
Washington mall has a variety of shops to from which to visit. Established in 1963 it was the first shopping mall of it's kind in Evansville, IN.
There’s food court, gaming area, and don’t forget the cookies.
Many of the businesses present are medical facilities and if you're looking for a place to walk indoors, you'll find your share of friendly faces walking laps around the facility.
There's a lounge on the front entrance of the mall, nearest Green River Road; KC's Timeout Lounge.
Choose to sit out in the enclosed patio area or inside the bar. The lounge has a nice atmosphere during most hours, and a place to sit and have a bite to eat or a drink while you're waiting.
There are pool tables and lots of television screens in the lounge to enjoy with friends during parties, weekend get away's, bachelor/bride parties or televised sporting events
The food tasted good and the drinks were "just right".
The lounge, outdoor area and restroom is clean and the staff...
Read moreWashington Square Mall is a bloated corpse, a monument to a time when we thought Evansville would only keep growing. The first food court in Indiana, dozens of shop locations. The eighties will last forever.
Now the place is nearly empty, the two or three existing food options using hand-written menus to override the original mission statements. A cookie stand I walked past had a sign up excitedly announcing "We now have sweet tea!"
I counted seven shops in operation that weren't the Sears complex and a hospital outreach location. Everything is either teetering on the edge of going out of business or has enough clout (like Sears and the sleazy nightclub/bar) to survive the mall proper closing down.
It's like a Stephen King novel in there if you show up around 5 p.m., struggling business owners staring whistfully at a wall while closing up shop far earlier than the mall's close time.
In short: a dead mall with nothing of...
Read moreThe highlight of the mall is the Mission resale/thrift store. 5 stars for that place, but the otherwise 3 stars is probably a stretch for this place. (But I’m being kind, and I still have fond memories of it from years of yon.)
Frankly, it’s a very eerie atmosphere throughout the main part of the mall. There were very few people who even passed through while we meandering through the entire open space. It’s rather depressing that this mall is largely unoccupied by businesses open on the weekend. There are a few classic mall-type places that do appear to still be in business, just not open; there are also some medical offices & such.
I remember it being much more lively as a child. My husband even has a funny childhood story about the fountain there, I believe. (The fountain, which was in the middle of the mall, is now inoperable… and looks like a sad, slightly...
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