I've lived in Whittier for all of my life (except for college but ya know) so I've seen the…read moreWhittwood go from mall to town center. I like the town center much, much better. Not so crowded, more aesthetically pleasing, and just an overall better experience compared to when it was a mall. The shopping here is pretty good. JC Penney, Kohls, and Target always have great deals and are rarely super crowded except for holidays. I don't really like the Sears here-- it's always hot and smells bad in there, finding an associate to help me is near impossible, and customer service is eh. The food selection here is great!! They have all my favorite fast food restaurants and Panera is great. The Pizza Studio place is a personal favorite. However, I just heard that they're putting an Old Navy or Gap in the town center.....eh

It will always be the Whittwood Mall to me. I grew up with this mall, almost literally. It was…read moreconstructed in 1961, but my family moved to Whittier right before I was born, and my late paternal grandmother used to always tell the story of taking me in the stroller near the mall as they enclosed it in 1977 or 1978, and infant/toddler John S. used to imitate the hammering and other construction sounds, and he associated those sounds with being in a stroller with his grandmother. It's still hanging on, somehow. I don't know how much longer JCPenney ("Penney's," as we call it) will last, my mother's best efforts to keep it financially afloat notwithstanding. The Sears will almost surely close within the year, but that's all right, because I still and always will associate that building with The Broadway (RIP). And some of my earliest memories were created at this mall. Because the Penney's and Broadway shoe departments looked similar, I used to think they were the same place when I was four or so. I distinctly remember the shock and then gradual understanding of how two different places could look so similar but actually be different. I also memorized my phone number (my parents still have it, two area-code changes later) while walking from our parked car to Penney's: "2-1-3, 9-4-7 . . . ." I really miss the enclosed mall. Not because it was unique in any particular way, but there were all these small details that only I and a few other people of my generation remember. Like those wooden animals that were a poor substitute for a play structure in the center of the mall, and the huge-huge-huge diameter metal pipe that encircled those animals but that wasn't an actual fence, as children could squeeze under it easily. And the weird lower level of the seating for the pathetic-but-delicious food court. And the arcade! This review is now completely sopped in my memories, so I'll tell you more. There used to be a focus-group company that would try to get people to sign up for surveys while you walked. I went to one with my (older) sister, when she was a teenager and I was maybe 8 or 9. We saw mock-ups of a commercial for milk that eventually became a real live-action-and-animation commercial. That was so cool! And Miller's Outpost (RIP) and Stride Rite (RIP), and the Gap before it turned into a horrible sweatshop company and the actual phone store with all the crazy phone options and Boston Store (RIP) where I got lost for the first and scariest time as a child and Conlon Bros. (RIP) and Sav-on in the mall before it became Osco and then Jewel-Osco and then back to Sav-on before CVS bought it. Sav-on used to have ice cream like Thrifty, and the same oldish woman with the denim smock and longish, graying braids would be working most of the time. And that mysterious but comforting women's store with the fake spooky gas lamps that flickered on either side of the storefront. I also miss Farrell's (RIP) and its arcade where my siblings set high scores on Centipede. And the original theater (RIP) and the replacement theater (RIP), where I got good at the TMNT and The Simpsons video games in 7th and 8th grades. I even miss the tire store and Jewlecor (RIP) and the janky but massive Crown Books (RIP) that replaced the B. Dalton (RIP) on the opposite side of the mall. Another formative memory was walking west in the mall with my mother in the mall building on August 30, 1985. We were right near the wooden animals I described earlier, and some announcement came over the loudspeakers. I couldn't make it out, but suddenly, everyone around us was jumping and cheering and smiling and clapping as if the Rams had just won the Super Bowl. I asked my mom what happened, and she said that they had caught Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who had terrorized Southern California for months and who had also killed the neighbor who shared a backyard fence with my cousins (I didn't know this at the time). I learned how to drive in its massive parking lot, including the ridiculous ramp up to the bank (now Bank of America). There's also a separate ramp down from the bank. The first ramp is hard to get to now that Chick-fil-A and its complicated drive-thru line are right next to it, but try it anyway! Not to mention those weird covered parking spots underneath the bank. (Can you believe the parking lot used to fill up so much that we used to actually need to park that far?) I know I had long eyelashes as a child because the furniture store (kind of like a proto-Pier 1) where Buffalo Wild Wings is now used to have a cashier who always used to tell five-year-old me that I could sweep the floors with my eyelashes. I hate the Target and PetSmart and the huge parking area in front of them, because that was where most of the mall was. It ran east-west from Penney's to Sear, with that slight "L" added later to connect Mervyn's (RIP), now Kohl's. I also miss Dandy Donuts (RIP) and the weird laundromat. Sorry.

