I love this place! We come here for all of our greeting cards and gifts for friends. It's a small shop with a nicely curated selection of cool stuff at prices standard for boutiques in the area. If you like WonderFair in Lawrence, this is a redux of that, carrying art prints, books, zines, stickers and pins, shirts, local souvenirs and rad miscellaneous novelties. There's even a delightfully nostalgic video rental room in the back, and for $12/mo, you can rent as many dvds, vhs or blurays as you want (2 at a time, of course).
Kevin is usually the dude behind the counter and he offers great suggestions on movies and can probably tell you anything you want to know about the area. LGBTQ and blue-friendly, Vortex is a very welcome little oasis in Wichita and I hope folks take advantage of it!
A note on parking: While free, there are limited parking spots in front and along the block, so we tend to park in the big lot behind The Monarch and cross the street. read more