Photos: As other malls die off, Arcadia center targets Asian shoppers
A man checks out a whole salmon on ice at the EMC Seafood & Raw Bar in the new food court of the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia. The mall has brought in a variety of Asian retailers and restaurants to appeal to the local Asian community as well as tourists.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Westfield Santa Anita shoppers dine in the mall’s new food court in front of The Backhouse on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Mall visitors walk past paper butterflies hanging inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping center in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)The Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia has brought in a variety of Asian retailers and restaurants to appeal to the local Asian community as well as tourists.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Nathan Wong and Michelle Qin, of Temple City, take photos inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Employees make cheesecakes inside Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake, a new offering at the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)An employee prepares a chocolate cheesecake at Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake, a new dining option at the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, has another location in Hawaii.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Dumplings are prepared at the Din Tai Fung restaurant inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Dumplings are steamed inside Din Tai Fung at the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia. Diners to the Asian restaurant often have a long wait.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Beads for sale are displayed at Maido Stationery, one of several new Asian retailers at the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Paper butterflies hang inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Penny Tang, an international student from Hainan, China, browses notebooks at Maido Stationery inside Arcadia’s Westfield Santa Anita mall.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Men’s clothing is displayed at SST&C, which recently opened a new location inside the Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Colorful drawing supplies await shoppers at the Muji retail store in Arcadia’s Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Shoppers browse pens for sale at the Muji retail store inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall on March 24, 2017, in Arcadia.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Westfield Santa Anita shoppers browse home goods at the new Muji retail store inside the Arcadia mall.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)Mall visitors walk beneath paper butterflies hanging inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping center.
(Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)A riot of colorful paper butterflies hang overhead inside the Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall.
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