Food court at Valley West Mall in Des Moines, IA- 1998

Food court at Valley West Mall in Des Moines, IA- 1998

Posted Aug 27, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

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inner-netteOP•

This photo is from this article: Ungraceful aging: a look at the history of Valley West Mall

A really great photo of the 'new' escalators in 2003 is also included in the article.

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FireLama•

I bet people were mainly ordering the orange chicken

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bocxorocx•

With the rate people order it, you'd think they only had orange chicken and it was sold out half the time. Not like there were many other options at the school food court...

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king_of_retardland•

Very few will recall the horrific events that took place here that summer. Maybe its for the best...

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moomzzz•

Go on…

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playing_the_angel•

This is fascinating

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kidofarcadia•

The biggest stand-alone Panda Express in the world.

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DiscoAutopsy•

r/DeadMalls ? Dying mall?

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inner-netteOP•

for sure, but also, dying sub

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GammaGoose85•

I was just there last week to drop into a US Cellular store. I can tell you the place looks exactly the same just with less food options.

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cringeloll•

I work in the mall and I have had an unhealthy amount of Dairy Queen the past few months cause it’s the only good food option on my break

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