I’ve certainly been getting questions about what is happening with Which Wich, a sandwich chain that we have reported is locating in the shopping center at 2540 Iowa St. (That’s the one next to Applebee’s.) We reported months ago that the location was under construction, and looked fairly complete. But the sandwich shop has never opened.

Well, it looks like it soon will. New signs have been put in place advertising that interviews are taking place on site this week to staff the restaurant. I managed to get in touch with an executive with the owner of the local franchise for the Lawrence Wich Which, and he told me he hopes to have the store open the second week of August. He said the project was delayed a bit, but that was only because the company has several projects it is working on at once, which caused a few things to move slower at the Lawrence location.

The franchise company, in case you are interested, is Leiszler Oil Company, which is a Manhattan-based group that has been in the convenience store business for a long time but has expanded into other areas such as Wich Which franchises, Dunkin’ Donut franchises and other such opportunities.

As for Wich Which, as we have reported, it is a sandwich chain that got started in Dallas in 2003 and has been growing rapidly ever since. The company makes sub sandwiches but does so in a way that’s a bit different from, for example, Subway. Customers go to a wall that is full of empty bags. Each bag has a different number that corresponds to a broad category, such as ham, beef, chicken, seafood, vegetarian, Italian and other types of sandwiches.

Then, you take a Sharpie pen and start marking up the bag with your specific sandwich instructions, like your choice of toppings and such.

In other news and notes from around town:

• Look for Texas Roadhouse to soon open its Lawrence location as well. The steakhouse/Western dining chain (I think just created a new restaurant category) has signs up announcing that they are now hiring to staff the Lawrence location. Usually, an opening is just a few weeks away at that point.

In case you have forgotten, Texas Roadhouse is locating where Saints Pub + Patio formerly was located near 23rd and Iowa streets. Or maybe some of you remember it as where Old Chicago Pizza used to be located.

The project has greatly changed the look of the shopping center, which has struggled with some vacancy in recent years. It will be interesting to see if this development sparks further redevelopment in the center. Here’s a look at the building, for those of you who haven’t driven by recently.

I’m guessing many of you are familiar with Texas Roadhouse. If not, get ready for a fairly high-energy dining option. As I described it in September when we first reported the chain was coming to town: Among its signature offerings are free peanuts in the shell that you are encouraged to throw on the floor (warning: my wife may still yell at you,) all-you-can-eat dinner rolls, and the staff sporadically begins line dancing. (Originally, I thought that was an effort to get me to pack up my sleeping bag and quit ordering rolls, but I’m told that is just part of the routine.)

As for the food, the restaurant offers a variety of hand-cut steaks ranging from sirloins to ribeyes to T-bones at price points from about $10 to $25. Ribs also are a big part of the menu, as well as plenty of country sides such as potatoes almost anyway you like them, their version of a blooming onion and hand-battered, deep-fried pickles.

• Perhaps there is a strategy for Southern states to slowly invade Lawrence. First Texas Roadhouse, and now I have news of an Oklahoma-based bank that is opening in Lawrence.

RCB Bank has taken ownership of all the CornerBank locations in Kansas, including the small office CornerBank operates at 1201 Wakarusa Drive.

RCB is based out of Claremore, Okla. It is a sizable operation. It operates 51 branches in Oklahoma and Kansas. CornerBank once made a push to establish itself in Lawrence with a fairly large branch in west Lawrence, but it then moved out of that location and began operating a more limited-service banking office off Wakarusa Drive.

I’ve got a call into an official with RCB Bank to inquire whether it plans to increase its presence in Lawrence in the future. I’ll let you know if I hear more. The press release from the bank said customers will see no interruption in service as the transition occurs.

The deal includes CornerBank’s nine location in Lawrence, Arkansas City, Winfield, Douglass, Oxford, Wellington and Wichita.