Going to the food court in 1994
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2022
- Footage from the SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lots of famous stores in this one including Dillard's, Waldenbooks, JCPenney and Footlocker.
At the food court we get to see inside a Chick-fil-A (our second one) and how they make those yummy waffle fries.
This video last around 14 minutes.
#dillards
#waldenbooks
#footlocker
#jcpenney
#chickfila
I miss the mall life of the 90s.
@Mark Meadows So do I ☹
Malls. Blockbusters. Theatres. There's no reason for any of them to even exist anymore. Theatres are still, somehow, holding on but it makes no logical sense anymore. We had a theatre down by the McDonald's. Showed all the new releases, was always packed. But then one day not so long ago they just tore it down and put up an apartment building. I didn't even notice because by then I had high speed internet and didn't need a theatre anymore. I used to go to the mall, now I just ebay everything I want. And I can see out of my window right now a family video that's been closed and abandoned for 2 years now, slowly rotting away because no one wants to invest in my neighborhood. There's also a gas station across the street from it abandoned and for sale and an old building that's been abandoned since the late 80s when it was was a liquor store and there was a mass murder there...... wow, this got dark quick. Sorry.
@@Anarchist86ed That's the crappy world we live in now
@@flutebasket4294 everything is so simple and easy, you get everything right at your fingertips without even having to leave the couch and you'll never have to interact with another human.
@@Anarchist86ed lmao you eBay it. I wonder how much weight you’ve gained since
Sucks that those of us who grew up in the heyday of malls, the 60s-90s, didn’t really appreciate how much simpler life was. It wasn’t perfect, but if I would have known how things were going to be today I would have appreciated it more. Not just the malls but life in general. The 80s and 90s were fun decades to grow up in.
The absolute best of times.
We NEVER appreciate life as it happens 😒
Life is only going to get worse. A hell lot worse.
i def appreciated it. all through the 90s i felt something magical about malls. especially during holidays. i get depressed when i walk into malls now. so many stores closed now. and gettign worse. just dont have the same feeling as it did in the80s and 90s.. id give anything to go back. i feel vaporwave music and culture has boight that feeling back somewhat. i listen to it while walking in old malls i grew up with that are still around here in miami
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I experienced the 80s and 90s, two of the very best decades. I feel blessed and am so thankful.
@@JoeMama-rz7nrThey first expanded across the Southeast in 1984 and went Nationwide on January 20,1986.
ME TOO
@@JoeMama-rz7nr😂its been around since the 1940s
same here born in 86 and grew up to see the mall cukture in late 80s and all the 90s! heaven
People making eye contact, observing, aware…no cell phones….bliss!!! I miss the 90s so much! Great channel
I was a teen when this was filmed, we got by just fine without phones. I’ve noticed a lot of young people get very uncomfortable with direct conversation. Hell, even old people too. People walking on busy city streets with their face buried in their phones. What a strange world we live in now.
People are still aware it’s just that majority aren’t
@@mplslawnguy3389yes! I see people of all ages look and give off nervous energy when talking in public now. It’s like something changed in them.
Its considered abnormal to be aware nowadays, they might think youre up to something but really youre just minding your business. Its very twisted in todays times.. but you cant let that fool you.. be observant be kind and thats it no harm done lol.. younger crowd of today just need to grow a pair.. we're all just wanting to be around and talk whats the harm in that?
A lot of my fondest memories took place at the mall in the 90's. I was a little kid then but I remember spending the day going to the mall with my mom and my grandma. They would take me to the Disney store after we spent the day shopping in Macy's or JCPENNEY and I would pick out a toy and then we would head home and I would pass out in the car. Thanks for these wonderful glimpses of a greater time in life.
Comments like these make me happy 😀
Life can be awful or joyous...sounds like you shared your world with joyous people.
Same. My mom used to drop off me and my brother at the local mall all throughout the 90s. We used to chill at the food court and there was a comic book stand where they sold cigars and soft drinks where's I would always get an arizona tea before heading off to Barnes and Noble to check out some magazines, mostly about military history. Then, when we were done shopping, we'd just walk to my grandparents' house, which was just a few blocks away.
