San Francisco Centre Mall Sits Nearly 95 Percent Vacant Ahead of Auction

A Pakistani restaurant relocates, leaving only Panda Express and Shake Shack in the once bustling mall’s food court.
San Francisco Centre Mall Sits Nearly 95 Percent Vacant Ahead of Auction
Pedestrians pass the San Francisco Centre mall on June 14, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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A Pakistani restaurant has become one of the latest to leave the struggling San Francisco Centre mall, where dwindling visitors and major store departures have left the 1.5 million-square-foot mall practically vacant.

Mashaallah Halal Pakistani Food, run by owners Mohammad and Rabia Waqar, shut its doors after three years in the food court, joining Sarku Japan, which departed on Sept. 25, and Charley’s Philly Steaks, which is set to close this week. The moves leave just two restaurants—Panda Express and Shake Shack—in the once bustling mall’s food court.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.