Inside a restaurant that’s been vacant for almost two decades, you can now grab pizza and a beer. Downstairs, there’s globally inspired vegan fare, plus fried chicken and crab cakes. Soon, the mall will welcome a new concept from one of the city’s biggest names in food.
Sure, in some ways, Harborplace still looks like the neglected 1980s-era shopping center that it is. Look no further than the former Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., its nautical décor still gathering dust on the wall more than two years after the eatery shut down. Hooters finally closed this year.
The mall’s owner, MCB Real Estate, is still preparing to demolish the pavilions and rebuild the site with a plan that includes high-rise apartments and (possibly) a gondola. Voters will be able to decide whether to greenlight the MCB proposals on the general election ballot in November.
