Once pulsing with neon lights, food-court jingles, and arcade buzz, many American malls now sit deserted, time capsules sealed in the last echoes of the 1980s. Their empty atriums, pastel storefronts, ...

If the returns of Lisa Frank artwork, “Muppet Babies” and Jolt Cola haven’t done enough to bring back your fond memories of growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, get ready for a serious dose of nostalgia.

If you grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, you know the mall food court was the beating heart of many a teenage hangout, family gathering after shopping, movie, or whatever. It was a place to choose from ...

This is an opinion column. Going to the mall at Christmas in the 1980s was magical – the equivalent of lying on the floor beneath the tree flipping through the Sears catalog in the 1970s, only bigger, ...

“Food Court 5000” is a 1980s-inspired mall-walking group that meets weekly at a Portland, Oregon mall. (Courtesy Melissa Dickerson) Krista Catwood hates to exercise. “Some people get an endorphin rush ...