Glendale Galleria
Shopping mall · Glendale Galleria
100 W Broadway Suite 100, Glendale, CA 91210
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Highlights
Trendy shops, restaurants, flagship Apple Store, & food court.
Trendy shops, restaurants, flagship Apple Store, & food court.
"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
"Representatives from Brookfield Properties, which owns the mall, came to Baghdassarian with the idea: to turn the bottom floor of the three-story parking structure into a dining patio. The somewhat open-air dining area opened on Friday, and responses to photos posted to social media were not generous, painting the situation as a virus-induced dystopian nightmare." - Alissa Walker
"Unique times call for unique solutions, as evidenced by the new dining setup at the Glendale Galleria mall. With California governor Gavin Newsom once again shutting down indoor dining and shopping across the state, the longtime retail center has been forced to try to keep some of its restaurants alive by pulling out tables into the multi-level parking garage, reports KTLA. It’s far from an ideal setup, as cars pass in and out for curbside pickup and parking (for what limited indoor shopping is still allowed, including at Target), but for restaurants trying to hold on through these uncertain months, a few tables surrounded by orange cones may be better than nothing at all." - Farley Elliott
