What Up Wichita?
Want to know what’s going on in Wichita? We got you covered with The Eddytorial.

In today’s email:

• History: A look back at White Castle

• Community Work: Soup Group

• Blackbird Studios: 2.0 in Wichita?

FEATURE STORY
Sliders Make Their Return to Wichita

As many people know by now, Smalls Sliders opened this week at 1370 N. Greenwich Road. It marks the return of a big name slider business opening in Wichita.

The city has seen some smaller local places come and go like Slider Shak and Wimpy’s Burgers (who remembers those places?).

Nobody knows why Wichita hasn’t had a good slider restaurant make it. In a city full of burgers, it makes sense for a slider place to thrive in Wichita.

Now is a great time, though, to pay some homage to the original sliders… White Castle who started in Wichita, KS back in 1921. The original store stood at the northwest corner of First and Main Street in downtown Wichita. That building is no longer there.

Back then, the sliders sold for just 5 cents. 17 years later, in 1938, White Castle left Wichita and that was the last time the restaurant had a storefront in the city it started in.

EDDYTORIAL EXCLUSIVE
Wichita By E.B. Trivia

LOCAL SHOUTOUT
Soup Group

Shout out to Angela Guest, her team of volunteers and her Soup Group.

I saw them set up by Wave with a long line of people one Wednesday afternoon.

Guest and her team give free meals to the community every Wednesday and I’m told have been doing it for four years. I feel like I have a pretty good pulse on what’s going on in the city and this was the first time I’ve heard of them.

Looking online, I saw nothing about this and figured she deserves her props.

Some people don’t like what they see in the community and go online to complain. Some people take matters into their own hands. Props to Angela.

RUMOR MILL
Blackbird Studio 2.0 in Wichita?

Major rumor mill alert ahead.

Legendary sound engineer John McBride, who is married to Martina McBride, founded one of the world’s most successful and renowned recording complexes in Nashville… Blackbird Studio.

Rumor is he’s been buying up property in downtown Wichita to open another state-of-the-art production facility. This could be Wichita's own version of Blackbird Studio drawing more musical acts to come to Wichita to produce, create music, or whatever it may be.

McBride is no stranger to Wichita. He grew up in this city and has many ties to the ICT. His wife, Martina, is also from Kansas, so there are many reasons why this could be true. Nothing is confirmed currently, but rumors have a lot of smoke behind them.

It makes sense given the affordability in Wichita and being centrally located in the country for musicians from all over to travel here.

This could be a massive win for the city.

And after a recent Facebook post of this, the comments came in fairly hot with more potential information.

COMMUNITY
Quick Questions

Wichita Wagyu at 8641 W. 13th Street is celebrating their 1-year anniversary this Saturday. To celebrate, we stopped by and played a round of Quick Questions with owner Clay Hoberecht

EVENTS
What’s Coming This Weekend

Looking for ideas on what to do this weekend? Here are some others from our event calendar.

Thursday

Vintage Shopping Weekend at Hunt & Gather Vintage Market
Champions of Magic at Century II

Friday

Adult Skate Night at Carousel Skate Center
Vintage Shopping Weekend at Hunt & Gather Vintage Market
Riverflix at Wichita Foundation Amphitheater
Kid Rock at Intrust Bank Arena

Saturday

Kansas Grown Farmers Market at 21st & Ridge
Old Town Farm & Art Market at Old Town Square
Vintage Shopping Weekend at Hunt & Gather Vintage Market
Diaper Jam 25 at Bourbon Street
Tulip Festival at Botanica
Bloom and Gloom Spring Oddities Market at Nomar Plaza
Nor/20 7th Anniversary Bash at Nortons Brewing Company
1-year Anniversary Celebration at Wichita Wagyu
Buzzin at Botanic 420 Party at GROW Giesen Plant Shop

WATCH NOW
Wichita Dinner Table

It’s another week of hilariousness, laughter and random chatter on the talk show.

Available on Facebook, YouTube, Apple Podcast and Spotify.

NEWS
Blogs You Missed

Let’s catch you up on the blogs you may have missed over the past week from our website, Facebook or Instagram.

• Another baby arrives at the Sedgwick County Zoo (more)

• Bann Thai in Maize, KS (more)

• New tea shop in town (more)

• Raising 30,000 diapers for the Wichita Children’s Home (more)

• New bar in Andover, KS (more)

• Big B’s Beef is still here (more)

EVENTS
Live Music Sponsored by Mort’s Martini Bar

MUSIC
Featured Show

Once again, The Depot at 711 E. Douglas Ave is excited to have DJ Dee on the patio, cranking out good vibes and getting you ready for the Kid Rock/Uncle Kracker concert at Intrust Bank Arena. Drink specials all night with good music, and great people! Come celebrate Downtown Wichita!

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