There’s something almost archaeological about visiting a mall food court in 2024. The orange plastic chairs, the slightly sticky tables, the faint smell of fried rice and cinnamon rolls layered together into something that shouldn’t work but somehow always did — it’s all still there, just quieter now. For a few decades, the food court wasn’t just a place to eat between stores. It was a destination, a social anchor, the gravitational center of A…
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