{"id":14578,"date":"2016-06-01T21:16:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T02:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14578"},"modified":"2016-06-01T21:16:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T02:16:53","slug":"the-muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14578","title":{"rendered":"The Muse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-top:-8px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/wichita-ks\/muse-inside-wichita-art-museum-wichita\"  title=\"View Menu, Reviews, Photos &#038; Information about Muse (Inside Wichita Art Museum), Wichita and other Restaurants in Wichita\" target=\"_blank\" ><img alt=\"Muse (Inside Wichita Art Museum) Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/logo\/17703565\/biglink\" style=\"border:none;width:200px;height:146px;padding:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>When we were at the Wichita Art Museum for the <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14562\" >Summer Opening Party<\/a>, Brian and I had dinner at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichitaartmuseum.org\/cafe\/overview\"  target=\"_blank\">Muse Caf\u00e9<\/a>. It was a real treat because they&#8217;re normally only open for lunch. Now that Brian no longer works downtown, we wouldn&#8217;t ever have the occasion to have lunch there unless we were both off in which case we probably wouldn&#8217;t be downtown. LOL. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d eaten there before but it had been a few years. Brian said he&#8217;d never been there until that night. I&#8217;m pretty sure he has, though. Anyway, if you&#8217;re looking for a nice, quiet place to have lunch that serves good food, this is the place. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/26554138834\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/8\/7341\/26554138834_d69f4f4382.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The restaurant also boasts a fantastic view of the Paula and Barry Downing Amphitheater and the Arkansas River beyond. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/27335920921\/in\/shares-47D90m\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7294\/27335920921_72cce3f321.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I was trying to get the art garden in the background of this selfie but I failed miserably. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/26555368833\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7321\/26555368833_fcc60cf225.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The art garden is awesome. If you haven&#8217;t been, you should definitely go check it out. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkconfluence.com\/work\/civic-institutions\/riverview-art-garden-wichita-art-museum\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Confluence<\/a> did a fabulous job. One of the ways you can enjoy the beautiful, new grounds is by participating in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichitaartmuseum.org\/programs_events\/yoga\"  target=\"_blank\">Yoga on the Lawn<\/a>&#8221; held on the second Saturday of every month from May through October. There&#8217;s lots of other events that take advantage of the art garden but I digress&#8230; Back to the Muse.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/26555238163\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7509\/26555238163_acd56c4736.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We had light fare that night so I only have a couple of food pics. I had the shrimp tapa which had excellent flavor. Brian had the cheese and fruit tray.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/26885452440\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7269\/26885452440_5923bf885a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I still like the <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12907\" >cheese board that we got at the Ivy in Hell&#8217;s Kitchen<\/a>. That&#8217;s in New York in case you were wondering. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/27064188392\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7364\/27064188392_eff4bfd23e.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"pic\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we really enjoyed our dining experience. I wish the cafe was open for dinner also. It would be a great place for a nice, romantic dinner. After dinner you could take a stroll through the art garden and maybe get proposed to. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah. We are already married. If I weren&#8217;t though, and I were to propose to someone, that&#8217;s definitely how I would do it. You have to time it just right though, because the Muse Caf\u00e9 is only open for dinner on special occasions such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14562\" >Summer Opening Party<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be worth all of the planning. You could even have the wedding there. I think it would be really cool to be married where the proposal happened. Do over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we were at the Wichita Art Museum for the Summer Opening Party, Brian and I had dinner at the Muse Caf\u00e9. It was a real treat because they&#8217;re normally only open for lunch. 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