Here’s a roundup of our top stories from the past week.
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Wagyu steakhouse, ramen restaurant and more opening in new Nine Mile Road retail center
The latest addition to Nine Mile Road is wrapping up construction in the coming months with plans to bring a handful of new businesses to Ensley, including an upscale steakhouse by Sake Cafe chef and owner Wayan Sumadi.
The Cashiers Plaza retail center located at 620 E. Nine Mile Road will have enough space for seven tenants. The steakhouse will be named Prime and Beyond and will serve domestically-sourced Wagyu beef.
New Pensacola Fair rules ban all weapons, require clear bags
Pensacola Interstate Fair officials are instituting new safety measures this year that include a no weapons policy and a clear bag requirement for everything except diaper bags and medically necessary bags.
The Board of Directors modified their new policy to allow those exceptions within a couple of hours after announcing the policy, based on community feedback.
Under the new rules, weapons of any kind — including firearms — will not be permitted on the fairgrounds at any time regardless of whether the individual holds a concealed carry permit.
For Rent: Pensacola Habitat launches rental homes program to help with affordable housing
The faith-based, affordable home ownership organization Habitat for Humanity is primarily known for building and selling homes to first-time home buyers, but Pensacola Habitat for Humanity is expanding affordable housing opportunities through a new home rental program.
Pensacola Habitat CEO Sam Young took the News Journal through one of five single-family homes that will soon be available for qualifying applicants to rent.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Oakcrest has been freshly remodeled and offers comfortable living space and a large yard for a family for $1,200 a month.
Pensacola Seafood Festival is back! Everything you need to know to score good food and fun
Pensacola’s 48th annual Seafood Festival is in the works for the last weekend of September, meaning one thing: fresh Gulf-to-table seafood, free live music and over 100 arts and crafts vendors to peruse.
The Seafood Festival, hosted by Fiesta Pensacola, is Fiesta’s largest annual event, taking place this year from Sept. 26 to 28, rain or shine. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your weekend.
Blue Angels Homecoming Show at NAS Pensacola pushed back one week
The annual Blue Angels Homecoming Show onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola has been delayed a week to accommodate an “unexpected commitment” for the Blue Angels.
The Homecoming show originally scheduled for Nov. 7-8 is now scheduled for Nov. 14-15.
On its original date, the Blue Angels will instead fly at the 250th celebration of the U.S. Navy.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola news you missed: Blue Angels Homecoming show delayed, new Fair rules
Reporting by Brandon Girod, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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