The former location of Wake the Dead Donuts in downtown Lawrence is now serving as the home for a business that you certainly might have thought was a goner.
If you recall, Argana Cafe was the subject of a previous Town Talk this summer. The Moroccan restaurant opened in an old Pizza Hut location on 23rd Street and was trying to make a name for itself with traditional Mediterranean fare, like fresh couscous, ...
The idea of adding amenities to make the Kansas River more of an attraction in downtown Lawrence is as old as some of my fish tales. Both have filled more time than boats. But in fishing parlance, the bobber is starting to bounce a bit on the idea of the Kaw becoming a community gathering place.
City officials have filed for a special use permit that would allow for a host of amenities — everything from ...
LMH Health has figured out that federal funding will buy the hospital about 60,000 COVID-19 test kits, but it hasn’t yet figured out who they will be used on.
Leaders at the hospital also have figured out something else: 60,000 isn’t as big of a number as it sounds.
“That sounds like a lot, but we’ll go through that very quickly,” Russ Johnson, president and CEO of LMH Health told the hospital’s ...
When Dan Hughes, co-owner of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike, started planning to add a cafe to the store, he figured menu items that could easily fit into the jersey pocket of a bike outfit would be key.
Indeed, such offerings are important, but that’s not always how the menu ends up getting used.
“I find myself thinking a lot over the last 30 miles of a ride about what I’m going to order and what beer ...
It’s campaign season, so you certainly will hear people grumbling about the topic of what government is good for. Well, in Lawrence it has become clear what it is not good for: Job growth.
The latest employment numbers from the state of Kansas show that the Lawrence metro area — i.e. Douglas County — has lost about 2,500 jobs since September 2019. More than 1,000 of the job losses have come from the ...
I don’t know why, but I think Edgar Allan Poe would be pleased that a bookstore named after one of his most famous works will be located in a building that used to hone people’s axe-throwing skills. Indeed, that’s the plan for the Raven Book Store in downtown Lawrence.
After more than 30 years on Seventh Street, the Raven is set to make the move up to Massachusetts Street. The store has signed a deal to ...
