Businesses We Frequent
Get to know our local area businesses and places UWF Leisure Learning frequently visits in the Pensacola and surrounding community.
Azalea Trace
Endless possibilities for social engagement with Azalea Trace’s abundant activities and events, and its ideal location in Florida’s panhandle.
Bodacious Shops
Bodacious Shops Pensacola is a dynamic ensemble of a café, an olive oil shop, a coffee roastery, and a kitchenwares store, each offering its unique charm.
First City Bee Company
First City Bee Company provides premium honey, honey wine (mead), personal care products and unique gifts from the hive.
Five Sisters Blues Cafe
Five Sisters Blues Cafe is located on the former site of Gussie’s Record Shop and WBOP Radio Station. In 2010 Cecil Johnson, a former chef at sister restaurant, the Fish House, wanted to open a place to honor the recipes of his mother Jeanette and her sisters; Cora, Sara, Dorothy and Margaret as well as the rich blues history of the neighborhood. The menu features a number of the sisters’ original recipes while the restaurant’s décor focuses on the original performance posters from Abe’s 506 Club that were hung in Gussie’s Record Shop.
Jackson's Steakhouse
For over twenty-five years, under the guidance of Founding Executive Chef Irv Miller, Jackson’s Steakhouse has been a cornerstone of Pensacola dining, earning the Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence and Florida Trend magazine’s Golden Spoon Hall of Fame Award since 2010. Jackson’s is placed by the Distinguished Restaurants of North America in the top two percent of all fine dining restaurants in North America.
Pensacola Opera
Pensacola Opera continues its mission of enriching Northwest Florida by producing professional opera performances, educational programs, and other opera-related community events for people of all ages, interests and backgrounds.
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
From the stage, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s goal is to provide the Pensacola community with transformative musical experiences through performances with world-renowned artists. In addition to enlivened performances, PSO’s “Beyond the Stage” program brings musical experiences to the Pensacola community in settings that include schools, retirement communities, healthcare facilities and galleries.
Port of Pensacola
The Port of Pensacola, strategically positioned along the northern Gulf of Mexico, is NW Florida’s most diverse and business focused deep-water port. Port Pensacola is a full-service port offering stevedore and marine terminal services for all descriptions of bulk, break-bulk, unitized freight, and special project cargo.
UWF Historic Trust
The UWF Historic Trust creates opportunities for our visitors, community, students, faculty and staff to experience the authentic and diversely rich history of Northwest Florida. The UWF Historic Trust celebrates diversity through accepting, valuing, and respecting each member of our community.