El Oso - Lake Forest Park

What a great location. Save independent books with an amazing selection of all books, but especially for children. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable.

Good little mall, lots of cool shops. Nothing too overwhelming about it, it's a pretty standard shopping center. Love the third place books there though! And the bakery inside the third place also works great!!

There are several places for lunch and a huge room filled with tables. This is a popular place for small meetings with friends. When I met ten people at 11 a.m., we were so far apart around the table that it was hard to hear each other because of the overall dunes in the big room. It is probably better with a small table where you can approach. Third Place Books, my favorite bookshop, is next to the food court. And the chocolate man sells excellent chocolate pills for you to take home and make your own sweets, as well as finished chocolate truffles and other wonderful treats. We buy dark chocolate pastilles, and they have one and two pounds of bags of maybe a dozen or more species.

This little bookshop is right about the setup. There is a coffee shop, a noodle restaurant, a gyro restaurant, in a small strip marble outside full of shops as well. They have free Wi-Fi and good facilities to come and a nice place to relax for the afternoon. Definitely advised for a simple place to meet someone for a meeting.

Lots of fun little mom pop shops to be found in this quaint town center bookstore, art gallery, thrift shop, chocolate shop, bakery, froyo, tap room, plus an assortment of restaurants. Farmers Market runs here all summer!