LOCAL TEEN WITH CANCER INSPIRES ‘WICHITA HUMMUS DAY’

A local restaurant owner has created its own holiday — Wichita Hummus Day — with charity in mind.

A local restaurant owner has created its own holiday — Wichita Hummus Day — with charity in mind.

Meddys restaurants in Wichita are giving away free hummus on Saturday, September 23, in hopes that customers will donate to help a young girl who has leukemia and others like her.

MEDDYS IN DOWNTOWN WICHITA SCHEDULED FOR FALL 2018 OPENING

While its opening has been pushed back a little, dirt work has started at the site of the new Meddys restaurant in downtown Wichita.

Businessman Alex Harb — who also owns Ribbit Computers — tells the WBJ that his planned new eatery near Douglas and Washington is on target to open in September.

WICHITA’S BEST HUMMUS: THE VERDICT IS IN

A blind taste test for the best hummus in Wichita leaves Meddys #1

(Originally from Wichita Business Journal)

Review:

It was a blind taste test. We went to the restaurants and bought fresh hummus, brought it back and numbered the containers.

MEDITERRANEAN FOOD: DELICIOUS AND HEALTHY

In addition to being delicious, Mediterranean food is consistently recommended by scientific organizations for its health benefits.

Year after year, studies show that, by far, the most common New Year’s resolution is healthier eating. But according to US News, approximately 80% of all resolutions fail by the end of February.

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NATION OF IMMIGRANTS: HOW A LEBANESE RESTAURANT CHAIN WAS BORN IN KANSAS

Alex Harb, the owner of Meddys in Wichita, has his eyes set on rolling out fast-casual Lebanese cuisine across the nation.

(Originally from Vice / Munchies)

Most, if not all, of the dozen immigrant-owned restaurants I’ve visited in the middle of the United States, were surviving day-to-day or hour-to-hour, often taking losses, gambling on a dream, gambling that their people would hold them down.

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