West Towne Mall food court: Unoccupied, open, closed, open, closed, closed

 

And this is just the north side of the food court.

Photo by Retiring Guy

Headline:  Salon, 8/26/2023

Joy Saha reports:

That’s why it feels wrong — almost illegal — for malls to be devoid of food courts. After all, the two go hand-in-hand. And much like any iconic duo, if one struggles to stay afloat, then the other is bound to sink to the bottom too. Amid a ruthless pandemic, malls have managed to still stay in business. But the same can’t be said for many food-court mainstays, like Sbarro, Cinnabon, Jamba Juice, and Panda Express, that are hanging on by a thread. Threatening to take their places are swanky sit-down restaurants that are luring more folks (young, old and everyone in between) to come out to their nearby shopping outlets.

West Towne Mall posts:

2025

"All clear" at West Towne Mall play area in Madison Wisconsin.  (10/8)

Maybe it's time to worry?  Former H&M location at West Towne Mall remains vacant 6 months later.  (3/19)

Forever 21 at West Towne Mall in Madison Wisconsin is already gone.  (3/19)

2024

West Towne Mall Shuffle:  H&M edition.  (10/11)

Bungee jumping trampoline in food court.  (6/23)

Watch this space.  (6/21)

Change of location for H&M.  (6/21) 

West Towne Mall area is slowly transforming itself.  (6/11) 

Hallmark Store now relegated to an isolated corner of West Towne Mall.  (4/18)

Sparkling clean and spartan look of West Towne Mall center court.  (1/15)

2022

First Christmas at Von Maur, West Towne Mall. (12/15)

Madison Wisconsin business news: Von Maur opens its West Towne Mall store.  (10/18/2022)

JC Penney side of West Towne Mall continues to struggle to find new tenants.  (8/18)

Von Maur West Towne Mall construction project site visits. (5/22 final visit)

2021

Hobby Lobby is ready for its close-up.  (11/23)

Portillo's.  (11/23)

Scrubs now occupies long-vacant Apple Store location.  (10/17)

JC Penney side of West Towne Mall appears to be emptying out.  (10/17)

Train D1fferent takes over former locations of Payless and Name of the Game.  (10/17)

Transformation of south end of West Towne Mall.  (10/17)

Room for a couple more at the south end of West Towne Mall.  (9/20)

Room for one more at the entrance to West Towne Mall.  (9/20)

Name of the Game fills in for Justice.  (4/25)

2020

West Towne Mall shuttered Shopko UPDATE: Storefront looks less abandoned in bright winter sunlight.  (12/21)

Ragstock goes to West Towne Mall.  (11/21)

UPDATE. What does Seritage have planned for the remaining portion of Sears at West Towne Mall?  (7/1)

2019

Not so Forever 21.   (10/4)
Boston Store UPDATE. While management wonders what to do with 140,000 square feet of empty space, they invite young white women to hang out.  (8/19)
Can't hide the emptiness at the former Payless Shoe Source store.  (8/12)
UPDATE. Space formerly occupied by Sears remains vacant.  (7/9)
Wind-driven signage.   (5/1)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline and east of West Towne Mall.  (4/30)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline in the West Towne Mall area.  (4/2)

2018
Food court directory.  (9/24)
UPDATE. West Towne Mall Management now prefers traffic cones to pothole repair.  (4/30)
Total Wine UPDATE:  Now open for business.  (4/22)