Ernie Fincher’s new restaurant

WICHITA — Mother Cluckers lost.

That was one of the names Ernie Fincher considered for his new restaurant in the former Brownstone Grill at 3105 E. Harry.

Instead, Fincher is going to call it Everybody’s Family Restaurant.

“It’s kind of what it is,” Fincher says. “It’s everybody’s restaurant. We like people to feel it’s their place.”

The restaurant opens Monday and will be open every Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The restaurant will be similar to Fincher’s Fat Ernie’s Family Dining at 2806 S. Hydraulic, which is next to his Fat Ernie’s Bar and Grill.

Fincher says he plans to sell “everything from eggs to prime rib.”

Fat Ernie’s Family Dining owner to open a restaurant in former Brownstone Grill

WICHITA — The Fat Ernie’s Family Dining family is getting even larger.

Ernie Fincher is looking to open a second family-style restaurant in the former Brownstone Grill at 3105 E. Harry.

Fincher opened his first Fat Ernie’s in 1985 in Kingman.

He moved it to 2806 S. Hydraulic a decade ago.

Fincher hasn’t closed on a deal yet for the latest space or picked out a new name. He’ll decide that after he decides on a theme for his menu.

One possibility: Chicken. And for a name? Mother Cluckers.

“Nothing in stone yet,” Fincher says.

Why add another restaurant?

“I love the food business.”

Why now, though?

“I’m just ready to do another one finally,” Fincher says. “Colonel Sanders didn’t get started until he was 70.”

He was about 65, actually, but in comparison Fincher is still a spry 51.

“Yeah, so I’m still young.”