An ‘express’ version of this popular Rock Road restaurant will open on the west side
A Thai restaurant that has been operating in east Wichita for six years is preparing to expand to the west side.
Tuptim Thai, which opened at 2121 N. Rock Road in October 2018, is opening an “express” version of the restaurant in the space at 1317 N. Maize Road that was just vacated by No. 1 Kitchen.
The restaurant will be called Tuptim Thai Express, said co-owner Johnny Chandra, and he’s hoping to have it open by the end of the month.
The new restaurant will have a smaller menu than the Rock Road location, Chandra said, but it will include favorites like pad thai, pad see ew, tom yum and tom kha soups and fried rice. People will order their food at the counter, and the dining room will have two or three tables if they choose to stay to eat, he said.
The owners are making the move, he said, because the west side is pretty limited on Thai food options.
“We’re just trying to expand to the west side,” Chandra said. “There was an opportunity. “
Nancy Shih of Re/Max handled the deal.
No. 1 Kitchen, a quick-service Chinese restaurant, has operated since late 2011 out of the space, which is in a strip center at 13th and Maize Road.
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