Annapolis Towne Centre At Parole

Worse customer service I have ever experienced!!! I purchased a jacket on sale. When I unboxed it, there was a pulled thread. Contacted customer service to get it exchanged and they told me to take pictures an attach to email. It took them multiple days to reply just tell me to send it to another company to get it fixed. Completely, ridiculous! Why do they think it’s ok to send damaged merchandise to customers and then have them get it fixed. Nothing said it was damaged, so why are they expecting me to pay for it! I will never buy anything thing from this EMS again!

Bottom Line: If you have patience for the parking and outdoor elements, ATC has some lovely stores and wonderful eateries and restaurants.
If you arrive at ATC and find yourself looking for Woodward and Lothrop then you know you are a long time Annapolitan! But, gone are the days of the tired and defunct Parole Shopping Center. Today the modern and voluminous Annapolis Towne Centre rises were union and confederate prisoners of war once camped in the 1860s (hence the name «parole»). Whether you are thinking about heading to ATC for shopping or dining, here are some tips for your trip:
— This is a beautiful, clean and safe shopping center with lots of great places to spend money. ATC has a little bit of everything — shopping, dining, a gym, apartments and condos. I like the wild sidewalks and I appreciate the effort that they put into the landscaping. Also, they do a nice job with seasonal decorations.
— Shopping options range from high-​endish chains that you often find in strip centers like Anthropologie, Lululemon and Paper Source to grocery shopping at Whole Foods. Also, you will also find some local chains like Eastern Mountain Sports and Smythe. Bling. Bling. If you are shopping for your house, there are so many good options here for furniture like Arhouse and Ethan Allen. Target is the largest store in this center.
— Dining options include fancy sit down places like Chop House and quick-​food restaurants. My personal favorites for a nicer meal are Paladar and Brio. For a quick meal, I really enjoy Zoes and Qdoba.
— As others noted, parking here can be kinda crazy. The intersection outside Whole Foods is one of the nuttiest in the county, I think. There is some street parking and two main parking garages for this center. Because of the layout of the shopping center, you generally need to be in the mood to walk. You can valet your car, but of course that is only beneficial if your destination is close to the valet stand.
— The outdoor nature of this shopping center is that it is hot in the summer and cold and windy in the winter. Did I mention windy? The wind just whips right through the main corridor. If you are element-​adverse, this might not be the place for you in January or July. On the upside, if you are good with chilly temperatures, then visit this place in the dead of winter for better parking!

If I had to pick a shopping center, Annapolis Town Centre would be my #1 choice. There’s a gym, a froyo shop, Whole Foods, Ethan Allen, Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, a myriad of restaurants, and a running store. What’s not to love?!
The uncluttered layout, walkability, and outdoor lawn events in the summer time makes this place better than all the rest… at least in the Greater Annapolis area. They have a calendar full of free concerts from the summer through fall! Yes, they do!
If you are looking for something better than the norm, I highly recommend Annapolis Town Centre!

Has it ALL! Target, Bed, Bath, Beyond on the everyday necessity end of the spectrum, Eastern Mountain Sports and 24 Hour Fitness, and droolworthy must haves all in one convenient locale like Arhaus, Restoration Hardware, Sur La Table at the high end of the spectrum. Fell in love with Bin 201 Wine Sellers. Looking forward to trying the Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar happy hour soon. And forgot to mention Whole Foods.
Walkable to the max. Parking is a bit iffy but it’s ALL there and you can’t go wrong!
Large parking garages. Great selection of stores, restaurants, gym. Coming from somewhere that the best thing I could say about the mall was Costco, I am in heaven.

My favorites in the centre are target, target and just target haha. Hate to say it but it’s about the only store there that I can afford besides bed bath and beyond but target yet again prevails by selling a lot of similar items (unless you’re an anxious bride going to make your wedding registry and add in those super expensive silverware sets) that they sell at bed bath and beyond.
Actually have never gone to any of the restaurants because of their price. They aren’t super out of budget but I could easily go right to whole foods buy similar ingredients and make my own version of their $ 25 entrée. The menchies which is a frozen yogurt place is a great place to try I love being able to serve myself and add in all the toppings they offer.
Parking can be terrible unless your parking in the garage connecting to the 24 hour fitness and bed bath and beyond or targets parking garage. Regardless of where you park if you’re trying to look around be prepared to walk alittle. One good thing though is they do offer valet parking for a good price.

This place is beautiful! Very safe-​feeling, gorgeous landscaping, lots of shops. The only complaint I have is that there’s a bunch of high-​end little speciality places that seem dull and uninteresting. That said, all Towne Centers seem to be that way, so that isn’t a huge knock.

Surprisingly unpleasant town center. Excuse me, I mean «Towne Centre.» And, ironically, the Annapolis Towne Centre isn’t even in the Annapolis city limits. So, shopping there means you’re drawing revenue away from the city. Traffic flow is very poorly designed. No dropoff lanes, so people cause mini-​traffic jams when dropping off or picking up loved ones. Crosswalks are offset to the left and right from stop signs, so a driver can be in mid-​turn before seeing pedestrians. There are many second-​level shops and restaurants, yet there are no skyway crossings, so you constantly go up and down stairs. And, the shops themselves are offputting. A mix of snooty and unnecessary stores, overpriced restaurants, garde-​B fast-​food places, a Target (which for some reason, you must go up two sets of escelators to enter) and a Whole Paycheck (yawn). As a a comparison, the Short Pump Town Center (note the spellings of «Town» and «Center») near Richmond has better parking, is more pedestrian-​friendly and offers less snooty shops. «Annapolis’s» «towne» «centre» is not worth wasting time on if you’re in towne for a shorte visit.

