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10 Portland malls

Back in the 1990s, when today older millennials were in replica louis vuitton middle and high school, malls were a dream. Here was a place where you could eat McDonald sip an Orange Julius, scope cute boys or girls, try on the latest baggy jeans at Gap or, if you had some serious babysitting cash, cropped sweaters at Abercrombie and Fitch.

Even today, with Amazon and Snapchat and Netflix available to meet our consumer, social and entertainment needs, there something alluring about spending a few hours at a mall, wandering, shopping, snacking and judging people. And if you going to go to a mall, which one should you go to?

We have gone to and analyzed all the Portland area malls. Yes, you will note, we did not include Mall 205. Why? Because Mall 205 is basically a Bed Bath and Beyond and magic show and we high quality designer replica handbags wholesale had to draw the line somewhere.

This is what we looking for, in a qualifying mall: The ability to walk around and not just through a parking lot, an array of food choices and places to buy clothes. Because, come on, why go to malls except to try on dresses you never buy.

Biggest asset: Out of a replica louis vuitton bags from china possible 10 points

Worst thing: Subtracts up to 10 points

Overall vibe: Out of 10 points

Store selection: Out of 10 points

Food selection: Out of 10 points

Parking situation: Out of 10 points

is the center of the sprawling stripmall that engulfs many of the main drags of Beaverton. The highlight of this mall is the suburban outpost of Powell Books, which hosts a lot of events and offers a chiller version of downtown City of Books.

Two things beyond Powell keep this center at least marginally alive:

, for all your Lego needs, and a paint your own pottery studio, for people who want to do something creative without Legos.

But mostly, once you leave the bookstore, you will find yourself in the dying husk of a shopping center, full of empty storefronts, with a food court composed of closed stands and a Cold Stone Creamery that serves people who wander in from Century 16 Cedar Hills.

The real draw are the exterior shops like Old Navy, that you can even get to from the inside of the mall.

Ice Rink cheap louis vuitton bags from china uk is a banner that reads: "Lloyd Center of It All." While geographically true ish, shopping wise it is not.

Once upon a time, Lloyd Center had a Nordstrom and a full food court, which even had a Taco Time. Now, fake louis bag Nordstrom is gone, and on every visit it feels like another store is leaving. The food court is half shuttered too, and what fake designer bags remains are off brand food choices like Chicken Connection.

But the building is being remodeled. Recently, the mall best feature, the ice rink, was downsized and a nice spiral staircase was put in. And a new movie Discount Replica Louis Vuitton Bags theater is

opened in 1990, it was shiny mall of the future in the center of Portland. A stream literally ran through the ground floor and into a fountain in the center of the food court.

The mall has seen its replica louis vuitton handbags ups and downs since those glory days. Now, it entering a new era, trying to appeal to millennial yuppies and tourists looking for a Portland experience. Almost half of the Fake Louis Vuitton Replica Bags mall is an

and the food court has been redone to focus on a smaller number of fancier vendors, including dumplings and noodles at Yong Kang Street and Bridge City Cafe.

Bob Dylan and other recognizably cool music plays on the sound system, and anyone looking to drop some serious money will find the opportunity at Kate Spade or Louis Vuitton.

isn quite exactly a mall. It actually called a "power center," which in this case is an elevated strip mall. We included it in this list because while it isn that pleasant to walk from store to store, it possible. And it has plenty of food options, MAX access, and IKEA across the street.

If you looking for discounted name brand clothes in Portland, Cascade Station should probably be your first stop. It has a Nordstrom Rack, a Ross, a Marshall and a Banana Republic factory store, among other things. If you can find a cheap pair of jeans here, you aren looking hard enough.

is about as much of a prototypical mall as you will get in the Portland area. It not fancy, but it easy to get to, via MAX, bus or 82nd Avenue.

Outside, the mall is expanding, with stores and restaurants like REI and Chipotle taking up spots in the parking lot. Inside, the stores are almost all occupied, and even on a weekday morning the mall hums with activity.

Here you can find stores that defined malls in the late and early 2000s. It even has a Lids and a Disney Store.

cheap louis vuitton bags from china Clackamas Town Center has plenty of cheap louis vuitton bags from china places to just sit down and take a break and plug your phone in, which all malls should have.

is a different world. Where most malls merely strive to create an immersive consumer experience, Bridgeport Village succeeds. The cobblestone, open air market feeling pretends to be a shopping district in an ancient European town, except that the stores are Madewell and Apple and Designer Louis Vuitton Replica Handbags the stones are a bit too uniform.