An Alga Beer Co. tap house and a Brown Bagger food trailer soon might fill the small vacant lot directly north of Coney Island on Main Street in downtown Crestview.
Veterans Day is held annually each Nov. 11 in honor of all of those who have served in the U.S. military.
In addition to remembering the sacrifices of those who served, the day is also filled with a variety of discounts from various businesses and restaurants for veterans.
Adora Mcelheney, the owner of the “Smokin Country Flava” food truck in Crestview, fell in love again with her high school sweetheart in 2019.
Food was their shared passion, both working in the food industry. She herself was a manager of different restaurants such as Whataburger and Shoney’s, and he is what Mcelheney describes as a “master griller.”
Benjamin Donnell and his wife, Alley, are both entrepreneurs. The pair, who have been married for almost nine years, talked daily about what kind of business they wanted to open.
“We would think about what it would look like to open a café with maybe sandwiches and coffee,” Benjamin Donnell said. “We were always talking about something, and the Lord opened the door for us to do something with ice cream and that is the direction we decided to go into. We knew this is what we needed right now.”
The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday helped celebrate the grand opening of Mills Heating & Air’s new Hub City location at 1455 S. Ferdon Blvd., unit A-2.
Chun Chun Chan Goodson credits her love of food and cooking to her time when she was a nurse in Hong Kong.
Along with being in internalized medicine in hospitals, Chan Goodson also worked as a home health nurse.
Darius Jackson’s full-time job is as a truck driver.
On Friday and Saturday, Jackson and his wife Porsha own and operate the Jackson Experience, which is a food truck in Crestview.
Representatives of the popular Little Haven Coffee Co. cafes on wheels in and near Crestview are expanding their business by building a 1,593-square-foot coffee shop that will include a drive-through.
