Happy Halloween, Wichita. I have so much dining news to share with you, it’s positively frightening.
First up: If you’re one of the Wichita diners who has been waiting decades for Cheesecake Factory to finally come to town, this is your week. On Monday, the California-based chain pulled a construction permit to build a restaurant on the spot at Bradley Fair where Outback Steakhouse once operated. There’s no word yet on a timeline.
Also, Raising Cane’s confirmed this week the address for its east-Wichita restaurant. The chain will open on the southeast corner of Douglas and Rock where B.D.’s Mongolian Grill used to be. Wichita’s first Raising Cane’s chicken finger restaurant opened to big crowds in June at 350 S. Ridge Road…