A Unilocal CMYE introduced me to this moderate sized open-​air shopping center and I’ve been back several times since. Remarkably easy to get to (even from Alexandria) and a nice mix of stores and restaurants — meeting every day needs (Target, Bed Bath Beyond) to specialty shops (EMS, Papersource, etc.) and even a few nicer furniture places (Arhaus, Ethan Allen, Restoration Hardware).
VERY convenient to Rt 50. Parking is plentiful (at least in the off-​season — probably packed when the tourists return) with several garages but every time I’ve headed out here I’ve be able to score street parking right near where I’m headed. Since I don’t mind walking from point to point, I find the shops and walkways very convenient for targeted ‘attacks’ as well as just strolling. And I’d rather be sucking in the fresh air when browsing than the recirculated air of the local shopping mall. If you’re planning on buying several items in a particular shop — I’d just plan on parking in the garage nearest it.
I made it out here 3 times in a 2 month period and I have a feeling that’s just going to be scratching the surface moving forward.

Like the Dos Equis guy: «I don’t usually shop malls… but when I do, I shop the mall at Parole.»
It’s true. As far as Town Centers go, Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole is truly the best in all surrounding counties. Really. The layout boasts great restaurants for date night like Paladar, but also quick places to grab a yummy filling bite like Philly Flash and Zoe’s Kitchen. More than food though, the shopping is tops with an Anthropologie there, Lululemon, and Poppy and Stella to name just a few of my favorites. I do wish that there were a movie theater there instead of two in either direction up the road, but that really is the only thing missing. With Whole Foods right there, you could live there and have all your needs met without leaving a two-​block radius. In fact, people DO since there’s residential living right there as well. If I were still single and living on my own, I’d live here for sure! lol!
P. S. Live music performances during the summer on Friday nights is a really, really nice treat. Check it out!

Walking around here is like being trapped in M.C. Escher’s «Relativity» (a.k.a. Crazy Stairs), and the parking garage by Whole Foods makes me all stabby. I don’t know who designed this place, but they somehow made it inhospitable to both cars and pedestrians at the same time. I guess they should be commended for that… and by commended, I mean kicked swiftly in the hindquarters.
Individually, the stores here are actually pretty good. The Bed, Bath & Beyond is easily the best in the area, and the Sur La Table is nice as well. But man, is this place annoying… avoid at peak times whenever possible.

We love strolling the Annapolis Towne Centre — not sure why the fancy spelling but it’s a great place to take the family or just do some shopping. There is a large Target, Menchies Froyo, Cadillac Ranch, Gordon Bierch, Whole Foods, Bed, Bath and Beyond, a Gym, The Paper Source, a salon?, Talbots, Brios, PF Changs, Arhaus, EMS, Brooks Brothers, Ethan Allen, My Eye Doctor, and a few others… Some great places to shop or eat. Parking garges on three sides and lots on the ends. Valet by the restaruants. Just all around great place to stroll or shop. Enjoy!

Whole Foods good for the soul food. heart.
Bin 201 Wine Sellers i don’t need to say more. heart.
Lululemon workout gear that lasts forever. heart.
Sur le Table kitchen heaven. heart heart.
Paper Source original cards, gifts and fun. heart heart.
Target standard store but better than Walmart. heart.
Anthropology wish they had cheaper prices. heart.
Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar great happy hour. heart heart.
Dude. Just like any other busy shopping center, you gotta be strategic about when you go and where you park. It’s not like I live here (oooh sorry for the suckas who bought here and get stressed by the traffic).
I don’t hit all the stores at once. I go on a mission. Get what I need when it’s not crazy busy and get out. Love it here. I try to park along the road by Lululemon on an early weekend morning. Or I park in the Target parking garage and can easily walk straight into the store. winner winner chicken dinner. Or I park in the garage across from Whole Foods when I hit that side of the Towne Centre.
There’s a few more cool stores too but I usually only hit those when I have time to spare… like when I’m waiting for Paladar’s happy hour to start.

Terrible. Hands down the most poorly planned shopping community ever. It’s huge, parking is a total hassel, and despite the side walks and creepy piped in muzak, the Towne Centre is NOT pedestrian friendly.
There are a ton of stores, but they’re very difficult to get to because of the parking structures. There are no throughways, no way to get from A to B unless you want to walk up and down the entire boulevard. Each store is bigger than the next, it’s like a yuppie’s big box store wet dream come true.
But, alas, for us yuppies, there’s no easy way to nip in and nip out. We must fight the traffic to get in, and fight the traffic to get out. When you’re finally in there, the entrance to Whole Foods is confusing, and half of the other parking garage is cordoned off because it was built incorrectly.
This place is a mess and who ever planned it should really take some urban planning classes. The ONLY saving grace of this awful, terrible, no good, Towne Centre, is Anthropologie. However, it’s sucking the life out of local businesses downtown.
Also, don’t get me started on the high-​end Applebee’s this place is peppered with. Overpriced chain restaurant food still tastes like garbage no matter how much it costs.
Finally, Towne Centre? Really? Ye Olde Englishe?

I bought here and HATE IT!!! They are way over priced, condo fees are ridiculous, the traffic is a nightmare, crime is starting to make this a bit on the dodgey side, and I’m stuck; you can’t sell it without loosing your shirt. I just heard they may be raising our condo fees again (special assessment). Look elsewhere, you can do much better.