WICHITA — In a recent USA Today story, Aviation Week deputy managing editor Jennifer Michels shared “her top places for flights of fancy,” as the newspaper put it.
Her top 10 choices include some naturals like the Wright Brothers National Memorial and the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
Wichita makes the list too, but not because it’s the Air Capital.
It’s because of Hangar One Steakhouse.
“What else would you do in Wichita — home of Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Spirit AeroSystems, as well as excellent beef — but eat a steak at an aviation-themed restaurant facing the airport?” Michels said.
She also mentioned Hangar One’s Control Tower lounge.
In addition to being extremely excited, owner Greg Hiser says, “Actually, we were very honored.”
He just had a meeting with restaurant employees to say the bar has been raised and, “Let’s make sure we stay there.”
By Carrie Rengers
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Tags: Aviation Week, Cessna, Control Tower, Greg Hiser, Hangar One Steakhouse, Hawker Beechcraft, Jennifer Michels, Museum of Flight, Spirit AeroSystems, USA Today, Wright Brothers National Memorial
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After a long wait, Greg and Beci Hiser’s Hangar One Steakhouse opens Friday night.
You wouldn’t need to know the name of the restaurant to know you were somewhere with an aviation theme.
From the outside of the building, you can see the nose of a plane protruding. (Kids are especially sure to love it since they can go inside.)
When you enter and give your name to the hostess, you’ll see your name, destination and gate number appear on a flat screen TV. You’ll even get a boarding pass to your seat, where large-scale model planes fly overhead and aviation terms dot the menu.
If you go, be sure and stop off in the Control Tower bar on the third floor. There are landing lights embedded in the bar itself. And, of course, you can see the real thing from your window view of Mid-Continent Airport.