If you’re surprised to see that headline – you’ve never been to a handful of malls that practically have the same foot traffic as 1995! Scroll down and find a great place to grab a latte, a bite to eat, and some great clothes.
Here’s TripAdvisor’s Top Shopping Malls in Washington.
An enclosed shopping mall located in Puyallup
Located on South 320th not far from I-5
Wenatchee Valley Mall
Built in 1973 on Valley Mall Parkway in East Wenatchee. The Macy’s location still gets a good amount of foot traffic.
Located in Port Orchard (southern part of Kitsap County)
Retail shops & restaurants in Seattle’s Wallingford District.
Go antiquing in Mount Vernon – on the way to the San Juans.
One of the great Marysville Outlet shops
Stores and places to get a bite to eat, and mini-golf in Bellevue’s Factoria neighborhood.
Macy’s, Best Buy, Red Robin, and over 120 other stores in Olympia.
Vancouver, WA’s hotspot with over 140 stores and an AMC movie theater.
Tacoma Mall
It is one of the state’s iconic malls, just off I-5.
They should make t-shirts saying “We rank higher than Tacoma Mall on TripAdvisor!”
I’ve spent many cold-frigid Saturdays inside this iconic Spokane Mall.
Columbia Center
Sing the 90s Tri-Cities radio jingle: “Columbia, Center, Columbia Center, We got you covered!”
Take the S.180th exit off 167 in Kent Valley, grab some coffee, and browse the shops
A collection of luxury shops on Bellevue’s NE 8th S & 112th Ave NE.
if you go to Benaroya Hall or the 5th Avenue Theatre, then consider parking here.
Located by Spokane’s Riverfront Park. “When in doubt, shop. This was a terrific place to kill time, and still is.” -Brooke (via TripAdvisor)
You’ll find friendly Bellingham and Canadian shoppers co-mingling and exchanging recipes.
Kitsap Mall
My childhood mall. TripAdvisor’s #1 thing to do in Silverdale (Kitsap County.)
The modern name for North Seattle’s iconic Northgate Mall – America’s very first shopping mall.
“The ambiance is perfect…Lots of parking, and plenty of space to stretch your legs!” -Jason on TripAdvisor
Another Kent Mall that made the list – take the State Route 516 (Willis Street) exit off 167.
Thorpe Fruit & Antique Mal
We’ve all seen this famous fruit stand, near Ellensburg on I-90.
I helped open this great mall in the late 90s (live radio remote) – still thriving today!
My favorite mall in Seattle with a great sky-lit atrium.
I lived here in the late ’90s – and I never thought of it as a mall – but just a great place to grab your groceries!
Steam Plant Square
This great downtown Spokane location popped up after I left in the late 90s.
The place to grab the Monorail to the Space Needle, or any Kraken home game.
Lynwood’s heritage mall. “Great Mall filled with great shops.” – Shiloh
My tip? Trapper’s all-you-can-eat Sushi – my nearest experience to heaven on Earth.
Located in the shadow of Husky Stadium. It’s “Seattle’s only outdoor lifestyle shopping center.”
Bellevue Square
If malls are declining, you’d never know at Bell-Square. Go to the Milk Bar dessert stand on Nordstrom’s 2nd Floor and order the “Milk Bar Pie.”
America’s First Outdoor Pedestrian Shopping Mall
These Are the 12 Biggest Shopping Malls in Upstate New York
The size of the enclosed malls of Upstate New York covers a whole range of numbers. You have several large malls with between 50-100 stores, and then you have several behemoth malls which host much more than that. For example, #12 on this list has 55 stores and has been open for more than 50 years. Sounds like a pretty respectable mall, doesn’t it? Compare that to the #2 on this list which is so large it has more than 18,000 parking spaces!
In this gallery, we have also mentioned some of the original anchor stores for these malls dating back to when they opened. It is fun to hear the old names like Sibley’s, Filenes, McCurdy’s, and G. Fox and Company again. Here are the 12 largest enclosed malls in Upstate New York. (We include all regions of Upstate including the upper and lower Hudson Valley. This list does not reflect the large malls of metropolitan New York City or Long Island).
Gallery Credit: Chuck D’Imperio