I thought I had tried every type of breakfast first. (I now begrudgingly admit using Cap’n Crunch as an omelet filling isn’t going to get you promoted to admiral anytime soon.) But today, I added a new first: I ate in the first Flip’d restaurant in America, and yes, it is in Lawrence. We reported back in June that the longtime breakfast restaurant IHOP had chosen Lawrence as one of its first markets for ...
A Lawrence manufacturing plant that makes medical test tubes has filed plans to build a more than $10 million expansion that will nearly double the size of its local production facility. Plastikon Industries has filed plans to construct a nearly 80,000-square-foot production facility and warehouse next to its existing manufacturing plant in the East Hills Business Park. The plans filed with the city’s ...
The idea didn’t take at first with Jane Bateman. She was happily handling fabrics all day, creating drapes, slip covers and other items that make an interior design complete. Then her boss at Bud Jennings Carpets in downtown Lawrence told her about plans to move the store to far south Lawrence as his sons were entering the business. With the move and expansion, they probably weren’t going to focus on ...
Paul Murrison traded in a job at private golf clubs in the Southwest, in part, for a Golden Tee machine on the back wall. No, this isn’t a story about video game addiction, but rather about a longtime bar and restaurant manager taking his shot at owning his own place. “I couldn’t go to my grave without owning my own joint,” Murrison said. So Murrison this month opened Murf’s Pub at 3115 W. Sixth ...
There was talk of whether a dollar store should locate downtown. There was talk of whether affordable housing units should be built above the Community Building in downtown. And there was even a question about whether the city will be able to afford future spending in downtown, with so many other bills mounting. No matter the specific topic, the common theme was downtown and how candidates for the Lawrence ...
Get ready for another round of debate about what the south end of Massachusetts Street ought to look like. Prominent Lawrence developer Tony Krsnich — the founder of the Warehouse Arts District — has signed a deal that gives him the development rights to the former Allen Press property near 11th and Massachusetts streets. Expect a big discussion because the property is big. The old Allen Press printing ...