I'll never forget those days.
Uh yeah I was more or less the same only with the Warner Bros. store.
I used to steal at Macy's as a kid. 😂
Little things, but it was still sin. 😮
Vintage 90s Chick-Fil-A action...YES!
We didn't get Chick-Fil-A here in WA state until 2015. 🤦
I thought my eyes were deceiving me 😮
We've had a Chick-Fil-A here in CO since the 80s but there was only one that I knew of, in Cinderella City mall. Now they're everywhere.
I see Peter Griffith in his younger years walking around...
🤣
Now we know who the corn dog pyramids were for.
Idk how or where you got all this footage but, since I found your channel I’ve been using it to help me fall asleep at night. This type of stuff is such a vibe and most of it a blast from the past from my childhood. Thanks for all you upload, my friend.❤
My wife worked at the Chick Fi A in the mall in early 90s and a said that if she closed was able bring sack of those waffle fries and chicken nuggets home for dinner. I worked at sonic in the early 90s and loved messing around making crazy drinks and shakes for myself and friends
I was just born when this footage was taken. The 90s were something special. I'm glad my childhood got to experience this wonderful decade.
Theses time capsule videos are real treasures. I love how they captured our everyday experiences. We had no idea how special the 80’s and 90’s were when we were living through them.
The 90's were the BEST of times!! I was age 11-21 throughout the entire 1990's and lived the best life. Everything was better then. I remember going to the mall on the weekends with my family or friends or being dropped off. Good old days!! I want to go back 😢❤
I know, same here👍🏻✝️
Very good times!!
Yes bro
Yes best days of my life
I was ages 7-18. I had to repeat 12 for some reason. That’s why it’s an 11 year gap instead of 10…
My favorite mall activity in the 90s were the ARCADES, man! They made a trip to the mall feel like you were going to Disney World. The "oohs" & "ahhs" from bodies huddled around cabinets like Mortal Kombat II or Street Fighter; players unleashing combos & Fatalities...the social aspect of it all, I miss 😩
The next favorite mall stop would be those cozy little trinket shops with fall & christmas figurines, model train sets, candles, & other seasonal goodies. Those were a whole vibe & smelled the BEST around the holidays!
Last I checked, I don't even think those type of shoppes exist--or at least not to the degree they did in the 80s & 90s
The Arcade was a magical escape of light, sounds, skill luck and endless hours of fun and the pursuit of the fabled "High Score" on your favorite game.....or any game for that matter
I still remember my local favorites. The one inside the mall was called the Purple Room (yup it was all purple lit). And the big one on the outside of the mall was just called The Game Room. It was HUGE and had roaming workers ready to give you quarters 😂
Breaks my heart how in the near future machines will take over everything . Life was so original back then. Everything feels SO artificial now a days 😔
You'd be lucky nowadays to have an actual human take your order!
Those corn dogs looked Amazing!!!!!
Funny how I am heating up some frozen corn dogs in my air fryer as I’m watching this!
i remember the mall was the only way to get chick fila back in the day
Yes when I saw one outside a mall I was shocked
Gen Z will never understand the old world. I was born in 92 and remember the 90's/early 2000's vividly. The country was united, people were sane. There wasn't all this hatred like today. My sister and I could sit in the car while my mom shopped and nobody would bat an eye. Wish those times would come back 😥
Who would've thought that Chick-Fil-A only served fries back in the day😮
Love it chick -fil- a good food.
Not sure if you're joking. They had sandwiches
😂😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing.
Plus the generous portions...what happened to that
Now they serve trans and lgqtv
Take me back to the 90s! I was a kid but I need a do over , I didn’t know so much would change ☹️
Same.
I graduated in '94, so this brings back a ton of memories for me, spending so many days at the mall!!! Amazing videos, thank you!
I’m class of 94 as well. I can’t believe it’s been nearly 30 years !
0:14 - Back in the late 80's I had a bunch of sweet-ass oversized shirts from J. Riggings to go with my tuck-and-roll pantlegs. That was some sweet-ass New Wave look I had, and all of the girls in their United Colors of Benetton sweaters and outfits from The Limited loved me.
