This beachside extension of U.S. 192 in Indialantic is lined with a collection of ethnic restaurants and specialty shops, including women's and men's clothing, tropical fish, swim and surf apparel, framing and used books. Three large shopping centers vie for cutomers' attention along east Eau Gallie Causeway. Along that street, you'll find Beall's, Upton's department store and Wal-Mart, in addition to a variety of specialty shops and restaurants. This mall on State Road 520 on Merritt Island has about 100 stores. It is anchored by Burdines, Dillard's, Sears and JC Penney.
Specialty stores cover everything from gourmet cooking accessories to CDs.
The food court offers menu items from hot dogs to health food. In the back and behind Merritt Square are Merritt South and Merritt North movie theaters with 12 screens. It's the oldest shopping center on the central mainland, on U.S. 1 in Cocoa, containing about 30 stores, including a Beall's Outlet. Near the southern end of the commercial district is Cottage Row - military houses from the 1940s and '50s that have been converted to quaint shops, salons and restaurants. Anchors in this Titusville mall include Belk Lindsey and JC Penney.