You probably have memories of chowing down at a mall food court at some point in your life. But over the years, plenty have quietly disappeared.

By the mid-'80s there were 25,000 shopping malls across ... The hottest spot in middle school and high school was the mall. Food courts became local hotspots. The first mall food court opened ...

Just ask Kenneth Walsh, a former Mesa resident who frequented Fiesta Mall as a teenager in the '80s, both as a patron and an employee of its shops. The two-story mall, which first opened in 1979 ...