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Crumbl competitor coming to Wichita serves cookies that may be even more decadent
A new cookie chain is entering the Wichita market, and its specialty is gooey, deep-dish cookies with melty centers. One of its slogans: “Calories are units of joy. Make yours count.” Signs have just gone up at the strip center at 8918 W. 21st St. for Crave , a Utah-based chain that specializes in cookies that are two-inches high. Founded in 2019, the chain now has more than 60 locations across 21 states. A representative of Caro Development , which owns the strip center where Crave will open, confirmed that a local franchisee has been working on the shop for a while. It sits next door to Sharky’s Island Bites . I reached out to the local franchisee for more details, including a timeline for opening, and will update this story when I hear back. Crave seems to subtly take aim at struggling competitor Crumbl Cookies on its website, particularly in a section titled “The $5 Cookie Problem.” The section reads, “You’ve felt it. That sinking moment when you bite into an expensive cookie and realize it’s just chocolate chip with different frosting. Again. The rotating cookie industry thinks swapping toppings equals innovation. Your taste buds know better. When you’re
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Longtime east Wichita restaurant's west-side counterpart opens this week
Managers spent the weekend training staff at a couple of invite-only events. And on Tuesday, the new Firebirds Wood Fired Grill at 2824 N. Maize Road will open to the public. The restaurant, which is southwest of the Hobby Lobby at 29th North and Maize, is the second location of the chain for Wichita. Started by onetime Wichitan and Lone Star Steakhouse founder Dennis Thompson and some partners 25 years ago in Charlotte, Firebirds o pened its first Wichita restaurant in 2013 at the Waterfront development. The chain now has nearly 70 locations across the country. The west-side restaurant is smaller than the one on the east side and a bit less ornate. It doesn’t have a private dining room like the east side, but it does have a big outdoor patio facing Maize Road that has a fireplace and heaters. The menu at Firebirds features a variety of steaks, seafood options like salmon and Chilean sea bass, ribs, chicken, pasta dishes, burgers and sandwiches. It also has a separate lunch menu and serves brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Brunch features breakfast cocktails along with items such as baked French toast and grilled salmon benedict.
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Shocker player ratings: What game film revealed in the USC loss
There’s more to evaluating a basketball player than counting points, rebounds and assists. That’s the idea behind The Wichita Eagle’s Shocker Player Ratings, a film-based evaluation of every Wichita State player’s performance following each game. The grades aren’t simply a ranking of the team’s best players. Each player is judged on a 1-to-10 scale based on how well he fulfills his individual role, accounting for his responsibilities, defensive assignments, decision-making and contributions that don’t always show up in the box score. Every player starts at 6.0, which represents a satisfactory performance. A 7.0 is good, an 8.0 is excellent and a 9.0 is reserved for an exceptional outing. Ratings below 6.0 reflect below-average performances, while a perfect 10.0 would require something truly extraordinary. Head coach Paul Mills will also receive a grade based on his game plan, adjustments and in-game decisions. The goal is simple: Give readers a better understanding of who actually played well, who struggled and what the film revealed beyond the final score. Shocker player ratings vs. USC Michael Gray Jr. — 8.5 Gray looks increasingly comfortable in his new off-ball role, pouring in a team-high 18 points in just 18 minutes while drilling 5 of 8
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes to cut 5% of workforce
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) notified employees Monday that it plans to reduce its workforce by 5%. That’s over 2,500 jobs lost across the country. In the notice to employees, Boeing said it has made significant investments in talent, training and infrastructure over the past two...
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Wichita State basketball vs. USC: 3 takeaways from showdown in Tahoe
Wichita State won almost every statistical battle that typically determines a basketball game Sunday night against No. 21 USC. The Shockers shot better, dominated the bench scoring and outrebounded a team with considerably more size. They even built an 11-point first-half lead despite a relentless barrage of whistles that sent several key players to the bench with foul trouble. Yet somehow, all of it added up to a seven-point loss. That’s what made Wichita State’s 93-86 defeat at the Lake Tahoe Classic so frustrating. The Shockers showed they had the talent to beat a nationally ranked opponent, only to sabotage that opportunity with 20 turnovers and a parade of fouls that repeatedly sent USC to the free-throw line. For WSU, the defeat represented a missed opportunity to secure an invaluable victory for its NCAA Tournament résumé. The Shockers were seeking their first neutral-court victory over a top-25 opponent since beating No. 17 Arizona in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Instead, they fell to 1-8 against ranked teams under fourth-year coach Paul Mills . But the loss wasn’t without encouraging developments for a team that entered the season with championship aspirations in the American Conference. Here are three takeaways from Wichita State’s