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Unique café gains popularity, expands to new location
EMMA LEGAULT
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Business wasn't booming when Brad Walters opened his Basil Leaf Cafe in a Phillips 66 gas station off of West Sixth Street.
It was the dead of winter in 2009, and the country was in the middle of the recession. The weather and the roads were bad; there was no traffic and no money to advertise — until the Lawrence Journal-World printed an article that shook the dust off of the Café's five dining tables.
"That just blew the roof off of it"
Walters said, "and we've been busier and busier ever since."
Walters originally wanted to
"I just kind of fell in love with it and took naturally to it," he said.
be a teacher when he doe headfirst into the restaurant business in college
He worked through the kitchens of restaurants in Lawrence.
year."
The success of the Basil Leaf Cafe is propelling it into a much larger space at 616 W. Ninth St. In addition to creating a fresh atmosphere, Walters is getting a liquor license and expanding the menu. He hopes the new location is up and running by mid-July.
The current location is off-putting and difficult to find. There's no towering neon sign that announces it, and the Cafe still relies on advertising by word of mouth, but Walters believes that treating the customer right and giving the community a tasty product speaks for itself.
"We're not full of stuff frozen in freezers. Everything is homecooked and made from scratch."
The Phillips 66 kitchen at 3300 W. Sixth St. was cheap and had already proven itself as a successful restaurant space — it is the previous home of Tortas Jalisco and Biemer's BBQ.
"It was just a no-brainer financially," Walters said. "There wasn't much risk to me if it did go under and didn't make it that first
including Tellers and the Alvamai Country Club when he realized, if he wanted business to grow, he would have to do it for himself. He always wanted to own a restaurant, anyway.
"I figured it was time to just jump in and see if I could make it work," Walters said.
BRAD WALTERS
Owner of Basil Leaf Cafe
"Lawrence has always been good about that for local restaurants and
localbusinesses," he said. "Customers] tell their friends, and their friends tell friends, and before you know it, you're huge."
and tortellini crowd favorites
But lack of traditional advertising doesn't mean the Cafe isn't serving up quality food. The lasagna
"We're not full of stuff frozen in freezers," Walters said. "Everything is home-cooked and made from scratch."
Although the pricing is modest, the heaping portions of upscale Italian cuisine served in black Styrofoam boxes can last a college student for a few days or can be perfect for a meal to split.
"It's filling, good food at a great value," he said. "And it keeps people coming back."
— Edited by Megan Hinman
ERIN BREMER/KANSAN
The owner of the Basil Leaf Cafe, an Italian restaurant located in a Philips 66 gas station off of West Sixth Street, is planning to move to a larger venue at 61W. Ninth St.
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