Top stories of the week: New and expanding restaurants, South Palafox Group lawsuit, more

Food, food, food.

Hopefully you're hungry because many of this week's top stories were all about new and expanding food options.

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'Looked like pea soup': Sediment from development flows into waterway

Full story: East Bay Boulevard residents angered by pollutants entering Midway-area waterway

The East Bay ecosystem in southern Santa Rosa County, already environmentally damaged to the point that the state is moving to shut down oyster harvesting in the area, endured another blow earlier this month.

Following a Sept. 9 rainstorm, a fast-moving stream of water swept into a narrow ditch created as part of a project to repair a damaged bridge culvert in the area between Midway and Navarre. The water carried fill dirt with it and caused what one neighbor called "a river of mud" to flow into a lagoon that feeds into the bay.

Those living in the area where the culvert is being replaced say they understand the roadwork being done between Bergren Road and Edgewood Drive is necessary, but said that county officials should have anticipated rain washing fill dirt off the site and done more to prevent its escape into the lagoon.

South Palafox Group lawsuit will determine ownership of investment firm

Full story: With $53 million Triumph grant on table, will Streamline hold up its end of the bargain?

As the owners of a Pensacola investment firm are embroiled in a legal battle to control the business, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is urging city officials to hold the firm's "feet to the fire" to meet the terms of its port warehouse lease agreement with the city.

South Palafox Group is a Pensacola investment firm that partnered with Streamline Performance Boats Corp., a Hialeah-based sports fishing boat manufacturer, to build a boat manufacturing facility in Pensacola under a new corporation called Streamline Boats of Northwest Florida.

Streamline Boats of Northwest Florida holds a 10-year lease at the Port of Pensacola and is listed as a partner in the city's $53 million Triumph Gulf Coast request for a $153 million redevelopment of the port.

Pensacola's Zaytouna is the new spot for authentic Middle Eastern food

Full story: Zaytouna brings authentic Greek, Lebanese food to Pensacola, modeled after Louisiana chain

Zaytouna Greek and Lebanese Restaurant at 440 E. Chase St. may be new to Pensacola, but owner Mazin Mustafa has a small restaurant empire under his belt in Louisiana that has have been honing the same menu and recipes since 1992.

The restaurant's mother ship, Albasha Greek and Lebanese Restaurant, has about a dozen popular locations across Louisiana.

When Mustafa had the desire to bring a new location to Pensacola, he quickly realized the name had been taken by another restaurant in Miami.

Keeping the Albasha staples on the menu for the new restaurant, like the chicken shawarma sliced off a vertical grill or the homemade "drinkable" Greek dressing that can be drizzled or dunked over any item on the menu, the restaurant chose a new name: "Zaytouna" meaning "an olive" in Arabic.

Milton hole-in-the-wall, Gud Vybz Jamaican Grill, coming to Pensacola

Full story: Milton hidden gem, Gud Vybz Jamaican Grill, to bring authentic Jamaican fare to Pensacola

Jamaican entrepreneur Nash Smith brought three foundational beliefs with him when he moved to the United States in 2000.

Customer service is key, success manifests from mindset and jerk chicken is not really jerk chicken unless it is cooked on a grill.

Smith started the little shack now known as Gud Vybz Jamaican Grill adjacent to his other business, Flow Wash & Detail, as a way to make use of the leftover space he was renting. Even though it wasn't much, customers were happy with the food trailer order window, the few picnic tables scattered throughout the yard and a fence with art depicting the Jamaican flag that Smith painted himself.

Four years since the Jamaican restaurant's opening, some things haven't changed, like the meat smoked outdoors over a wood-fired grill or the jingle of the door when a new customer files in. But the space has since transformed into a bustling lunch hot spot and a regional dining destination for authentic Jamaican food — so much so that Smith is getting ready to open a second location at 7999 Pensacola Blvd. in Pensacola by the month's end.

The City Limits Food Park is on its way to Pensacola's west side

Full story: The City Limits Food Park is bringing 3 food trucks to West Pensacola with more to come

When looking for a permanent place to park their own food trucks on Pensacola's west side, Donnie Deluna and Melvin Jacob decided to create a space of their own and invite other food truck owners to share it with them.

Settling on the former Auto Masters car lot neighboring the Elbow Room, they transitioned the space into The City Limits Food Park at 2200 W. Cervantes St.

The two westside residents were determined to bring something to the area that their community could come together to enjoy.

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