Dave M.
Yelp
Oh my, where do I begin? Let's start with a history lesson!
So, I grew up somewhere in between 2 malls: Bramalea City Center (though farther away) and Shoppers World. I have very fond memories of SW: Being taken by my parents to Biway (What a suggestive title in hindsight) and Kmart when I was little. In elementary school, getting repeatedly kicked out of Seventh Star Billiards upstairs by scary gamblers for wandering in to play The Simpsons arcade game. Getting stood up for my first online date who I met in a seedy chat room. Rocking every face in Futureworld on Mortal Kombat 3 when I was in Junior High. So many others, but you get the idea. You'd think there'd be some serious nostalgic mojo going on here for me. With that in mind, I ask...WHAT THE FRIG HAPPENED?!
I get it, nothing lasts forever, but with every year that passes, Shoppers World wanders off from everything that made it even remotely cool. Now it's a shadow of the shadow of the shadow of its former self. Here's the rundown.
First, it gets points for the updated food court area, though pickings are slim, and comparisons to Bramalea City Center's vastly superior food court are unavoidable.
There are still a few stores that are worth going into I suppose: Bluenotes, We Got Games, Zellers, Canadian Tire, Foot Locker, La Senza and a few other woman-centric clothing joints, and Cinnabun. Obviously I'm leaving out a few others, but they're nothing that you won't find in any other mall.
The sad part? The good stores mentioned only amount for about a third of the mall. The remainder is occupied by so many drab shops, and a few of them almost look like you've stumbled into the flea market.
OH BUT WAIT, GREAT NEWS! It seems that after years of making rubble on the North end of the property (after the demise of their Bay store), they're finally pulling a BCC and ready to step up their game and open up a...BEER STORE. Stay classy, San Diego!
The cleanliness of the mall has also seemed to take a hit in recent years, and it just looks so ghetto. Between that, all of the seniors stinking up the place with B.O. and hogging all of the places to sit down, young kids starting fights with security, and general annoyance of ignorant shoppers getting in your way, you'll want to steer clear of this place like the plague. At least until they decide to step their game up, and aspire to be something more than a second-rate emergency evacuation center option when the big one drops.