Years ago, If I told anyone that I was Korean, most of them wouldn't know what country I was from…read more These days, if I tell them my nationality, I get one of three possible responses. 1. Are you North Korean? 2. Isn't that where Gangnam Style comes from? 3. I love Korean BBQ! SIGH... I've mentioned this before, but Buena Park (and the borders of Fullerton) is now the official new Koreatown of Orange County. Formerly, the title was held by Garden Grove, which still has a solid population, but now it appears as though there are more Koreans here than anywhere else. K-town in LA will always be ground zero, but if we could bring some of the comforts closer South without the traffic and congestion, wouldn't you want to save 45 minutes of driving time? Simply put, we're here to stay folks and we're taking over. The Village Circle on Beach (aka Koreatown Plaza) is now the central hub where people flock to for their spending needs. It's a 74,000 square foot retail shopping center located on the former Big Tee Golf Center, next to the Beach & La Mirada Car Wash. It consists of 7 individual buildings, including patio areas for your dining needs. The main anchor will be the Korean supermarket, H-Mart. Other businesses include: - Daiso Japan - Open Bank - 85C Bakery & Cafe - Dami Sushi & Izakaya - Súp Noodle Bar - Meken - Kang Hodong Baekjeong Korean BBQ - Louis Castel - The Face Shop - Spoonful Yogurt Cafe - Hong Kong Banjum 0410 (Paik's Noodle) Hoping that 2014 will bring you and yours, the very best. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I waited for this place to open for the longest time... Very impressed!! Fish was fresh,…read morepresentation of food was excellent and most of all the wait staff could not have been more charming! One advice for 1st timers... Have their raw oysters during happy hour, only $1.00 each! U won't be disappointed!

From the environs of the corner of Imperial Highway and Beach Boulevard to the environs of the…read morecorner of Imperial Highway and Idaho Street, there are least six (and possibly seven) large strip malls. In today's commercial-real-estate parlance, at least four of those strip malls can be considered power centers. Westridge Plaza lies at the southeast corner of the intersection of Imperial Highway and Beach Boulevard. It's the strip mall in the area that extends the farthest south. It's neither the newest nor the oldest of the strip malls, but it has steadily grown from that random place with a Staples and a Sam's Club to quite the destination for (mostly) big-chain shopping. As its popularity has grown, so has the traffic turning south from Imperial onto Beach and then immediately getting into the first of two left-turn lanes to enter the large parking lot. If you're already headed south on Beach Boulevard, the fastest (though not the most efficient) way to get to Westridge Plaza is to turn left onto Imperial from the second left-turn lane and then immediately right into the easy-to-miss driveway that goes in front of Staples. Do not turn in to the Chevron station. Although it's technically within Westridge Plaza, there is absolutely no access from its apron into the parking lot. As with most strip malls these days, the large anchor stores are farthest from the street, while the smaller stores are located in unconnected buildings dispersed throughout the parking lot. There are quite a few different restaurants. Most of them are chains, but some of them are local small businesses. When you consider all six (or seven) strip malls in the area, there's a surprisingly wide variety of food available even though the vast majority of retail square footage is dedicated to big-box stores. I mainly come here to use Wescom Credit Union's ATMs, but if both of those are occupied (which happens more often than one would think) I can easily use a SchoolsFirst Credit Union ATM in the same building. In fact, that one building also has a (for-profit) bank, so it's ATM central. The driving lanes in the parking lot are needlessly confusing. Because the frontages of the big-box stores run along an angle, they couldn't have maintained a parallel grid for all the parking spots, but their "solution" of aligning each individual building's parking spots with it causes all kinds of problems, as the five or six separate alignments intersect in all kinds of strange configurations, and people drive really fast through the lanes. Especially near the northern end of the parking lot, be very careful that the lane you're using actually allows you easy access to the building you're trying to get to; there are hedges and curbs that makes being physically close to a given building a totally different thing from being "driving close" to that same building. There's enough parking that you'll always find a spot, but it might not be super close to where you're going, especially around the holidays.

The shopping center is great! There are so many big name stores in just one parking lot that you…read moredon't have to drive all over town & can get everything you need in one visit. They have Walmart, Lowe's, Sam's Club, Bed, Bath & Beyond plus dozens of food places to eat and even a Sam's Club gas station. With that being said the parking lot was a nightmare! I was there around 2 o'clock and the parking lot was packed. People are all looking for a (close) parking spot and not really paying attention so it was a bit stressful but once I found a spot I was able to shop in three different stores before having to move my car to another spot. I love the shopping center and will definitely continue shopping there

