Much has already been said about the downfall of the San Francisco Centre mall, but those of us who remember its most recent incarnation will recall the basement in the east half of the building (the former Emporium) at one time had the most upscale food court in the city.
Westfield, the mall’s operator at the time, was so proud of this that they engraved their logo into every table.
It’s not a Westfield anymore.
The mall’s current operator could have fixed this by selling off the old tables, putting tablecloths over them, grinding out the logo, or… they could put grey masking tape over it.
So they went with the grey masking tape.
To be fair I took a close look at several tables and it and it doesn’t appear to be duct tape. But it’s still so cheap that it seems like the kind of thing Gordon Ramsey would yell at a restaurant owner about on Kitchen Nightmares.
This mall has so much empty space that it needs something to draw people back. Pickleball courts? A museum? A pinball arcade? A Meow Wolf installation? Or remember that Where the Wild Things Are exhibit they used to have next door at the Metreon?
Pretty much anything would be better than nothing.