St. John's Town Center (house, travel, art)

[Since 1972]

Originally Posted by moving123456

Is this maybe a Florida or southern thing. I am originally from Minneapolis area where they are quite common. The Mall of America has 2 huge ones and nothing about them has ever seemed scary to me. Most I have been in have elevators for those that can't handle stairs.

Parking garages in Florida tend to be the cheapest things known to man - bare dirty concrete with ugly sodium or mercury vapor lighting that provides minimal illumination, and ceiling heights that make you want to duck just walking through them. There's nothing more depressing than the stair tower of a typical parking garage.

Maybe if they'd spend a couple more bucks on the garages, we wouldn't feel like we were leaving our cars in the ghetto.

The success of SJTC shows that we want a place to walk, to see, and be seen, that feels like a "real" town (yes, you dodge cars in a real town), not a sterilized hermetically sealed mall, and not downtown lofts where you can't park your own car or go outside at night. That people are willing to drive, endure that mess of a parking lot, and wait an hour at the Cheesecake Factory for overpriced food really says something, I guess.

[MsJax313Atl]

Thanks for the photos! St. Johns is the best thing to happen to Jax shopping!

[gradco2004]

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar:

Under Construction


*Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that they would not be building until 2009?

[travelingfood]

Originally Posted by gradco2004

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar:

uh another one of these Japanese steakhouse. Is this the same one by Avenues mall? There are atleast 3 places called Wasabi [something] And is that land accross from Wendy's cleared for residential housing?

[gradco2004]

Originally Posted by travelingfood

uh another one of these Japanese steakhouse. Is this the same one by Avenues mall? There are atleast 3 places called Wasabi [something] And is that land accross from Wendy's cleared for residential housing?

No. This is a completely different brand.

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar

Definately not one of those in-and-out noodle joints. Think P.F.Changs/Pom's Thai Bistro type thing as far as atmosphere. They have a great menu & resonable prices.

[SmileDoc]

And the one by the Avenues is gone. Bulldozed for "Avenues Walk".

[travelingfood]

Originally Posted by SmileDoc

And the one by the Avenues is gone. Bulldozed for "Avenues Walk".

sorry I didn't mean Mikado, but the one in the Target/CircuitCity/Michaels's plaza., which is also called Wasabi. Then there's one on Atlantic and another in downtown Margaret st, all buffet... thinking they're all related

[travelingfood]

Originally Posted by gradco2004

No. This is a completely different brand.

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar

Definately not one of those in-and-out noodle joints. Think P.F.Changs/Pom's Thai Bistro type thing as far as atmosphere. They have a great menu & resonable prices.

personally, I would love to see a In-and-Out here, and some Asian noodle joints!

[SmileDoc]

Animal style hamburgers mmmmmmmm...... How far east do they even go? I know they will most likely never come here but I do love In-and-out. There is a Wasabi over by Circuit City isnt there, oops. Sorry about that, I was thinkng of Mikado.

[gradco2004]

The only locations that this company has is Knoxville,TN.

Coming Soon:

Jacksonville, FL
Greenville, SC

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar




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