Sigh... I wanted this to have more stars, but 3 is really pushing it. There are some great things about this place but then there are some.... not so great ones. This is like the little mall that could in many ways. I remember coming here as a kid to get my picture with Santa and to see the gigantic sand castles that they would have on display every year. (Different times of year.) I remember thinking how cool it was to take the escalator up to the movie theater. So here's where we are now.\n\nReally good things:\n - Where else are you going to shop? There is SO little good shopping when you live in/near this area.\n - There is a Costco. This brings up the status level of just about anywhere, let's be honest. This was my MAIN Costco for a long time. \n - The Chinese food restaurant is pretty cool.\n - I love the old school deli! It totally feels 1975 when I go there.\n - They haven't tried to overly modernize. Sound like a dubious \"good thing\" but I love the old school brick work walk ways and planters. \n - New shops like Ross and Petsmart have really helped the place!\n\nNot so good things:\n - This was the nastiest Wal-Mart I've ever been in. I'm already not a Wal-Mart fan, but there were a few times when I needed something fast and well, it was there. Walking through there during Christmas for freaking ornament hangers was one of my worst experiences ever.\n - Can you call this a food court? It's almost hidden and for good reason. There aren't many reasons to eat there, and there are many reasons not to.\n\nIt's not ghetto. It's old school. Know what to expect going in (lots of shoe and accessory stores and nothing in the way of high fashion) and it can be an oasis of shopping in the middle of a shopping desert.
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