Lakehills Plaza — Local services in Austin

I always go here. My favorite shopping center to visit the dollar store. It's always filled with middle aged to elderly ladies who are really nice. There is always parking, and buncha dogs around. I took off one star because Soup or Salad still exists. Heh heh just kidding, I love going in there because it makes me feel like I'm in the 90s again. Nothing about Soup or Salad has changed in 20 years, its eerie. The pet store is lame, asked them if they had frozen mice (snake food) and they looked at me like I was crazy. Ok dude, yall are so cool. Real reason I took off a star is cause there is always transients hanging around, but they dont ask for money, but they let their dirty dogs sit around in the way. Leaving the parking lot I wouldn't use that victory side street, it gets pretty backed up, I exit instead onto ben white and if I'm going east I use the turn around, it's easier than waiting at victory...

I've been shopping here since I was a kid in the 1980s (before the overpass and when Jim's restaurant was in the front parking lot). Panteras pizza used to be where "play it again" sports is now. They bought a "Panteras" full-size hot air balloon to fly around Austin, but it crashed on a light pole at Burger center. Chuck E Cheese started one of their early locations at the end closer to lamar in the 80s, eventually pushing Panteras out. They blasted Barry Manalow in the parking sidewalk in the 90s to keep skaters away. Now those skaters are lawyers and small biz owners that would probably enjoy some Barry...

A convenient little shopping area. I mainly go to the Target, Wheatsville, and dollar store. A word of caution, drive carefully. For some reason people drive kind of erratically here so just be on the lookout for drivers cutting across the parking lots.

The Wheatsville co-op has some unique offerings but it's a bit pricey. Sometimes I go to the Sprouts grocery across the street on South Lamar for the basics, and then get a few specialty items at Wheatsville.

Overall, this plaza is a nice option to get the basics and it doesn't get...