Malls find success in adding popular eateries to their menu

Malls are now adding popular restaurant

There are basically three truisms that now affect the construction of malls. People still love to get out of the house. People still love to shop. And people love to eat.

Malls owners are changing their mindset for how they choose tenants and many are now adding high-end or popular restaurants as a way to attract more shoppers.

That's great for towns plagued with vacant space. That's great for malls looking to pull shoppers back from their computers. That's great for the economy as more restaurant workers, retail employees and construction workers get to work, more constructional materials and commercial site furnishings have to be manufactured and more stores get to stay in business.

At one time, malls seemed protective of their food courts and mainly focused on finding big anchor stores such as Sears, Macy's or Dillard's.

Those stores still have pulling power.

But with the popularity of the Food Channel

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