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Edwardsville - Glen Carbon, IL
Shopping & Dining Arising and increasingly diversified population means that the variety of shopping and dining opportunities in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon is also experiencing a positive trend. This phenomenon is evident everywhere in the area.
And because of progressive economic development strategies, the growth of shopping and dining options has not been relegated solely to new developments and strip malls. Instead, the wealth of opportunities has also been spread to places like downtown Edwardsville and Glen Carbon, found to be alive with a vibrant mix of office space, restaurants and specialty shops.
The growth of Edwardsville and Glen Carbon has certainly improved the shopping landscape. While Cottonwood Mall in Glen Carbon and Montclaire Mall in Edwardsville have long served the area with easy access to chain department stores and specialty shops, the mall corridor along Route 159 has been revitalized by recent events. The area’s population boom aside, the rising popularity of big-box stores — places like Target, Lowe’s and Home Depot — have brought a number of these businesses into the corridor, bringing with them clusters of new restaurants and smaller chain stores.
For those shoppers who have a palate for quirky, off-the-beaten-path specialty shops, Edwardsville and Glen Carbon support a variety of these ventures. From locally owned bookstores and kitchen stores to import shops and music stores, shoppers will be delighted at the number of independent businesses thriving on main streets and side streets alike. Of course, if you can’t find what you’re looking for in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon, then the Metro East and Greater St. Louis areas provide you with an endless list
of possibilities.
As shopping has improved, so have the dining opportunities in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon. In fact, over the past several years, the restaurant business has exploded in the area, and innumerable new eateries have opened their doors to the public. From a myriad of fast-food and sit-down franchise restaurants to an increasing number of locally owned fine dining venues, the residents of these communities no longer need to venture across the river to find the diversity of eateries they have so long desired. From coffee shops, to pubs, to great Italian, to contemporary gourmet cuisine, you are sure to find something to please everyone in the family.
