Jeff N.
Yelp
Walking into Boynton Beach Mall (BBM) is like walking into a time warp and being sent back to 1989. That's not a good thing.
With all the different places on Congress to do your shopping for all things clothes, jewelry, electronics, and more, let alone online juggernauts like Amazon.com, you would think BBM would try to offer an outlet that provides for all of the above. Unfortunately, it does not.
It doesn't help that the mall has a creepy vibe where you wonder whether you're going to be abducted. It's like the dark side of the movie, Mallrats. The interior is grossly outdated. It feels at times as if you're walking through an abandoned mall where a family of cannibalistic serial killers hides in one of the available retail spaces before you get to Sears, ready to kill and eat you... or the cult that could be lurking behind the coffee house. Granted, I don't feel like I'm going to get mugged, but I also don't feel like this is the place I want to hang out at either. There's something unsettling about this mall where you just want to go for what you came to get and leave. Growing up, when you went to the mall, it was a fun place to go. Not here.
It doesn't help that there are several retail spaces that are currently available with no sign that anything else is moving in. Anytime I've entered the mall through JC Penney's, it's hard not to notice that Dillard's is always closed - at least it seems that way.
While there are a couple of pros to going to BBM - FYE, Spencer's and Tate's to name three (why this doesn't get a one star)... Ok, and Popeyes is also there, this is vastly outnumbered by the cons. Too many open retail spaces, too many stores closing down, outdated interior, weird vibes. Best going up to Palm Beach Lakes Outlets.