Kennedy Mall — Attraction in Dubuque

Be careful at the Verizon store. Not sure if these particular employees still work there, but my boyfriend and I stopped in one time and one guy showed us phones while the other tried to sneak pictures with his phone over the counter. He must have been taking pictures of my boyfriend because I think he would have seen me staring at him if I was in the shot at all. The guy showing the phones saw him and I stared at him in disbelief. He just kind of looked at me with this "ummm... you didn't see anything..." expression. We left and it took me a couple minutes to realize what had happened before I told my boyfriend. He was somehow completely oblivious to the whole situation. Too intrigued by the new iPhone I guess. We ended up going back and asked to speak to a manager. The phone guy said he was the manager so we asked for a number to call to make a complaint, picture guy practically shaking the whole time. He gave us a card and we left, called the number, turns out it was his card with his number. Couldn't find any sort of customer service number for Verizon that wasn't automated so we just dropped it.

Most of the stores are just clothing and most of the food is pretzels. I can't spend much more than half an hour here without getting bored. Like other reviews have said, needs more doors that you don't have to go through a...

I spent about 5 hours today the mall. I parked in the back of the mall by the JCPenney. I shopped at JCP, BAM and Kitchen Collection. I left the Kitchen Collection at 6:00 and walked down to JCP only to find that I couldn't get out of the building at all. I went back to the center of the mall and asked the security guard if there was any way to get out the back way. He said that I would have to go out the front of the building by Verizon and walk around. So not only were my feet tired from shopping all afternoon, but I had 3 very large bags, one that was really heavy because it had almost $60 in books in it. I spent about $225 today at the Kennedy Mall and was very pleased with my purchases until I had to walk all the way around the building with my very heavy bags to get to my car. I think it is ridiculous that there isn't a back exit once all of the stores are closed. This might be something mall management might want to look in to...

This mall may not be very large, but Dubuque does love it. People mall walk here year-round, and still gather here, while other cities' malls have faded into oblivion. There are three big anchor stores (JC Penneys, Younkers, and Books-A-Million, which replaced Borders a few years ago.) Smaller stores appeal to clothes-conscious teens, sports fans, and cooks. Many of the old mall staples are gone forever (Musicland, anyone?) but many still remain, like the Footlocker. The area around the mall has been built up in recent years, with box stores like Best Buy and restaurants like Texas Roadhouse. The mall theater has become an independent one, and has the best popcorn in town. Despite its diminutive size, you can still come to the mall in the morning and...