For those who are watching, this was actually Eastland Mall that was located on Central Avenue and Sharon Amity Road in Charlotte I remember it well because Eastland Mall had an ice rink that was on the bottom floor center of the mall. It was a beautiful mall until crime started popping up in the early 2000s forcing many stores to close. Sadly, this mall was demolished in 2010. God, how I miss that place😢
And who would’ve thunk it….putting corn meal on a hotdog? Pure genius. 🤣
Still one of mankinds greatest inventions....
When I found out we were going to the mall or a mall I'd never been to I'd find out if there was an arcade so I could hang out there while my mom shopped. Miss the 90s.
By that, I assume you mean you'd look them up in the yellow pages and call them on the phone 😅
simpler times when people did not live on their phones and actually went outside and did stuff daily!
We are all nostalgic for the 90s but in the 90s all we could do was think about the future and what the world would be like post 2000.
Seeing the flannel hoodies over the t shirts brought back memories. I dressed just like that in 94 and miss that look.
All the delicious food that I can't have anymore. 😢
Ahh man, I want waffle fries so bad now! Lol
This was the Year before I was born. Thanks for capturing of what it was like to go to the Mall in the Mid 1990's!
If you miss this, then go to the mall and interact with people, save the malls from dying
I really hope this channel is backed up on a Google drive somewhere. After losing btma5 Im scarred to loose such great archive footage to bull shit youtube copyright again
Keeping it on the same service (Google Drive) runs the risk that they could shut down the account and the drive too.
Is it just me, or did Fast Food taste SO much better back in the 80’s & 90’s?!?
1994 doesn't seem like that long ago to me, I was in junior high that year but yeah I guess it was lol...
OMG!! This is Eastland Mall in Charlotte NC. Miss this mall so bad, too bad its gone 😢😢 How did you get this footage??
Those days were simpler and more prosperous.
Fun to imagine each person, about 30 years older now.
Edit: just saw that man go up the escalator. He’s prob like 117 now or 119.
Whoaaa I don't remember chick-fil-a being around till the late 2000's
Guesss it depends on where you live. I'm from TX and we has it in the mall. They only had sandwiches and fries back then
I'd been going to the Chick Fil-A at the mall in Fredericksburg, VA since I was little in the early 90's.
I seem to recall recently seeing a thumbnail for a vintage Chick-fil-a from what looked like the 1960s. I sort of assumed it had been around a while in some parts of the country but didn’t get to other parts of the country until much later. I’m from Massachusetts and don’t remember when Chick-fil-a came here but don’t remember it in the mall in the ‘90s. Of course when I went to the mall food court, fried chicken wasn’t my first choice so it could have been there and I was oblivious.
Chick-fil-A started in the 1940s
I had never seen one til like 2007, but it also may not have expanded to my area until then.
Peter Griffin in a Chris Chan shirt. Gotta love it
We’ve got a mall around where I live that’s just about as busy and looks about like this still as it was when I was a kid. Many malls have closed slowly over time but these still exist. Food courts, escalators, Spencer’s, Hot Topic, Zumiez, now there’s a Tesla store inside there, Apple Store as well. Can’t forget Macy’s. The only thing missing is a SEARS store at the far end of any given mall. That’s a relic now. Lol
Those were the best days!!! Chick-fil-A only sold waffle fries at the time? And the Corn Dogs just sat under the heat lamp?! I sure miss the way back when’s!!!
Think the corn dogs were from "Hot dog on a stick" remember them they famous for corn dogs cheese dogs and fresh lemonade
@@almostparadise123
Oh my goodness the cheese dogs......🤗 yummy......
No, they just didn't show them making chicken
Wow didn't even try to salt those waffle fries 🤣🤣
I was thinking the same thing. And doesn't stir them either! 😭
The guy on the camera must really love him some corndogs
And waffle fries. Completely ignored the chicken sandwiches lol.
So weird to remember a time without cell phones.
I got by just fine without them. Had a healthy social life. iPhone came out when I was almost 30, and I wish I had never got one.
