Stumbled into the old Spotsylvania Mall food court... it hit different

Went to check out the dead mall in Fredericksburg last weekend and realized the old Sbarro still had a pizza sign hanging. Something about seeing those faded pepperoni slices just made me think about how we used to plan whole trips around which food court spot had the best orange chicken.

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logan2051mo ago

Wait, you're telling me that Sbarro sign is still dangling up there like some kind of ancient relic... Must be held together by dried grease and nostalgia at this point. Honestly though, that's probably more authentic than half the "artisan" pizza places popping up now charging fifteen bucks for a personal pie. If that sign ever falls down, it better get a Viking funeral in the empty fountain pit, right?

drew6901mo ago

Man that's the whole thing right there. The Sbarro sign is basically a time capsule for when malls were the only place to be on a Saturday. Dried up orange chicken and all, it still hits harder than any new food hall they try to build now.

johnflores1mo ago

You been to the old food court at Pleasant Ridge Mall before they tore it down? That place had a Sbarro that somehow kept the same orange chicken sitting under the heat lamp from 2003 until the day they locked the doors. Im not even joking, I saw a guy scrape the glaze off one piece with his fingernail and it was like scraping amber off a prehistoric mosquito. Does that kind of stubborn survival make it more genuine than some pop-up slider joint with Edison bulbs and a chalkboard menu? In my experience, yes, but your mileage may vary depending on how much nostalgia you can stomach.