McKnight's February 26, 2020
Luckily, food wasn’t the main focus of a business lunch Monday. I lost much of my appetite before I stepped foot in the restaurant.
The gathering took place at a respected dining establishment in a nearby mall — the old-fashioned kind with huge parking lots surrounding it and department stores as anchors.
Except in this case, one entire wing — formerly a Macy’s store, I believe — was in the process of being demolished. It was the first time I had ever seen open parking spaces at this mall, and there were plenty. The huge store was gone, like an amputated limb, while the rest of the retailers and restaurants seemed to anxiously ponder their fates on the other side...