If you grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, you know the mall food court was the beating heart of many a teenage hangout, family gathering after shopping, movie, or whatever. It was a place to choose ...

Ah, the '90s. Everything seemed much simpler then ... Food courts became local hotspots. The first mall food court opened at the Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey in 1974, and the concept soon ...

Like many of the now-defunct mall food court favorites ... went on to change hands several times throughout the 1980s and 90s ...

As a lapsed ‘90s mall rat — a onetime teen who spent many ... Retail cicada shells clinging to the sides of our interstates. Eating in the food court always reminds me of my high school ...

I had to run to the mall on my lunch break today, and because time is also pressing during the workweek, that meant I dined in the food court ... As a lapsed ‘90s mall rat — a onetime teen ...