Comments on: Watertown Mall; Watertown, Massachusetts

By: Jim P

Jim P — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:49:21 +0000

I remember that Papa’s and Dream Machine so well. I used to go there all the time with my best friend and his dad growing up. It’s a shame to see that it’s been demolivated.

Last time I was there was probably two years ago, right before I moved away to CT. The venerable old papa, barrel-of-pizza in arm, was just waiting to serve me up a 3 cheese pepperoni pizza.

There were rumors floating around several years ago that Dunkin’ Brands (DD, Baskin Robbins and TOGO’s) were looking at partnering/acquiring with papa’s.. guess that never happened.

By: Jillian C. York

Jillian C. York — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:24:36 +0000

Target is now re-connected to the mall – it appears that the entrance just reopened, and although I didn’t check out the mall itself, I could see from the doorway that it was pretty crowded!

By: marco

marco — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:22:31 +0000

Hi Guys, great pics! I went to this mall today and am sad to see that Target is pretty much taking over of what’s left of the interior of the mall with a major renovation/expansion. Papa Ginos is now inside the mall down by Best Buy and about 10 store remain in the interior of the mall. It’s too bad Target is taking over most of it. It’s only a matter of time before the whole thing is Boxed out.

By: Ken Reid

Ken Reid — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:01:18 +0000

Yeah, it’s weird in there now, all the stores on the Target end are closed and Target has closed their “cafe” and put boys clothing in there.

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:17:34 +0000

Target is expanding? Geez, they should have just double decked it.

By: Ken Reid

Ken Reid — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:33:25 +0000

Just got the lowdowon on this mall yesterday. Looks like Target is taking over half the mall space, so Avenue, Marcou Jewlers and Papa Gino’s are all moving over to the Best Buy side of the mall replacing Dream Machine and Stawberries.

Shame to lose the old Papa Gino’s, as it was one of the “classic’ style locations. I’m sure it will be revamped the way the one in the Wouburn Mall has been.

The Watertown Mall location was very similar to the old Assembly Square Mall location.

By: Ken Reid

Ken Reid — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:48:54 +0000

Looks like they are building a movie theatre in the old Dream Machine/Strawberries Space. From the look of the carpet it looks like a “Hollywood Hits” discount second run theatre.

By: Ken Reid

Ken Reid — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:06:16 +0000

There are Dunkin Donuts in many malls in the Greater Boston area, I know that the Meadow Glenn, Liberty Tree, North Shore Mall and South Shore Plaza all have DDs in them.

Many of the new Stop N Shop stores also have a DD in them.

Also, before they got a huge reface in the mid to late 80’s DD’s WERE places where people sat and drank their coffee, they had real coffee mugs and counters, I think they make more money having people get in and get out.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:52:01 +0000

I don’t think a Michigan mall has ever had a DD in it. Baskin- Robbins in malls used to be a dime a dozen however.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:41:17 +0000

In CT, Westfield Trumbull (a.k.a. Trumbull Shopping Park) and Danbury Fair both have DD. The Danbury one I think may be closed now as they re-build that half of the food court. Danbury opened in the mid 90s, but the Trumbull one has been there for ages.