 | Faye Graves, a native Wichitan, attended school at Friends and Wichita State, concluding at Midwestern Theological Seminary. He has been active in media for many years with Channel 12, KIRL, KFDI, KOOO AM & FM (Omaha), KFRM & KICT 95, as an owner, manager, producer, director and announcer. He has served as President of the Haysville Board of Education. He has also served on several national boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. Faye currently serves as Executive Pastor and Director of Administration and Education at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1415 S. Topeka, Wichita. You may contact Faye by e-mail fmgraves@amenibc.org, or by phone at (316) 262-1452. |
Nostalgia
2005-06-01 09:50:00
Wolf’s Cafeteria
: Do you remember Wolf's Cafeteria?
ANSWER: I received a note all the way from California asking if I remembered where Wolf's Cafeteria was located. The answer is absolutely! Wolf's was the first downtown cafeteria and was located right in the heart of the business area, across from the Beacon building, one half block south of Douglas on Main St. Crown Jewelers was on the corner of Main and Douglas and Hinkel's on the south east corner.Wolf's was a very complete cafeteria. It has a varied menu, and the tables were all adorned with white table cloths. Mr. Wolf was usually there dressed in his restaurant coat with his name on the front. There is a parking lot now for Century II that occupies part of the space where Wolf's was located and a printing firm is located on the rest of the lot.If you were to go west on Douglas from Main, to the center of the south side of Douglas, you would have found Gentry's Cafeteria. Right in the same area was the Roxy Theatre and the Holly Chinese Café. And on the corner of Water and Douglas, there was the Spine's Clothing Store.The other cafeteria in downtown Wichita was located on South Market. It was named the Forum. The Forum was the newest of the three cafeterias and was located alongside of Jenkins Music and across the street from the Innes Department Store, which later became Macy's. The Forum was a large cafeteria and very clean. Other downtown eating places included the Innes Tea Room, which was located in the store, and the 5 & 10 cent stores: Kress, McClelland's, Woolworth's and Grant's, which all had snack bars. These are only a few that I remember, but I especially wanted to answer the question regarding cafeterias. Thanks for your comments about last months expose of Downtown Wichita. Our town's past was really tremendous.
