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Plans Filed For Popeyes Restaurant In Cantonment
July 12, 2022
Plans are in the works for a Popeyes in Cantonment.
Plans have been filed with the Escambia County Development Review Committee for a Popeyes in the 700 block of Highway 29 — between a convenience store to the south and the Grocery Advantage shopping center to the north.
Plans show a 2,354 square foot Popeye’s restaurant and 24 parking spaces on half of the 2.4 acre parcel, with the southern half of the property reserved for “future development”. There will be access to the parking lot from both Highway 29 and Highway 95A.
The Development Review Committee has a pre-application meeting scheduled for Wednesday on the proposal. Multiple additional steps in the review and permitting process would be required before any construction could begin, and the developer could choose to never build the project.
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43 Responses to “Plans Filed For Popeyes Restaurant In Cantonment”
My husband and I walked into the Popeyes on 9 mile road last week. It was so dirty that we walked right back out. We use to love Popeyes, but not clean anymore! Owners better straighten it out!
The last time I went through the drive thru of Popeye’s in East 9 Mile Rd (in Winn-Dixie shopping complex) I was able to see behind the counter from drive-,thru. There was si much food on the floor that it looked like a food dump! Healrh Dept. would have closed them down if they had come by at that time! One worker even threw what appeared to be a chicken sandwich onto the floor as hard as she could. It was at that point I decided I would not be back. I too became ill after eating at the one on 9 Mile & Pine Cone. Their chicken even tastes different than other 2 locations. They all are way too heavy handed with the salt! So, looks like I’m done with Popeye’s.
Popeyes is disgusting! If you have to build a chicken place, at least make it edible. I second the Chick-fil-a! But would rather keep that clutter in the city. We moved out here to get away from the city. Just saying.
Golf course would make a great shopping center.
I hear lots of people talking about a Publix in Cantonment! Would be great!
Good luck with Popeyes. I got food poisoning from their chicken and was very ill. I had never been so sick. I still can’t eat there.
gimme dat red beans n rice! too expensive, though, but yummm
I drive by this location every day to and from work, and I think the only positive (read-Sarcasm) thing will be with entrances on BOTH Hwy. 29 and 95A this will allow the traffic that backs up on 95A at the Hwy. 29 light a way to cut through to Hwy. 29.
With everything else going on in life must be nice to complain about a popeyes. Maybe inquire into a franchise if you want it here
I welcome a Popeyes to the area. Hopefully it will be the start to having a full service sit down restaurant up here. Heard Walmart is coming but no firm date. As far as the impact Popeyes will have on traffic, I am more concerned about the nightmare additional traffic the 200+ lots subdivision south of Quinette Road between Hwy. 29 and 95a is going to be. They’ve already cleared the land and are putting in utilities. Doesn’t appear our county commissioners took into account what it will do to 95A. With all the commercial truck traffic, the road is in need of resurfacing, etc. Let’s see what an additional 400 cars and trucks will do to the road and traffic.
Love Popeyes Chicken but I’m concerned about traffic. Why can’t they keep the entrance & exit to 29?
@Bill T. I used to eat the chicken all the time at Oriental house. Ate their breakfast alot too. Always good food and atmosphere. Ms. Nora ran a good ship there. The older gentleman in the kitchen knew how to cook. Too bad the grandkids didn’t keep the business’ going
To Lee we have a great produce market on Hwy 29 above Grocery Advantage on the left. Please go check them out!!
Let’s go on and just put more red lights on 29 up this way as well while we are at it.
Wow JD the orential house talk about the best cashew chicken ever they had it I would drive from downtown pcola to get the dinner at the oriental house!!! That was absolutely the best food you could get the people there were great never no problems always just the way it was supposed to be!!! DANG I miss that place truly!!!!!’
We need another Dollar General
IF the service of this new Popeyes chicken is as bad as the one on 9mi Rd you won’t last 60 days in Cantonment!!! People in this area won’t put up with that crap peroid !!! Then they will starve you out !!!!!
The chicken place in front of the mill was a church’s chicken next to the Red And White supermarket then Mr J.G.Whitfield of the Florida boys quartet ( gospel singer’s) purchased the Red And White supermarket and named it Plee-zing supermarket the reason I remember I worked there !!!!!!!!
