Premier Businesses in Wichita, KS
- • Original Old Town Soda Fountain
- • Oldtown Food Since 1932
- • Try The Monday Blue Plate Special
- • Muffins, Bread & Pastries
- • Cinnamon Rolls, Pies & Cookies
- • Traditional German Desserts
- • Engine Diagnostics & Fuel Injection
- • Wheel Alignment & Brake Repair
- • Power Steering Service
Things To Do in Wichita, KS
Lake Afton Public Observatory
How about taking a really close look at the planets and the stars? The kids will love seeing Saturn's rings through the 16-inch telescope at the Lake Afton Public Observatory. Once you go through the whole Solar System, enjoy some great interactive exhibits and attractions in the observatory's museum area. The exhibits will describe what you just saw through that ultra-powerful telescope in greater detail.
Roxys
Roxy's Downtown is the next chapter in the space that is 412 1/2 E Douglas, a space that has a long relationship with the downtown scene of Wichita. Stories and memories seem to rise up from just about everyone I have met so far in this adventure, from memories of a long past 25cent theatre with a penny arcade and pool hall below where Gallery XII now resides, to The Looking Glass with sound studio above (Big Dog Sound Studios) with Roxy's Downtown cocktail club hosting such rising stars as Harry Connick Jr., to sitting empty for several years with dormant potential until Cabaret Oldtown came into existence in 1992. Cabaret Oldtown bloomed for 22 wonderful and beloved years before Roxy's took up the torch. The Cabaret spirit will always remain in the heart and the soul of Roxy's.
Keeper of the Plains
While exploring the city, be sure to take time out to visit a true symbol of Wichita. You'll find the Keeper of the Plains monument in the heart of the city, where the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers meet. The statue was erected in 1974 to commemorate the United States Bicentennial.