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| - I used to describe Tempe Marketplace to tourists as "a large, outdoor mall with a little bit of everything, including over 25 restaurants" (I was trying to sell them on coming here rather than make me drive them all the way to Arizona Mills...that's another story). At first they'd gasp that I'm recommending they walk around outside in between stores! Then somebody would remind them that 10 months out of the year, the weather is great for that. And during those other two months, there are misters aplenty.
To address a previous review regarding needing to drive from one side to another due to how spread out it is: aren't all malls that way? There's the main building, but the stores and restaurants surrounding the mall "campus" (like Target, Red Lobster or Holiday Inn) are outside the radius of the main parking lot. If anything, I think TMP solved that; the outside stores are in a strip forming an L shape around the SW side, and the more mall-esque area is in the middle, away from parking. Other random restaurants are dotted throughout the North end of the mall.
The selection of stores and food is vast. Seafood, sushi, burgers, dessert, steak, Mexican, alcohol, and more. There are big stores like Target, JC Penny and Michaels, lots of smaller boutique clothing stores, and several random shops. The Harkins there is great, and is home to the Cine Capri.
All around, it's a great marketplace for Arizona!
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