How about a really nice produce market??? How much fast food is enough???
Instead of building a popeyes right there they should build a taco bell not as many people like popeyes but we all love taco bel!
#tacotuesday
Good ,and I hope they put a Walmart out that way .Money flow,,Money flow, Money flow,,
Businesses has to come north..9 mile is full.the golf course would be a perfect place for walmart an not another dollar general.in years to come all the farm land will be houses an it’s sad.cantonment needs eating places.always heard across from Tom thumb in molino was gona be a business.what happen to that? Tom thumb has high gas so they need to put gas station an a Wendy’s attached like kingsfield.the way traffic is on 9 mile rd.eating places needs to come north.thats just my opinon.
Agree with Jr.
Popeyes, both 9 Mile Road locations and Saufley Field Road cannot get your orders right, slower than a snail, and out of chicken @ 6PM. Yes, a chicken restaurant out of chicken meaning no chicken is ready when you order. At 9 Mile/Pine Cone Dr – 4 employees were standing around doing absolutely nothing when the order cashier had 5 customers. I’ve never experienced anyone slower than the dude taking and filling the orders. Dinner time rush hour and no help. Pathetic!!!!!!
@CK. You should move to town for the convenience you so desire. Stop wishing for the city to move up to Gods Country.
I live right down the road off of 95A, so I exit the community by 95A. As it is, enough situations occur to slow the exit to a crawl. The evening rush traffic to get home would be crazy slowed down. Would love to see the traffic patterns and counts for this area.
The crispy chick was a darn good chicken joint in front of the mill. Pleezing was by it out there. But most of all bring back the Oriental House!!!!
People can find fault in EVERYTHING! Be happy a business wants to come to this area and bring jobs.
Thats amazing.
Blame businesses for litter..
When customers are less than that create their own problems.
Litterbugs are a negative
Businesses are a positive
But if a Chick-fil-A was put there people would complain about why they didnt put a Popeyes chicken business there.
You cant EVER satisfy the masses.
No matter what ever stays the same..will change or be left a pariah of the community.
This planet is nothing but a dumpsite in the galaxy.
Due to people!
None exculded.
You use ANY manufactured product..you made the dump.
Including me!
Agree with traffic backup on 95A. Why not just enter and exit from 29
@JBaker. You’re right. That chicken place in the 80s was called Crispy Chick and then later on it was called Larry’s. There was also a grocery store on that same land called Pleasing and later on United Supermarket. Not sure if anyone remembers those places.
YEA!!!
NOW! Can someone PLEASE stop by building a yet another Dollar General on Hwy 29 at Barrineau Park road? Please!!! For Pete’s sake!!!!!
LEAVE OUR WOODS ALONE!
That is so awesome. I hope one day they will get some Fast food places. And a grocery store a Walmart That would be awesome.we need some of that up here in molino
@oldman there used to be a chicken restaurant in Cantonment in front of the paper mill back in the 80s. Obviously they didn’t make it!
Welcome to the neighborhood Popeyes!!
HOLD UP NOW !!!!
EVERYTHANG CHICKEN BUT THE “BEAK” GO EL POLLO GRANDE!
just wait to see when all the litter is laying around the establishment like the popeyes on nine mile and pine cone drive, takes days for it to be picked up
This is a great addition to the town. Can’t wait.
It’s about time they put a chicken joint in cantonment.
Hopefully that won’t cause problems around the corner the traffic from the school gets back up already
We do not need a Popeyes in cantonment thats ridiculous
Oh sure a Popeyes, because we need another reason to have traffic outside my neighborhood. Can it be anything other than Popeyes, like idk literally anything else? Not a chick-fil-a though; we don’t need that kind of attention around here.
I wish popeyes would come to Century or Flomaton. In Century the Burger king building is empty and Churches chicken in Flomaton is empty I wish something would come in there.
Well, we could use a different style of restaurant on that spot but welcome to the neighborhood Popeyes. I just hope the people they hire will be better than the ones who work at both 9 mile Road locations (not saying all are bad up there)…it’s nearly impossible to get your orders right and/or you have to sit and wait upwards(sometimes) of 30-45 minutes…
Chick-fil-a instead
-love
Citizens of Cantonment