Smithfield Mall

The **Smithfield Mall** is the name of the mall that houses Grumbel's and is the main setting of the comic strip. The mall has been renowned to not close during inclement weather. It's open from 10AM to 8PM Monday through Saturday. It's home to some "mall rats", most of whom go to the local high school.

## Stores

The mall hosts a variety of stores, such as:

* Grumbel's
* A dollar store
* A pharmacy
* Radio Shack
* Dave's Carousing Cantina
* A lingerie store
* A food court
* Barrel O' Boots
* A gift shop
* Payless ShoeSource
* Sharpstone
* The Spoiled Cook
* Information Desk
* Orange Julius
* Christmas Spirit Stall
* Smoothie Hut
* Cinnamon Bun Shack
* Abersnobby and Fitch
	+ Mindy is the manager
* Burger Dude
* Delman's
* Window kiosk
* Coffee shop
* Forever Snooty
* Cafe Sublime
* Krazy Komics

### Closed stores

The following stores are mentioned to have been in the mall before, but closed.

* An arcade
* Kitchen Town
* Chess King
* Lord & Taylor

## Bookers

The mall used to host a "Bookers", a store that hosted a small closing series of strips. The store in the mall closed first, before the rest of the chain crashed.

## Events

* Auditions of "Wheel of Prizes"
* Santa during Christmastime
* Flower Shows

## Trivia

* The pharmacy is a reference to the real-life CVS pharmacy chain and their extremely long receipts.
* Dave's Carousing Cantina is likely a reference to the real-life restaurant "Dave and Busters".

## References

1. ↑ http://retailcomic.com/comics/august-3-2008/
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