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Chinook is the largest mall in Calgary, it's hard not to expect noisy crowds of people (some going the wrong way) other bumping into you... but during early morning and the middle of the week the places is virtually a ghost town. By noon that's when the rush comes due to Lunch time and people taking breaks.
For the most part the place is clean, the food court has a fair variety of foods, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Southern hospitality, and your A&W, Subway etc...
What makes the dining experience worth while is the ceiling in the food court, a cleverly designed moving art with various types of aerodynamic contraptions spinning and flying in circles. Occasionally the mall will offer free fashion shows, breast cancer awareness and random new Art Statues that magically appear over night.
The main entrance has an exceptionally welded Metal tyrannosaurus, standing 15 feet tall and starring out to the parkade. Now about the Parkade the key is to remember where you parked because the place has 3 main parkades going through multiple directions. Once your inside your coordination misleads you to believe you know what direction your headed in. Once walked 30 minutes across the mall thinking I was heading SE, to only find it was on the other end.
It can be emotionally draining spending a day walking around, with the overwhelming stores to choose from, the pushy commissioned sales clerks and trying to find your way around the place. The mall just finished a recent expansion and new wing to the mall. My only advice is to go on-line and do research about the mall, figure out what you want, where to go and what store suits your needs. It helps to have a plan when going to Chinook.
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