WICHITA — One of the biggest food venues in town is getting a makeover, but it’s not a restaurant.
It’s the 30,000-square-foot Koch Cafe, which as the name implies is the cafeteria at Koch Industries near 37th Street North and Oliver.
“It is a busy place,” says spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia.
The cafeteria serves 2,600 employees including Charles Koch, who is a regular diner there.
Eurest Dining Services runs the cafeteria which has been closed since May 11. It won’t reopen until late September.
“So you can imagine with it being closed, people are trying to figure out how to eat,” says Craig Highfill, Koch’s vice president of facilities solutions.
Koch is trying to help.
“If we had all of our employees going out at one time, it would hit the market pretty hard,” Highfill says.
The Flying Stove food truck is now stationed at Koch on Thursdays.
Eurest also is using a remote kitchen to make some items to sell in a temporary cafe.