Mission, Kansas, hosts first restaurant week Restaurant week includes some special pricing and special dishes Share Updated: 5:34 PM CST Mar 3, 2021 Restaurant week includes some special pricing and special dishes Share Updated: 5:34 PM CST Mar 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript , TAKING A BOLD NEW STEP, HOSTING ITS OWN RESTAURANT WEEK. MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MISSION BUSINESS DISTRICT THIS WEEK, AND YOU’LL FIND 16 LOCAL RESTAURANTS VYING FOR YOUR ATTENTION. >> WE FELT LIKE NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO GET PEOPLE BACK OUT SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS AND REMINDING PEOPLE WE ARE STILL HERE. KELLY: MASON OWNS TWO SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSION INCLUDING URBAN PRAIRIE COFFEE. HE’S EXCITED ABOUT THE CITY’S FIRST EVER RESTAURANT WEEK. HE SHUT DOWN EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC AND ONLY RETURNED TO SIT-DOWN DINING LAST WEEK. >> WHEN WE CLOSED LAST YEAR, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REOPEN? HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE? KELLY: MISSION’S RESTAURANT WEEK INCLUDES SOME SPECIAL PRICING AND SPECIAL DISHES. THE COFFEE SHOP IS ADDING WAFFLES TO THE MENU. AT NEARBY ESTRELLA AZU, STREET TACOS ARE THE SPECIAL. AND IT’S ALREADY SEEING NEW CUSTOMERS. >> THEY HAVE WEATHERED THE STORM AND I THOUGHT, I WANT TO GET OUT THERE. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING. AND I LIKE FISH TACOS. KELLY: PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS ARE STILL FOLLOWING SOCIAL AND DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND REQUIRING MASKS. BUT WITH COVID CASES DECLINING AND PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED MISSION HOPES THIS NEW EVENT , WILL BE THE BOOST IT NEEDS. >> GETTING PEOPLE OUT HERE IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESS