Clairemont Town Square

CLAIREMONT SQUARE TREES (oxygen and shade) to disappear? Does the city of San Diego know about 8 to 10 perfectly fine trees currently marked with an ‘X’ to obviously be destroyed? These old growth Eucalyptus trees do only good for the parking area in front of the busy shopping area of CVS Pharmacy, Big Lots and other smaller shops. Who could be responsible for any interest in destroying such fine looking, healthy trees. If anyone attempts to contact the management company, you may find it not an easy task. Does anyone who has possibly initiated this insane tree removal have full approval from the city of San Diego to RAPE this parking lot of the current ‘more than eye pleasing’, example of natural shade and the unseen oxygen releasing trees? Whatever the reason for this madness to be started, do the people who regularly visit that mall or the employees who work there CARE? I do! There is no good reason for anyone to cut perfectly good larger trees, or even think about it. I hope someone out there can easily contact someone; from the MAYOR s office or any other office that might have answers as to why these fine trees currently seem doomed :(
Sincerely, Anton Wirkus
Clairemont area resident
If this planned action occurs, I will rate this lower and also choose a more environmentally concerned shopping area to frequent.

Slow service, not friendly staff. We had to wait nearly 40 min. to be served, Food is quite ok. I’m not sure to come back this spot again.

Love this place… After my dentist appointment, im going shopping. You could all u need in this mall! I love this place…

Here is a Shopping Center that Has A Krispy Cream Donuts and also has A TJ Maxx with even a Ross. Also it has a Vons Grocery store and next to Vons is A CVS Also it has lots of other stores but it is located all the way on the end of Clairemont Mesa !!

I used to come here more often when I was in high school. Also because I worked at the Jamba Juice here until I moved off to LA! Feels like decades ago. I also used to go to Western Dental here back when I had braces. It’s a small convenient plaza in the Clairemont area where a lot of older citizens reside and groups of teenagers hangout by the movie theaters. There used to be a lot of young skateboarders but not so much now that the skateboard shoe shop has been replaced with Carter’s Babies and Kids. I remember when Circuit City shut down and is now a Ross today. And CVS used to be Sav-​On. There’s a handful of restaurants and stores I like here such as TJ Maxx, Ross, Big Lots, Pick up Stix, and Krispy Kremes. Parking is never an issue here. It’s a pretty chill place. Hopefully they’ll remodel and bring in more stores and business.
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As an original owner in this suburb, it is indeed difficult not to get nostalgic when discussing the North Clairemont Square (I remember when local TV personality and former Hollywood actor Johnny Downs was here for the Grand Opening, the old .5 & .10, Texas Liquor, and our first, truly fine local «supermarket», DeFalco’s). But for newer generations, it is important to realize that what might seem «confusing» about the layout of the whole mall is caused by the fact that it’s layout is actually three or four successive developments; the (1) original south-​facing cluster of buildings (Michael’s, etc. — the former DeFalco’s), the (2) adjacent area «behind» or directly north of that (now Anna’s, etc. — formerly Builder’s Emporium or Circuit City, and/​or Von’s), then (3) the large area to East (the .99 Cent Store, Chili’s, etc. — formerly the Pacific Clairemont Theatre and Hamburger House) that fills out all the way to where Clairemont Dr. circles around and re-​interects Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Finally, there was the (4) «Renovation» on the West side that included the new Reading movie multiplex, etc. (formerly Tizoc’s Restaurant and/​or the Moonglo bar), the «food court area», and the beloved original fast-​food place (still) there; Jack-​in-​the-​Box. Now, keep in mind that these areas were developed separately, and suddenly the wee bit haphazard layout of the parking lots will suddenly «make sense» (although it won’t be any easier to drive safely through). Otherwise, this whole mall «rocks», from Troy’s to Lightnin’ Jack’s BBQ to J&B’s and every type of store variety (CVS, Subway, etc., etc.) is represented to serve the local community. They do a pretty good job too!
Highly recommended…, and don’t forget to enjoy some memories of the place too.

Just feeling a bit nostalgic and thinking about the square! This place has been here forever, and has changed drastically over the years. Does anyone else remember going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show for the weekend midnight showings when the old theater was still there? That is currently the location of the 99cent store! Things have changed so much, it’s really hard to recall the way it all was when I was a kid. However, I do believe things really are more cleaned up and orderly now. If you’re new to the center, the layout and signs for stores can be a bit confusing, but once you know your way around, it has a lot to offer in variety and convenience, and I like it way better than those indoor malls. There is a theater, a «food court» type area next to that, with several interesting restaurants (along with the ever-​present Starbucks and a cold-​stone-​ice cream shop). Also a Petco, and Vons and some other department stores and misc small stores. There is a Ross that is a recent addition, replacing what was Circut City just a couple years ago… I wonder what this place will be like in another 25 years?