A Japanese restaurant that got its start in Haysville will soon have a Wichita address.
Signs have just appeared at 2516 E. Central for Hikari Sushi and Ramen. Two years ago, Candra Wijanarko opened his first location of the restaurant at 240 N. Main St. in Haysville and now is expanding into the building on East Central that’s best known as the one-time home of Beautiful Day Cafe, which closed in 2021.
The restaurant space most recently was occupied by the short-lived Filipino restaurant Kusina Ni Cheska. (That restaurant’s owner is still running her Filipino food truck.)
Wijanarko said on Thursday that he hopes to have the restaurant open in mid-to-late November. It will have the same menu as the restaurant in Haysville, which features sushi, sashimi, a long list of rolls, fried rice, poke bowls, bento boxes and several varieties of ramen. The restaurant also has a menu of lunch specials offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It does not serve alcohol…