Review of Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio

Great Shopping, Dining, and People Watching: Horrible Parking

On any given day, there is no better way to find free entertainment in Columbus, Ohio than at Easton Town Center. Although it is technically a giant mall, its open layout and town feel makes visitors to Columbus, Ohio's Easton Town Center forget about the many stores and restaurants and focus instead on the hundreds of people milling about and the many fountains and outdoor attractions and scenery. In many ways, when my wife and I took our 6-month old daughter last weekend when the weather was so nice, we felt as though we are at an amusement park rather than a shopping center. For those who have never been, Easton Town Center is a giant mall, but most of the stores are free-standing and are aligned next to one another in quaint village-like buildings. There are wide sidewalks, streetlamps, and the other trappings of a small town and many of the streets are brick, giving the visitor to Easton Town Center the impression he or she is walking through the market district of a modern-day Mayberry. This is actually a very refreshing experience, especially since all the other malls in Columbus, Ohio are the typical kind with escalators and an all-indoor layout. In addition, there are a number of stores and restaurants at Easton Town Center that can't be found elsewhere in the city, let alone at the host of other shopping centers in Columbus.