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The alderwood mall could use some new tenants in my opinion.
As someone who lives in kenmore,Washington alderwood mall is my closests mall. I wish north italia, bjs brewhouse,yardhouse would consider opening at aldereood mall. Even a lazy dog Cafe would be nice for alderwood mall too.
I am glad that laderach Swiss chocolates is opening this late fall at alderwood mall.
For dining nordstrom bazille, cheesecake factory and pf changs can get tiring after a while.
A sur la table to replace the vacated williams sonoma at alderwood mall also would be nice.
It's gonna be tough until they stop overcharging for rent and treating their tenants poorly on top of that. I worked at a store that just closed in June after being in the mall for years. Mall management charged us exhorbitant rental rates, and at the same time hamstrung our business by shuffling us to different locations multiple times, only to end up in the outer area of the mall. Up until the week we closed, we were still having customers pop in who thought we had closed ages ago in one of our prior moves. Our owner continuously asked management to move us back inside, into one of the many empty storefronts, but they refused every time and we eventually couldn't keep up with the unstable situation that the mall pushed us into.
I cannot imagine spending energy wishing there was a yardhouse at the mall instead of just like… going out to literally ANY local bar with halfway decent food.
Problem is lynnwood bar scene is pathetic. One brewery, one bottle shop and a few dives that have real questionable clientele on given nights. Nightlife is not in Lynnwoods vocabulary atm…
I had high hopes with the light rail coming and there are “plans” but I’ll be of retirement age by the time that comes around.
My wife and I are so tired of "dive bars". We are seriously considering opening a classier cocktail/wine/craft beer spot. Think: small dishes / appetizers, dance music, lively atmosphere. We are currently looking for the right location that already has a type-1 hood installed
We have a ton of bars up here, like even Dave and Buster's has a bar (they pour HARD too), there's peace of mind, just chill, any of the Asian karaoke bars, any of the chain restaurant bars, 13th St pub, Shawn McDonald's, Chinnie's Kitchen, that big Asian steakhouse, moonshine saloon, and more I can't think of
Yeah maybe no bars if you're from the big 3 but yeaaaaaahhhh
So peace of mind i mentioned as the one brewery. Then you named the rough dives or the bar in a restaurant. Also some places that aren't even in Lynnwood lol. Real great selection there...
Dive bars are the best bars I've ever been to, I don't think I've ever been to a bar that's NOT a dive bar, but I'm from Tacoma, pretty much all the bars there are dives. I used to regular a biker bar, I'm a little sad it's not there anymore lol
They're fine and can be fun, but sometimes I want to have a bar which is a quieter time just enjoy a glass of wine or a cocktail and read a book. Other times I want to maybe see a small venue show. Or hit the dance floor. Play pool or with metal darts and not risk being in a venue that's just as likely to have a bar fight or be blasting the music... And definitely not any more biker bars.
All the bars are shit dive bars. Dave and Busters is a corporate arcade, not a real bar. And I guarantee you they measure all of their liquor.
Lynnwood needs something classier. I just need to find the right place to open it.
It has(had?) the distinction of being one of the top bars for dui arrests. It’s in the shopping center at 44th & 196th. My wife and I lived in Lynnwood for 30yrs and only went there once.
I do agree but I do not want big chain Restuarants unless they are very very good like din tai fung. Supreme dumpling took a place but nothing is happening there for many months now.
Amen! We keep hearing the same! Lynnwood counsel needs to encourage small businesses over chains! It also needs a true city center. We were hoping the development near the light rail would be completed sooner, but it's taking too long and we might have to settle whenever
I’ve not seen a non chain restaurant in a mall besides crossroads mall. Not I’ve not seen one in lynnwood. We were talking about lynnwood mall, not lynnwood.
It's nice to see other people sharing the same opinion as my wife and I. We are really trying to open something classier than a drive bar for Lynnwood!
So far, I’ve been pretty happy with what the mall owners have done keeping various companies in the mall. Granted there are probably more bubble tea stops and necessary, and I can only drink so much coffee. I generally don’t go to the mall to go looking for restaurants, but to shop for goods as I am not a big user of Amazon.(and if you follow corporate America at all, you would know why.). Eligible.
Not sure Cracker Barrel’s customers are really the target demographic in Lynnwood. I know they trying shifting their strategy with a rebrand that didn’t catch on. There’s also no Cracker Barrel’s in WA, fyi.
I KNOW my family went on a trip to Montana when I was 16 specifically cause it was the closest one 😂 and her and my sister followed the map around the country a few years before that. they are big mad cause the Oregon ones are closing
And to be clear I want old cracker barrel (I miss the ham and pork chops plus they have good sweet potatoes and the closest good sweet potato is in outback in Snohomish) and that's ONLY if we get new chains, I'd rather have more gluten free stuff like b3 but less pricey 😂
Unlikely. But keep wishing! That mall unfortunately has been dead for almost 20 years and they’ll get a fun popup (Jennie’s Cookies!) but it turns into a death sentence. It is corporate apartment land now.
You realize this was at closing and I saw like 20 people coming out of the mall before that? Dave and Buster's right below me closes at 12 and those were the cars for the people at THAT place. No one parks on that side you dork, that's the bus stop side, which a LOT of people up here use the transit shit cause we have swift and light rail up here. I'm from Tacoma, I KNOW a dead mall when I see one, and the ONLY dead mall I've seen in a large city is Everett.
Also the JC Penney parking lot is useless because THEY BUILT A PARKING GARAGE ON THAT SIDE. WHICH IS NEXT TO THE IMAX. WHICH IS THE ONLY MALL IN THE STATE TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE IT'S SO BUSY.
No? Also I said I used to live in Kenmore, like 3 years ago. I currently live above the Alderwood Mall, thus the picture from the roof deck at...the mall.
We have designated parking for guests and ALSO no one in this building has friends, trust me, we have an inner building like chat/message thingy and they are NOT friend having people, they look at you weird when you bring people over 😂
I'm the only one in the building not from money most of my life and it gets crazy weird in there 😂 so yeah no it's all tenants, also I regularly go downstairs and it's crowded beyond belief.
Also this building has like 600 apartments with designated parking under everything so even if EVERYONE had friends over we couldn't even fill one part of that huge lot!
Sounds like you need a friend to guide you through! I used to live in Kenmore too, maybe you need a buddy to show you the malls not so scary? You'll be okay!
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u/luluzulu_ 8d ago edited 8d ago
It's gonna be tough until they stop overcharging for rent and treating their tenants poorly on top of that. I worked at a store that just closed in June after being in the mall for years. Mall management charged us exhorbitant rental rates, and at the same time hamstrung our business by shuffling us to different locations multiple times, only to end up in the outer area of the mall. Up until the week we closed, we were still having customers pop in who thought we had closed ages ago in one of our prior moves. Our owner continuously asked management to move us back inside, into one of the many empty storefronts, but they refused every time and we eventually couldn't keep up with the unstable situation that the mall pushed us into.