M & M Bierock

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Love this place!!! It reminds me of my grandfather. The flavor is great! I believe they had a west side store but it closed many years ago. love the beef and cheese! I’m not sure if they accept anything but cash.

This place does look a little cutty. It didn’t look open when we pulled up, and one side of the building has all the windows covered with ratty bed sheets for curtains. The bierocks, however, are SOLID and CHEAP. My dad and I ordered (and crushed) five of them. My only regret is not trying the pickles, because i bet they are good.
I don’t live in Wichita, so it will be a while before I can consume these again. Go do it for me.

I moved away from Wichita over 30 years ago and still miss Bierocks. When I return for family visits, I always make at least one trip for the delicious, peppery treat.

You’d be forgiven for assuming the dilapidated and shuttered restaurant at 2065 E. Central has been closed for some time. After all, who could guess that the insidiously simple signage promising bierocks and a drive-​thru window was, in fact, all you need to know about the place in four-​ish words? Drive up to the window when the small «open» sign is flashing and you’ll be presented with three choices: a regular bierock, a bierock with cheese, and a ham and cheese bierock.
Like the crumbly burger, the bierock is a quintessential piece of Kansas’ culinary history that hasn’t achieved much acclaim outside the Great Plains. Perhaps its simplicity also serves as its hindrance towards widespread adoption: people today are looking for more than just ground beef. Thankfully, the bierock’s eastern European heritage and its more recent Midwestern home have allowed for the inclusion of cabbage and cheese, respectively. It’s the best way to proceed here: the slightly sour cabbage provides some depth of flavor while the melted American cheese provided salt and a satisfyingly gooey texture. Like everything with bierocks, ground beef seasoning is kept simple, though the heavy dose of black pepper makes M & M’s bierocks distinctive. The elongated spheroid of bread that encompasses the filling is larger than you might find at the remaining restaurants in town that serve the dish, but the sweet dough was well-​cooked and an appropriate vessel for eating in your car without fear of dripping on your shirt.
This simple, effective, and straightforward approach has done owner Mary Morain well enough to keep business rolling since 2007, though it still doesn’t explain the mystery of why the sit-​down restaurant never opens its doors to customers. For that, it’s necessary to go back nearly twenty years: in 1995 one of the previous owners of the business was assaulted in the parking lot. The elderly victim and the rest of the family-​run business were deeply affected, and the restaurant has been drive-​thru only ever since. I asked Morain if she had any inclination towards opening up to walk-​in customers again, but with significant repairs required to bring it up to code, it’s unlikely, especially when the price of the bierocks have only increased a quarter over the past decade. It’s probably just as well — the restaurant remains as one of the best remaining purveyors of bierocks in a city that’s rapidly progressing beyond its ground beef beginnings. At this point, why fix it if it’s not broken?

Love bierocks. I remember when I was a kid I would get so excited when my mom made these.
These bierocks are nice and soft when melting cheese over the crumbly hamburger with cabbage and lots of black pepper.
You go through the drive through and tell them which bierocks you want and you can get plain old potato chips and pickle with a combo.

These are the best bierocks in town! They are traditional, real, quality bierocks– why mess with success? For those who don’t know, a beirock is a sort of meat pie– a combination of ground beef, onions, kraut (or cabbage?), spices, and sometimes cheese is baked in bread dough crust. M & M a family run business staffed by super nice people! Go there! It is drive thru only, and they now accept credit cards.

In months and months of driving by this dilapidated building and empty parking lot, not once had it occurred to me that it was actually a functioning business. That is until I saw a glowing neon open sign facing west. Yet, the front door still looked barricaded… Turns out this is a drive-​thru only establishment.
From my recent experience with Bierocks, Brats n’ BBQ, I noted the prices were similar but upon making it home with my goods, Id have to say the mass of the bierock was about 50% more. While that’s appreciated on its own, What I liked even better was that it was piping hot. I can only assume this was fresh from the oven. The bread had an old time taste to it, and the traditional contents were pungent with flavor. Also available was a ham and cheese bierock that was equally satisfying. For 50 cents more you gain a wimpy pickle spear and a small knock off bag of Lays.
With non dinner hours, I’m glad I finally got the chance to stop by. Also to note, I’m relatively positive they are Cash Only.