The Avenue at White Marsh

Elite '08

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kristine r.

New York, NY

Back during my college days, going to The Avenue at White Marsh was the hotness.  It was the pinnacle of suburban coolness.  You got your shops, you got your restaurants, you got your multiplex, you got your ice creamery.  You got your hotness, that's what you got.

We used to go here all the time to see movies since the theater in Towson was kinda gross and overcrowded.  The Avenue has one of those huge fancy Loews theaters with televisions in the lobby that play movie trailers and music videos, so you can watch some free entertainment before your paid entertainment.  We'd also bide our time in the Barnes & Noble or Old Navy.  If the weather was nice, we'd take a stroll along the quaint little Main Street or just sit outside on the fountain and people-watch.  

And yes, there were always plenty of people to watch.  Mostly teenagers and other college students.  We didn't really want to be associated with the teens since they were loud and obnoxious, but then again, we may have been too (although I sincerely doubt it - we were cool, dammit!)

As shopping centers go, The Avenue is pretty nice.  Not just your typical, boring strip mall but a completely manufactured and highly glossed up version of suburban Americana.  Yeah, that's the hotness right there!

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Tom I.

Parkville, MD

My family loves The Avenue. My kids love throwing all of my coins in the fountain and all of my bills in the guitar player's case.

There's a ton of restaurants with just about any cuisine you can think of. There's cajun, mexican, italian, japanese steak house, good ole american, a microbrew, a barnes and noble, two starbucks, multiplex, and various retail stores. You can really spend a whole day on the one "street". Make sure you stop at the New Balance store for good walking shoes.

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Jessica L.

Baltimore, MD

It has movies, shops and good places to eat!  I wouldn't say all the shops are the best in the world but when the weather is perfect it is a good place to go!

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