I agree
These clips kinda feel aerie like there in good quality and have next to no issues
Feels like someone trapped in the past allowed to post videos on CZcams in the past and show us in modern time
no one walking around in PJ's head to toe tats & piercings purple green hair....
That man hopefully lost some weight and is still alive in 2023 for his sake he looks about 375/ 400 pounds that's a walking heart attack waiting to happen hopefully he turned things around 🙏🏼
he's atleast 60+ years old now
@@ShawnA3104 guess he could have been in his 30s back then but overweight people sometimes look older. I was 19-20 back then and am 48 now and the guy looked like he could have been one of my peers. He could have been anywhere from 22-35.
You say he’s at least 60 and my guess is he’s at most 60
With the ice skating rink on the bottom floor, I'm pretty sure this is Eastland Mall which has since sadly closed and been demolished. South Park Mall is still open but never had an ice skating rink.
1994, age 22. The Food Court at the Moorestown Mall was my favorite. Thus mall had the fountains, trees, comfortable seats, and a few birds flying around eating crumbs on the floor. This one had good food and better atmosphere. Now it hardly has anything (Sbarro Pizza, subway, and Saladworks are long gone).
Good days, Tupac , biggie & Selena we’re still walking this earth during the filming of this video,
I used to work in this mall at the "Jamba Juice". I had the best bowel movement summer of my life in 1989. It was literally mind boggling how consistent I was. I owe it all to the Juice.
Look at the size of those fries, and the generous portion, today you get 6 little fries and small chicken sandwich for $10 + $3 For soda. 🤪
Of course they show a humpty dumpty looking guy going to food court :3 and its very cool seeing footage of Chick Fil A as early as 1994. I know they were around as a franchise since 1986 but I never saw footage of one prior to 1999-2003.
Great video! If you happen to find anything from the old Carolina Circle Mall in Greensboro, North Carolina that would be amazing. It’s not there anymore but when it was there at one point had an ice skating rink inside.
Thank you for these videos! Makes my day
Dang I wish I would have cherish these times more
Love this guy just casually walking by browsing everything great acting skills 😂😂😂😂
In 1994 that I had been in a mall in Gurnee Illinois called Gurnee Mills or even another mall with my sister that was called Lakehurst when I was living in 1994-1997. Only once that I rode my bike towards Gurnee Mills. It was very dangerous for me. I thought it was safer at that time. I remembered seeing a thunderstorm coming when I was riding my bike home. Once I got back inside of my apartment. It was a downpour outside. I had my bike inside the apartment once it stopped raining. My sister wasn’t working and was out of the town. It was early July 1994 when I did it. At that time that I didn’t have a driver’s license or a car to drive. We got the apartment and it was so close to my job in a grocery store near it. I even walked towards my job or rode my bike.
Gurnee mills was huge! I heard Lakehurst was gone. Not sure. Was there 1992-1993 for the Navy. In metro Detroit now. Is Gurnee Mills still around?
@@christinesommerfeld9815 Gurnee Mills is still there. It used to be an outlet mall in the 90's, not sure if it still is.
1994-1997. Now those years were TRULY pure 90s.
Gosh the memories from childhood
I was born in 93 and got to grow up in the days before the malls started dying, this was like a window into the past, thanks for uploading.
Those baggy clothes. Man I remember that era
‘94, Senior year at West Charlotte HS. How time flys. Haven’t been back to Charlotte since ‘96.
Why is everyones temperament so calm. I was born in the 90s and I was hyped lmao
People did seem more chill back then
malls were poppin in the 90’s. Amazingly only a decade later they would start slowly and painfully dying and withering away
I thought we figured out wearing gloves is a good idea when handling food in the 90s...guess not 🫠
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Probably wasnt enforced as much yet
Germs didn't exist back then. It was a better time
MOST people knew to wash their damn hands, before and after handling food.
That concept seemed to escape people until 2020...For some reason,.
@@flutebasket4294 Pfft xD
18 years old in 94. I had just finished high school. I notice nobody craning there necks down to look at there phones.😄
I was 3 in 1994.
