Comments on: Harding Mall; Nashville, Tennessee

By: Paul King

Paul King — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:12:57 +0000

@mrs. phillips,

I’m trying to find them again too. The last time i was talking to them, which was the last day of them in the mall I think, they told me they were moving. Unfortunately I was sick that day and did not catch where they were going.

They said next to a Kroger in a new shopping mall, I think… and I thought it was the Kroger on Thomson Place, but that Chinese establishment is not them.

By: j.t.

j.t. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:21:44 +0000

nobody mentions discount records which was port o’ call’s main competitor …..it was on the right hand side when you used the front entrance to the mall……there was a book store right across from it on the other side…….we use to drive out from east nashville just to look around at the two record shops ……this was 1976 – 1980 ….both were really great record shops

By: mrs. phillips

mrs. phillips — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:22:19 +0000

What happen to Wok Inc.? They had the best lo mein!

By: Joseph LaMattina

Joseph LaMattina — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:33:51 +0000

@Renee, It was called Picnic Pizza owned by Sal Oliveri ( Sal’s Nightclub) and Sammy Magaddino. Im 22 years old, I Know this cause these are my uncles. My Dad operates Angelos Picnic Pizza & Italian Resturant in Antioch. It is the same pizza. But hurry,, my dad is dying of cancer he has six moths to live, my brother is taking over the business.
I remember harding mall as a kid- E-Gads baseball cards is where I spent most of my time. Remember the green and red swivil seats from the pizza place? Well they are at SAL’s Pizza on Stewrats Ferry pike. My uncle Sal just sold that place to Russians but its not bad.

Note: Picnic Pizza was before Mr Gatti’s but in the same spot accross from the cookie store.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:06:39 +0000

I never spent much time at this mall except for Mr. Gatti’s pizza buffet. The pizza was decent, and it was the only place I knew of at that time where you could smoke, drink beer and wolf down all-you-can-eat pizza.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:02:30 +0000

I moved to Nashville in 1988 and remember going to Harding Mall and thinking what a vibrant and unique mall it was. I bought a Panasconic tape alarm clock from the Electronics Botique in 1989. The Electronics Botique was located towards the Marshalls. I remember thinking how strange it was that a Marshalls would be in the same mall as a Castner Knott. My family had just relocated from Northern Kentucky where Castner Knott’s sister store, McAlpin’s, was located. Castner Knott was not as upscale as Nashville’s other major department store Dillard’s nor was it as upscale as McAlpin’s was in Kentucky. The Castner Knott in Harding Mall was very outdated and depressing. The Marshall’s was much more exciting and fun to shop in than the Castner Knott. When the mall was remolded in 1991 it had a new addition and expanded the Marshall’s wing to include a large Bookland and DressBarn women’s fashions. The Sam Goody on the other end of the mall near the new Carmike 4 screen movie theater was a very large Sam Goody and seemed almost too upscale for the little mall that could. After the mall was remolded it lost the electic and unique feeling and adopted a generic, cheap feeling. There were also two freestanding restaurants that were built in the mall’s parking lot at this time. Chi Chi’s Mexican Restaurant and IHOP were built in 1991. I was really amazed that Dillard’s kept the former Castner Knott open after the Castner Knott acquistion. Harding Mall was defidently a unique and interesting mall in the late 1980’s.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:28:46 +0000

The grocery store was “A&P” . A restaurant called “Irelands” was also there and they had delicious steak and biscuits!

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:32:26 +0000

Renee, Mr. Gatti’s still exists, but they changed their name to Gatti’s Pizza. My city has one of the 9 “Gattiland” locations in which there’s a large arcade as well.

By: harold mann

harold mann — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:37:25 +0000

Mr. Gatti’s was the pizza store in Harding Mall. It was there for several years and THE spot for lunch. Two large TV’s on premises usually broadcasting sporting events.

This was the restaurant, besides Luby’s, to go to.

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:02:41 +0000

There use to be a pizzeria in harding mall around the early to mid 90s, does anyone remember the name and do they still exist?