Market Place Shopping Center, is located on Imperial Hwy, Beach Blvd La Habra. It was rebuild in…read more1991 as outdoor shopping, it boast a large parking lot with 2418 parking spaces to accammodate their customers. The shopping center has multiple anchors stores as well as other retail stores for a great shopping experience. Anchored stores and Restautants Ross Dress for Less, my favorite store for business, work and play clothes and household items. Hobby Lobby Smart & Final Sprouts Farmers Market Ulta Beauty Famous Footwear Carter's Babies & Kids OshKosh B'gos Party City Petco Fashion 123 Wells Fargo Verizon Store Self Care Sally Beauty Supply Sutra Threading Salon European Wax Center Health Lindora clinic GNC America's Best Contacts eyeglasses Modern Dentistry Hear USA Regal Theater Just in case we worked up an appetite there are some awesome places to get some food Red Robin, Ihop, Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Dennis, Pick Up Stix, Chick-fit-A, Poki bomb La Habra, Crumbl Cookies, Wendy'sthet even have a See's Candies Coming up in the works Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Can't believe no one has created a listing for this shopping center. Seems like this whole shopping…read morecenter is relatively new or some major renovations happened here. Everything closes early so if you want to stop at one of the retail stores, better come early. Even the chain places like L & L Hawaiian Barbecue or The Habit Burger place is closed early. Target stays open later or it could be the stragglers that are still shopping when you hear the closing announcement. Applebee's is still going strong until midnight so you can still get your "draank" on while snacks are going on. I don't know about during the day but there is ample parking in the evening. Mainly because everything is closed so you can park under the street lamp further away. No scratches on this ride or yours.

This is a review of the mall, which unfortunately has the name of the La Mirada Theatre for the…read morePerforming Arts (misspelled) in its name, so Yelp will probably end up combining the listings. Please don't, Yelp! Anyway, it's your typical Southern California outdoor mall that would have been an indoor mall if it had been built between 1973 and 1993, except that the setup of the La Mirada Theater Center is just weird. Why weird? Because the rectangular part of it that fronts Rosecrans Avenue feels like every other strip mall. But try going over toward the theater. You would think the theater would be at the natural southern and western end of the property, but south of the theater are five additional buildings, including a huge gym. So while the La Mirada Theatre isn't at the center of the La Mirada Theater Center (that would be Albertsons), it is near the north/south middle of the strangely shaped property. I've been to said theater, to the AMC Theatres on the eastern end, to the CVS, and probably to one or two other stores. For its size (fewer than fifty-five storefronts), it has quite a variety of stores. But unlike the nearby La Habra strip malls near the corner of Beach Boulevard and Imperial Highway, the La Mirada Theater Center doesn't have way more parking than it needs. In fact, it might not have enough parking, especially for performances at the La Mirada Theatre (not to be confused with the AMC Theatres). So pay attention to where you park, and if you can't park right in front of the store you're going to, try going around some of the individual buildings; there might be parking on the other side. Getting out of either the movie theaters or the performing-arts theater late at night, I have never felt unsafe. It's sleepy La Mirada, after all, and the property is pretty well maintained. I don't know whether they have a security patrol at night, but I doubt they need one. I don't have much occasion to come here, but in the age or ordering everything online for home delivery, where else are you going to find a marriage-and-family therapist, an IHOP, a gym, a Chuck E. Cheese, a midwifery, a Taco Bell, and a place to take CPR classes all in one sprawling parking lot?

It's not as big or crowded as its two closest competitor strip malls (Westridge Plaza next door and…read moreLa Habra Marketplace across the street), but it definitely maintains the largely chain-store vibe of this part of La Habra. Of the six or seven large strip malls in the area, this is the one I visit the least often, mainly because most of its chains also have locations much closer to my parents' house. Continental Deli ( https://www.yelp.com/biz/continental-deli-la-habra ) has grown on me since I wrote my review, so I may update that one soon. Why only two stars? Well, as far as chain restaurants go, Palm Court has an Applebee's ( https://www.yelp.com/biz/applebees-grill-bar-la-habra-2 ), while Westridge Plaza has a Chili's. Before 2021, I would have chosen Chili's every single time, but it was pretty close. Based on my experience that year (read my review), I can safely say I'll probably never step foot in an Applebee's again. And the actual restaurant buildings are in close physical proximity to each other, but they're in separate strip malls that don't allow you to drive from one parking lot to the other, so while going from Westridge Plaza to Palm Court is easy enough (just get on Imperial Highway going eastbound and turn right the first chance you get), the reverse is a very complicated, traffic-addled, and road-rage-inducing ordeal. Two La Habra strip-mall reviews written, four (or five) to go!

It is a small shopping center with TJMaxx, Dollar Tree, Styles, the haircutters, subway, etc.read more

Great shopping center as part of downtown Brea. Variety of stores and restaurants, plenty of…read moreparking, very clean area. Fun place to shop, grab coffee or lunch.

A huge shopping center -- from restaurants to acupuncture to home goods to groceries and more. It's…read moreyour one stop shopping spot. Plenty of parking but a 2 hour limit.