@@Lupo32 I was 7😅
@@Lupo32I was 11 going on 12 in ‘94.
Yeah, if they had had smartphones then, they would have been a-cranin' them necks in '94. They weren't special just didn't have the technology. 🤷🏾♀️
Also...I was 11 going on 12 in October '94. 😁
I don't think I've had a corn dog since the 90s and now I'm craving one.
Mmmmf. Waffle Fries and Corndogs. I've never been so pleased.
Back when Chick-fil-a was only a southern mall exclusive.
We had Em here in Houston in 1994. Also, Chick a Fila first went National in Early 1986.
Lies. Had Chik Fil A here in Northeastern Ohio in the Southern Park Mall in the '90s. Probably appeared late 80s or early 90s.
I thought this mall looked familiar! Brings back memories of my high school years!
Can you find Hickory Hollow Mall in Nashville Tennessee??? I actually grew up there in the 80’s😂 Love watching your channel. Thank you 🙏
AWSOME VIDEOS
Nice old memories
Wish you filmed the orange blossom mall in fort pierce. I miss the old days
I bet big boy enjoyed his corn dogs
94, 95 and the first half of 96 are my favorite years on earth so far.
1994 was the year I was born.
Can you upload some footage from 1980's Sunrise Mall in Valleystream,NY?That mall was the place to be back in the day!❤
Those corndogs look amazing.
I bet you're a time traveler? Thank you. If you can go back to Fashion Island Mall Shopping Center on your next visit that would meen the world to me 😆
Hey!!! My neck of the woods...lol ...with the big canopies and spin art shirts ...fun times...all our Kmarts are gone too... fashion island CA right?
@@annapacheco2842 Yup! Had some great memories at that place. The only thing left is the ice ring.
That looks like a really nice mall.
Ah yess, the time where people actually could make eye contact and speak!
Yep. As someone who has always had social anxiety, I never thought I'd be saying I miss that about the 90's but I do. Everyone just seems so distant and cold now. I'm even more anxious when I have to talk to people today than I ever was back then.
@@ville666sora understandable man. You're probably not a conformist either. Free people feel like strangers. As for your social anxiety, I'll give you the advice my first manager gave me 20 years ago. "Put your testicles on the table". Long story short, be stoic, who cares, you're you, they're them, to hell with them.
Big dude in the beginning is chill af 😂
As a millennial I didn't even know they had Chick-fil-a back then. Idk why I thought it was a bit more recent like early 2000's or something.
I wish I was able to experience the 90s. I wasn’t born until 2004 sadly
Eww
I guess everyone is just going to ignore the elephant in the room regarding how much more civilized "we" were then.
Quite nice and fried. I like it.
I never saw or went to chic fil a in the 90s, maybe until 2000s chic fil a popped up in South Jersey
why is these times so much better than today can someone tell me??????????????????
I suppose we had naive hopes for the distant future, that pulled us along in a particular manner.
