Glendale Galleria
Shopping mall · Glendale Galleria ·
Spacious mall with diverse stores, dining, and festive atmosphere
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Spacious mall with diverse stores, dining, and festive atmosphere
"A place where you can unexpectedly bump into fans of 'Shrinking'." - Michael He
"I note that Andrew Cherng opened the first Panda Express at the Glendale Galleria in 1983." - Cathy Chaplin
"An older, multi-level enclosed mall opened in 1976 and designed under Jon Jerde’s influence from Ray Bradbury’s essay about malls as public 'somewhere to go,' producing an ambience of comforting disorientation or 'aesthetics of lostness.' It features a famously labyrinthine parking garage with free parking, a democratic hodgepodge of anchors (including Macy’s, Target, Bloomingdale’s, and JCPenney), quirky tenants (escape rooms, selfie attractions, even a military recruitment center), and a noisy, vibrant food court — the original site of the first Panda Express (1983) — that functions like a civic plaza where office workers, families, teens, and retirees converge for casual encounters. Its messier, more lowbrow energy is often contrasted with the polished outdoor mall across the street, and the relocation of a destination dumpling restaurant here surprised many locals." - Ryan Bradley
"I learned that Din Tai Fung will relocate across the street to the Glendale Galleria, choosing the move to secure a larger footprint and to take advantage of plans there for a robust new build‑out with lots of outdoor seating." - Farley Elliott
"Once a West Coast retail hub and now Brookfield Properties-owned, the Glendale Galleria has ceded customers to the newer Americana but just scored a big get with Din Tai Fung’s planned move; historically the Galleria was a major retail center that even spawned brands like Massis Kabob and the Panda Express." - Farley Elliott