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Originally Posted by Offshore1
A few thoughts on malls in St. John's:
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Imo, despite what the parking lot might lead you to believe, our mall isn't that busy or hard to get around, and that's a big bonus. Even at the busiest times of year I've almost never had to wait on line anywhere near the lengths I have waited elsewhere in NA or EU, on just a regular ole weekend.
Saying that, the Avalon Mall holds a special place in the hearts of locals that I wouldn't think a mall such as "The Mall at Fox Run" has for the locals of New Hampshire.
Be it lingering effect (or perhaps affect-ion) from the "good ole days" before we had all these big box stores or because it's really the only game in town and St. John's folk love going to the best. Perhaps if there were another bigger and better mall on the outskirts of town the Avalon Mall would suffer. It isn't entirely easy to access via car if I'm to be honest and the parking lot
is a shit show.
One observation I've made in my travels. Compared to malls of a similar size and retail value, the Avalon Mall's food court is one of the best I've seen. I've seen similarly sized or larger malls in the States have maybe 2-3 restaurants.. a cinnabon, auntie anne and perhaps a chickfila or popeyes.
I can't even count on two hands the number of restaurants we have in the Avalon Mall and this does a LOT more for the shops of the Mall than I believe anyone may realize. Personally, more than once I've gone to the mall solely for NY Fries and wound up spending 20 minutes shopping and spending money elsewhere.
And if there's one thing NL'ers love, it's fast food and shopping.