Those times were much better in a sense that people Feared God more, How? Well The Commandments of God were taken into consideration and people tried to live by them. Let me give you a couple of Examples, You should have no other gods before Me (God) Jesus Christ, another Example, You should not steal, You should not fornicate, You should not commit Adultery, You should not bear false witness, You should not Covet, You shall not kill, Honor thy Mother and father. These are mainly the Commandments, Remember The Pledge of Allegiance, One Nation under God? When America decided to remove God (The Bible) which is The Word of God from the schools, What Happened after the Colombine Shootings, schools are now more than ever targeted, you hear alot more violence now. How about abortions, many young girls getting pregnant and not married killing their babies. How about Marriages? One man, One Woman, but now, man and man, woman and woman, Do you understand how far Society has fallen for their own demise? This is why our Nation America has fallen, and people don't even think about it, they are so deceived by all the lies now. America has fallen because she has said in her heart, There is No God. This is why America is in this situation it is now and as a Nation, I don't think America will rise again as a Great Nation because she has lost her first Love, God.😢 But their is still hope for anybody who Turns back to God, Repents from their wicked ways and seeks God for Salvation. How can you be Saved? The Gospel is (Good News)It's God's Plan to Restore humanity to Himself, So what did he Do to Restore humanity? The Bible says in Romans 3:23, "For All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Remember that I gave some Examples of The Commandments of God? Now in Romans 6:23, it is written, "And the wages of sin is death" What does this mean? It means that in which ever way you committed sin then there is a consequence to pay and that is death. In Romans 5:8, it is written, "But God shows His Love for Us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for Us." And going back to Romans 6:23 it say that, "And the free gift of God is Eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Now How can humanity be Restored? Here it is, It takes Faith and How can you Attain it? Faith comes by hearing and hearing by The Word of God. Last but not least, In Romans 10:9, it is written, If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your hearth that God raised him from the dead, You shall be Saved." And not only that If You Believe what Jesus did for you to pay for your Sins, the moment You believe He (Jesus) will Baptize You with The Holy Spirit and He will be with us to Comfort Us, To Counsel Us, To Guide Us and to Correct Us and he will make Us A New Creation. So what are You waiting for? Don't wait till tomorrow to make that choice because tomorrow is not Promised, You don't know if you will be alive tomorrow. Believe Jesus He is the Key, only He can Restore humanity and the earth. Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life. Believe, Believe, Believe and Convert to Christ but if you decide not to, then there is only left Eternal Torment. God does Not Condemn us but our unbelief will condemn us.
There’s a mall 10 minutes from my house that looks almost exactly like this! (minus the Chick Fil-A) I thought for a minute it was that mall until I saw the description and remembered I’m in Canada so it couldn’t have been lol
What’s the mall called?
You couldn’t film more than a few people today without a threat scuffle or worse, being shot. Filmed big guy and he was fine with it.
I don't think this was SouthPark Mall in Charlotte. It wasn't multilevel like that. Must have been the old Eastland Mall or Carolina Place Mall.
Eastland probably then... I'll look into it...thanks 👍
This was Eastland Mall off Central Ave in Charlotte,NC
Nah, definitely not Carolina Place, that was my favorite 😊
Charlotte Native here- this is Eastland Mall. It closed down around 2009 - 2010. I always loved the three level view, with the Ice Skating ring in the bottom.
@@justincook5622 Same, Eastland was great until it started going downhill. I used to be in awe of the ice skating rink as a kid.
Those corn dogs look huge.😲
Dang. Those corn dogs looked so good.
Which joint were those corn dogs from?? Looks familiar
buddy looking at the watches like people didn't know he was coming to the video court to order off every menu, gaww damn manz was big af.
I thought he was going to eat the watches.
@@mplslawnguy3389😒😐😑
I was 14 back then we use to love to go to the mall to the arcade
All of these old videos none of the fast food workers wore any gloves or hair nets. It was gross then it's even grosser now.
How is it grosser now? Every food service job I've worked in requires handwashing when starting the job, after breaks, and after restroom visits. We also must wear gloves and hairnet/beardnet before stepping into kitchen. My jobs required me to change gloves everytime I walk to another station. It's a lot more sanitary now.
Boy there was a lot of cross contamination going on back then…🤢🤮
Doubt it cuz I think people are more gross now days and dnt give a fu and dnt wash their hands. Pretty sure these ladies did
@@matthewdonohue9667Yes and No. We had “Wash and Sanitize Hands every 10 minutes” policies back then.
4:07 silly question but if I went back in time and told her to add more seasoning, would that bring any changes to the present day?
Back when parents weren't drugging up their kids full of big pharma meds and people had a MUCH calmer demeanor in public. People actually knew how to act civil in normal society.
I was 15 in 1994 and I was on Prozac and Ritalin three years before that at age 12. Big pharma was aggressively pushing and marketing these drugs back then and doctors were handing them out like candy.
No game scalpers, no woke crap, great culture, if only we could go back
I guess you never heard of the L.A. Riots. Your lack of understanding for history is showing.
@@3forte minor, isolated part of the broader context of most people having fun and getting along. One bad event doesnt change the reality.
Actually in 1994, I started taking Zoloft.
He don’t need no corny dog 🤣 but man I miss them days💯☺️🫶🏽