"In 2020, some entrepreneurs converted a midcentury building on Wichita’s main drag into a hip restaurant that has since become one of the city’s most popular. It’s filled with 1960s-inspired fixtures and furnishings, and has retractable doors that, in agreeable weather, can completely open the dining room to the outdoors on three sides. A new chef recently upgraded the menu, which features bruschetta with a variety of unique toppings (fig, jam, and prosciutto, for example), pasta dishes, and meat and seafood entrees, including a scallop dish served with charred bok choy, coconut cream sauce, and pickled kumquat. The Belmont also has one of Wichita’s best craft cocktail menus and has become the place to see and be seen, especially on weekend evenings." - Denise Neil