The Eddytorial Dining Digest: 1/5/26

Welcome to the Monday dining digest of the Eddytorial. A weekly newsletter completely dedicated to the local dining scene.

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Wichita By E.B.
January 05, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

Happy Dining Wichita!
Who’s ready to grub this week?

In today’s email:

  • Vote Now: Most Liked Restaurant

  • Now Open: Birria Estilo Zacatecas

  • Dining: Best Date Night Restaurant in Wichita

  • Guide: How To Eat Around the World in Wichita

NOW OPEN
Birria Estilo Zacatecas

2119 W. 21st.

Birria Estilo Zacatecas is part of a chain based out of Albuquerque, NM. It recently took over the space that was most recently Noble House.

The restaurant is all things birria. The menu features birria rolled taquitos, ramen-birria, pizza-birria, taco-birrita, quesabirria along with other traditional favorites like quesadillas, tostadas, burritos, tacos, and combination platters. There is no shortage of options.

DINING
Best Date Night Restaurant in Wichita

320 S. Market

When it comes to the best date night restaurant in Wichita, our pick goes to Lottē.

Located at 320 S. Market in downtown Wichita, the restaurant offers changing seasonal menus utilizing many locally sourced ingredients.

GUIDE
Top 5 Best New Restaurants from 2025

Todds Creole Kitchen

It’s a cycle we see year after year. Numerous new restaurants, bars and food trucks launch across Wichita all with the same goal of capturing the hearts of Wichitans to stay open for years. Throughout 2025, there were many openings all vying to be noticed as Wichita’s best new restaurants of 2025.

As the year comes to a close, I looked through my notes to curate my top five restaurants that opened this year. A list of the very best to consider as you plan your culinary adventure for 2026 in Wichita.

If you love dining out and trying new things, this is a must-read for you. The beauty of this list is it’s not some lazy effort put together from Yelp data or gathered from googling names of places by someone who hasn’t stepped foot in most of the places they write about. These are all personal recommendations made by someone who took the time to visit EVERY single new restaurant that opened this year.

GUIDE
Notable Restaurant We Lost in 2025

2025 was a rough year where many businesses fell on some hard times. And because of that, Wichita saw some big names close within our city’s restaurant industry. There were many notable ones over the past year. So let’s pay some respect to the places who are no longer with us:

Restaurants that closed in 2025 (in alphabetical order). Click the link to access the full guide.

DINING SCENE
Openings and Closings

822 S. Broadway

Late-night affordable pizzas should be something every college student experiences during their time in school. And soon that will be part of the Wichita State way of life with the arrival of Pizza Shuttle.

Openings

Closings

Coming

GUIDE
How to Eat Around the World in Wichita

Wichita is deeply rooted with many unique cultures. Through the years, the city has been a cultural hub that fused traditions and flavors. The diversity has made international dining a popular part of our local food scene. Let’s cover how to eat around the world in Wichita.

Nearly 400 restaurants, food trucks and other food vendors in the area account for the eclectic international offerings we are fortunate to have. The beauty of it is, they all have their own style, recipes, fusions and takes on dishes that create opportunities for us to try something we may have never had before. Whether you consider them “authentic” or close enough to what you’d find in a native country, that’s for you to decide. What I do know is our food scene is incredibly diverse, reflecting a modern-day population of people who want to share their culture and love of food.

Here’s where to go to try international cuisine via a food truck, nice sit down restaurant, a quick-service style set up and more all in Wichita.

MOBILE EATS
Food Truck Calendar

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