The little hallway off to the left serves as the mall's food court, of sorts. There aren't a lot of tables here, but most of the ones they do have were occupied -- pretty busy for an American mall, especially considering it was 5PM and food courts tend to be more lunch oriented.
While the connection might be hard to tell in this photo, this little hallway food court reminds me a lot of the design at Houston's twin malls, Almeda Mall and the now-closed Northwest Mall. Here is a photo from Je's blog of Northwest Mall's food court back when the mall was still open in 2015: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_QjX5EDMVa-hHHi3BetWXqqsJ38MUav9l0ZGi9zZOaZ7anGINMVFBGSgdwL0nl5GbP19XmvSBvIbdMlEehRv2NCQFMRxymoBgi_Pi1SDlZh9UBBTPmXe390fsfFavlxq-1BMvalri74/s1600/20150216_203659.jpg
ReplyDeleteThere is an interesting note about the Sesame Hut neon sign in that photo! When the mall closed, the owners of the Sesame Hut relocated to a shopping center some miles away from the dead mall. They installed their old mall neon sign inside their new location! And, yes, the seating inside the new location are old school chairs! Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bExSQgsa8FKkHgsu7
You're right, that does look similar! I'm used to food courts being the architectural focal point of a mall, so these tiny food courts just seem weird.
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