Wichita Restaurant that Won’t Stay Dead

Looks like Brints Diner is back from the dead once again. I don’t know how many times it has closed and re-opened in the last ten years, but it’s been a few. One other claim to fame was the diner appeared on Food Network’s Diner, Drive-ins, and Dives (Triple D) show years ago. I will add some links at the bottom. Re-opening in April 2019.

Brints Diner to reopen yet again: ‘Honestly, we’re in it for the long haul’: https://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article226824409.html#storylink=cpy: https://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article226824409.html.

It’s hard to think of a restaurant that’s had more openings and closings and new owners in the last decade or so than Brints Diner, but the restaurant’s new operators say they’re here to stay.

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The restaurant, which has been in a Valentine diner near the northeast corner of Lincoln and Oliver for more than half a century, has been closed for several months and will reopen in April.

Here’s more information on Valentine Diners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine_Diner. I didn’t realize it was a Valentine Diner. I knew there was a Valentine Diner in the mid-town area, but it closed years ago. Looks like there are fair number of the diners in the area; some open, some closed: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/valentine-diners-kansas/18729

Wichita

• Bessie’s Cafe
• Brint’s Diner * Open!
• Calvin’s Hamburger Haven (open, but no longer inside a Valentine Diner)
• Chung Wah Chinese Carryout
• Dean’s B-B-Q
• E. 29th Street
• Maxima Auto Group * Open!
• Flo-Inn Cafe
• Grinder Man * Open!
• Heersche Enterprises * Open!
• J & J Auto Sales
• Lil’ Joe’s Dyne-Quik * Open!
• Namee/Jabara Liquor Store
• Roller Auto Sales * Open!
• Sport Burger Drive-In * Open!
• Taco Nacho * Open!
• West Douglas Avenue
• West Maple Street
• Your Sandwich Shop

I have been in the Grinder Man before, but hadn’t noticed it was a Valentine Diner. Many of the closed locations above no longer have the diner on the property. Some were moved to other locations and a couple were demolished.

Triple D: https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ks/wichita/brints-diner-restaurant

IMDB – Mac & Ernie’s, Brint’s Diner, and The Mad Greek are featured. : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028675/

Here’s the old Facebook page for the diner: https://www.facebook.com/BrintsDinerOldFashionedCooking/.