WICHITA — Alex Harb has good news and bad news, depending on your perspective.
Last fall, the Ribbit Computers owner and new Golden Corral franchisee told Have You Heard? he was considering bringing Jack in the Box to Wichita.
He’s decided not to do that, but Harb instead is going to open a fast casual Mediterranean restaurant in September.
Meddys will open in the former Jimmy’s Egg space at Harry and Rock.
“I believe that there’s a need for a fast casual Mediterranean food,” Harb says. “It’s not fast food.”
Meddys, which is kind of a nickname for the Mediterranean, will serve chicken and beef shawarma, kabobs, salad, hummus and falafel. Harb says meat will be off a spit.
“There’s nothing like it in town,” he says. “It’s extra work.”
Harb says he’s purposely keeping the menu simple.
“We’re not trying to be everything for everyone.”
Harb, who entered the restaurant business with a Raymore, Mo., Golden Corral earlier this year, says he plans to do four Meddys in the Wichita area over the next five years.
“Everybody is leaning towards the healthier food,” he says.
That’s part of the reason Harb says he decided to do Meddys instead of Jack in the Box.
“There’s plenty of places that are serving just hamburgers and tacos and everything that Jack in the Box serves.”
Harb says he likes the traffic around Harry and Rock.
“It’s pretty good exposure,” he says. “I think this location will do very well.”
