Hawkins Plaza Shopping Center — Local services in Akron

It's a little bit hood over this way, but if that's a deterrent, then stay in Stow where you belong. Sorry, not sorry.

A lot of good food over here. Nicole's is where it's at. Mr.Hero, Churches, Subway, etc.

Got the dollar joint, the liquor joint, the auto parts spot, the beauty supply for the ladies, the record store across the way.

Get you some exercise after smashing on that grub... You know what I'm saying.

If you need it, you can find it on the west side.

DISCLAIMER: Hawkins plaza may or may not come with unintentional or unexpected gunfire. Whether the bullets are blue depends mainly on your skin color (let's be real this is Akron after all) #JusticeForJayland

For the most part, mind your business and...

So this place has improved a ton from the past. Still a little sketchy at night, but it is improving.

I can remember back in the day when there was like a police substation in that little strip mall and it was really needed nowadays it’s not as rough building has a lot of fresh paint seems a lot cleaner.

Make no mistake you don’t wanna be in this area after sundown still today But as I said it’s improving.

I looked at renting a shop in the strip mall but to be honest buildings owner/landlord really hard to deal with and...

I come here to go to Planet Fitness, probably it's main attraction. Easy to access the plaza. It has a Huntington drive up on the side of the plaza as well. Those speed bumps to drive through the lot are excessive and huge. You can drive around them if you're savage enough. Lots of parking overall, and there's cool front row parking (kind of where a fire lane would typically be) if you have the right timing for an open spot. Not the prettiest plaza, lacking agriculture, but it works if you need to...