Boulevard Mall

Friday evening after work, after being chained to my desk all damn week, I wanted to get some steps in while the restaurant was still making our dinner.
What a wonderful experience for getting steps in! Going to the gym is super expensive, the gym is littered with other people you have to walk around, some of whom are watching political news and pretending to work our. More than that, the gym smells like sweaty people. Blech!
The boulevard mall is amazing! I can run, skip, or jump through the whole place, and no one is gonna bother me. It's quiet and peaceful, UB polluted with too many stores or a loud food court that people would want to go to. Auntie Annie's smells like a cinnamon/olive oil infuser, which could be worse...!
If you're looking for an indoor place to get your steps in without being disrupted by people or stores or silliness like that, this mall gets 10 stars!

This mall is really going downhill. So many of the stores and restaurants are closed, it's depressing just walking through the mall. They also close at 7 during the week, which included turning off some of the lights in the common area at 6:55 PM - wow. I was surprised that a store I had a coupon for was still in the mall, which was the only reason I went.

The mall was clean though.

I feel bad for the stores that remain, even foot traffic was down.

Understand management notified tenants to be out by January 6th...
Wonder what the new plans are?
It was always a clean mall and beautiful shopping experience

I've been known to watch a lot of abandoned mall videos, and I can definitely say that the Boulevard is on its way. As a kid, I frequented this mall with my family to shop for school clothes, to watch the carousel for all the non-horses as I ate at the food court, and actually waste a few hours. Gone are those days. This mall is dead, slowly decomposing as it loses big name stores, trying to mask the loss with piddly replacement stores. If you want to actually experience a mall, you're better off driving further out to one of its competitors, if you can even call them that. They aren't really in the race anymore.
I came with a pal on a Tuesday afternoon to find half of the stores closed, whether it be for the day or permanently. Some of the old standbys are still hanging on, like Spencers and Hot Topic, though they seem half as cramped as I remember them being. Bath and Body and JCP are still there for the more mainstream crowd, boasting clearance sales that quite frankly aren't worth driving out for. There's new kids in the house, if you want to shell out $4 for a single cookie, or over $20 a piece for a selfie experience. It's kind of sad to see that this place has gone so far down hill over the years, but that's the curse of the age of the internet.

Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The Boulevard Mall is not that bad

It's definitely a shame to see this mall is dying, but with still enough people that come to it to keep it alive hopefully - and there are still enough hidden gems within these walls including food gems. Hopefully we'll keep it open for many years to come.

There's 2 boba shops in here... QTea is definitely the better one. Even though it doesn't exist on Yelp, but trust me, it's here. Part of the excellent Taste Of China, which has excellent Bourbon Chicken and American dishes.

And remember... don't boo the Boulevard.

I must say ,this is my favorite mall to go to.
I've been coming here since before I was born.
(Yup,I was in my mommy's belly)
I used to hang out in the game room on the weekends,
the food court was amazing with many restaurants & a giant carousel.
They had a cotton candy machine in there,it was just the best.
There were no empty store spaces. This mall was hoppin !!!

Years passed & it got boring. They took out all the fun stuff,and the mall started going downhill.
BUT,I still love this mall because of the memories.
It still has some great stores in it & just walking through it ,for me,is nice.

FYE,Spencer's,Hot Topic,Bath & Body Works,JCPenney,TgiFridays, Taste of China, a couple clothing stores,a shoe store,As Seen on TV store, Auntie Anne's Pretzels ,etc.. are still all worth going there for.
Just sitting by the Water Fountain is a nice relaxing thing to do.

Before they close down for good,give this mall a walk through,do some shopping,sit by the fountain & enjoy it while it lasts.

So, I'm giving this place 4 Stars straight up because it suits me SO well.

Why does it suit me so well? Because it's the typical failing Mall. It barely has any stores you really want to go to. It's really clean. And it's very lightly attended... very lightly.

So that means, I don't bump in to anyone, have to talk to anyone... just go in and handle biz and dip out, unscathed.

Thank you failing mall! I'm not being sarcastic at all... like not at all. I love failing malls. I wish they were all this way.

Not much of a mall anymore. Comparing it to the past, it's really gone downhill. But, even in the present, it's just sad. Very few stores and not many are interesting. There's no food court, a decision they made years ago to replace it with a Dick's, so I feel bad for anyone who works there trying to get lunch.

I only come here for JC Penny when I don't feel like going to the Galleria. Even then, the Galleria has a better set up store and more stock.

Another review here mentioned that it's a very 18-27 clothing type of mall. I'd agree. Very young clothes shops and then a few others.

Parking is never an issue, but be prepared to get depressed walking past dark rooms and countless gates. Not that I'm mourning capitalism, but sad about the loss of another social space.

The play area is still a pitiful downgrade from what they used to have, and the absence of a food court is glaring but they have a really nice family area including a couple sitting rooms for nursing mothers.

I haven't seen that in the other local malls so that may increase the appeal of this mall to families with smaller children.

This mall has a lot to offer. Unlike many malls across the country, this mall still has a lot of great stores and restaurants. In addition the mall management hosts a lot of community events and activities.