Date Spots in Wichita, KS

Dating in Wichita

In Wichita, a good date often starts over coffee and stretches into dinner without much fuss. You could meet at Coffee Daze, Adelitas Coffee Co, Mokas Cafe, Fairmount Coffee Company, Sunflour Cafe & Collective, Riverside Bohemian, Scooters, or Vagabond, then choose a dinner spot that fits the mood: Doo-Dah Diner or Livingston's Cafe for diner comfort, M & M Bierock for something casual, Burger Central or Dempsey's Burger Pub for burgers, Dragon City Chinese Restaurant for Chinese, Bella Vita Bistro or Angelo's Italian Restaurant for Italian, Georges French Bistro for French, Copper Oven Cafe for pizza. Drinks can follow at White Crow Cider Company, The Rusty Nail, John Barleycorn's Rock & Roll Hall, Central Standard Brewing, The Shamrock Lounge, Cowboy Inn, Headshots Bar & Grill, Wichita Brewing Company, or Snoops Neighborhood Bar.

For a daytime date, Wichita's parks give you an easy low-pressure backdrop: McAdams Park, Central Riverside Park, Aley Park, Fairmount Park, Emporia Park, Prospect Park, Otis Park, Paul Laurence Dunbar Park, Hope Park, and Minisa Park. If you want culture, try the Wichita - Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Kansas Firefighters Museum, Exploration Place - Science and Discovery Center, Great Plains Transportation Museum, Museum of World Treasures, Wichita Art Museum, Old Cowtown Museum, Kansas African American Museum, Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, or CityArts. Later, entertainment options include Boulevard Theatres at Old Town, Starlite Drive-In, Boeing Dome Theater, WICHITA CHILDREN'S THEATRE & DANCE CENTER, Roxy's Downtown Theater, Wichita Community Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, and Boulevard Theatres. The city works best when you pair one clear plan with room to wander.

Neighborhoods in Wichita

These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.

• Old Town Boulevard Theatres at Old Town gives the area an entertainment anchor for movie dates.
• Riverside Riverside Bohemian and Central Riverside Park make it easy to pair coffee with an outdoor walk.
• Fairmount Fairmount Coffee Company and Fairmount Park offer a coffee-and-park combo.
• Downtown Roxy's Downtown Theater provides a downtown theater option for an evening date.