UPDATED – As some-more people continue to pierce downtown in ubiquitous and a Douglas apartments in particular, there shortly will be another downtown coffee emporium to offer them.
Sente, that is going to open during a northwest dilemma of Douglas and Market where a sales bureau for a Douglas now is, will have a twist.
“We’d unequivocally like to yield a space for people to come and play house games and only relax,” says Caitlin Doolittle, who is opening a business with her boyfriend, Thomas Koch. “The devise is to open with 200 or some-more games.”
The games will be accessible for business to play, not to buy.
Sente is named for a pierce in a diversion Go.
“Sente is a pierce when we arrange of force a other player’s hand,” Doolittle says. “It’s kind of like check in chess.”
The coffee emporium will take a whole dilemma suite, that is 2,610 block feet.
“It has these huge, pleasing windows,” Doolittle says.
The building is opposite from a pop-up park, that she says she quite likes.
“I unequivocally am a outrageous believer of all of … downtown,” says Doolittle, who now works in a cafeteria during Barnes Noble.
She’s also a new Wichita State University graduate and has been an educator. Koch spent 6 years in a Air Force.
“We were kind of prepared for a subsequent adventure,” Doolittle says.
Along with epicurean coffee, she says they’ll offer Italian sodas. Doolittle says flavors such as lemon lavender soda are only a small some-more special than a normal soothing drink.
Sente will partner with internal businesses for coffee and baked goods.
Craig Simon of Landmark Commercial Real Estate rubbed a deal.
Sente expected will open around 7 a.m. to be accessible for people withdrawal their apartments and others going to work. It’ll be open until about 10 p.m. on weeknights and a small after on weekends.
There will be tables and chairs along with some some-more gentle seating, such as sofas.
“We wish it to be flattering infrequent and relaxing,” Doolittle says.
“The devise – fingers crossed – is to open around Aug. 1.”