Alameda South Shore Center

I really like this place. Mostly because it’s not crowded — at least the times I’ve gone. I love the Charming Charlie store and Ulta. See’s Candies as well :) plenty of dining options. Restaurants as well as more casual places like Panera and Five Guys and Chipotle. I’ll keep coming to this shopping center.

Both my car and truck have been vandalized recently there at South shore!
In the Safeway where is the security? Stay away from the Safeway parking lots!
I wish the Safeway was a WholeFoods instead! I bought some cut fruit in Safeway and It was
disgusting!The employee’s are rude and unpleasant! So was the manager when I complained!
Unreal I will not recommend anyone to shop here, go to Lucky’s or Nob Hill Food!

This is one of my favorite local mini shopping centers to go to. They remodeled and added a lot of new stores here.
PROS:
–Post office, Daiso, Trader Joes, Safeway, Pet Express, BEST Chipolte location, Jamba juice, Ulta beauty store, TJMaxx!!, and Pet Express.
–Plenty of parking and it’s safe.
–Clean
CONS:
–Ross is a dump

There are a few places I used to like going to in this shopping center. Half the storefronts are vacant and it’s impossible to walk around without getting constant facefulls of cigarette smoke. People smoke all over the place and despite the recent city ordinance outlawing smoking in outdoor shopping areas, the security staff routinely ignore the lawbreakers. It’s a very unpleasant place.

South Shore has definitely changed for the better over the years. I can appreciate the (not so new) additions such as TJ Maxx, Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Ross, Kohl’s, Old Navy, Panera Bread, and Chipotle.
I come here all the time because it’s convenient, clean, and most of all it’s a safe place to shop.
Grocery stores are here to suit your needs: both Trader Joes and Safeway are staples. The parking can be a zoo in both lots though, so beware of distracted/​frazzled drivers zooming through the lot.
Banks around the center: Chase, WF, and B of A.
In addition to the restaurants Five Guys, Panera Bread and Chipotle, there’s fast food options such as McDonalds and Burger King.
Minus one star because they took away Borders Bookstore years ago and that was my kick it spot:(
Overall, South Shore is a cute little center with plenty to offer.

Alameda South Shore Center had been a destination for my fam for decades. more so decades ago when kids where growing up and oaktown had no shopping centers, no beach, and no tennis courts.
our usual draw was Mervyn’s, rarely Penny’s, Loard’s, Safeway, and the pizza place (round table?), the early Kai’s, not the later. sometimes Amarin.(thai)
family hasn’t been to Alameda South Shore nor alameda for at least a decade. there are more options now in oaktown and beyond.
it’s encouraging Alameda South Shore is evolving. my fam won’t be going, but i will check it out. (alameda south shore is just duplicating other malls’ successes or hope to)
3.5 stars
travel time stops me from giving a 4, (not so convenient from oaktown).

This place has certainly grew to it’s current beauty within the last 10 years. This place used to be so quiet and run down, but now it is thriving with stores and restaurants. Love it here.

Big Box City, USA.
There are so many stores here. It’s rare to see a shopping center like this in the Bay Area. I can run so many errands at once! Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Ulta, Petco, Walgreens, Carters, Kohls, Daison, TJ Maxx, Ross, Bed Bath & Beyond, Beverly’s (craft store), plus on Saturdays there is Off the Grid until 3 p.m. The Safeway even has a gas station.
They’ve opened some new restaurants, including a barbecue place that is still under construction. There are still a handful of open storefronts, so I think this place could really be great with the right tenants.

I love how everything is so close to my apartment. The only bad thing is that stores closes early like 7pm.

It’s a really nice outdoor shopping center in Alameda. Lots of places to walk around and good mainstream stores and markets available, like Safeway, Kohl’s, Trader Joe’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, and so on. Parking can be a bit tight at times, but this is probably the only major shopping center for the island of Alameda.

This place has really turned around within the last few years. It has several shops, restaurants and novelty shops to support your shopping needs. The major stores that anchor this out door shopping center are Khols, TJ Maxx, Bed Bath and Beyond, Safeway and Trader Joes to name a few. Although not attached to the shopping center, one can easily walk to Ross, Walgreens, Office Max and several banks located across the way. Overall, this shopping center is clean, up kept and family friendly oriented. If you have not been to the Alameda South Shore shopping center, take some time to visit and walk around this attractive out door experience.

They are doing so much better after the last remodel. I don’t really like malls but at least I can bring my dogs…

South Shore is definitely the most convenient shopping plaza in Alameda. Bank of Alameda, BofA, Wells, and Chase all lined up… Safeway and Trader Joes. Walgreens and CVS, and a plethora of shops and food spots. I’d be surprised if you couldn’t find what you were looking for here.

I went here back in December. I hadn’t been here in a while and this place has really bounced back. There’s so much more than there was since I was here last. It has so many great shops and is very busy and lively. Go Alameda!

Love it here, there are tons of stores to shop around and my favorite restaurant around there is Sushi House. I love the community and there is also a Starbucks! There is Off-​the Grid every Saturday from 11am to 3pm. (Not sure if it’s a season thing) But the food is so good! Lots of parking spaces!

It had been years since I’ve stopped in at the Alameda South Shore Center. I would have given the place just 1 star 10 years ago. As mentioned in previous reviews, this place has undergone some major renovations. It has gone from being a dumpy, old, rundown plaza to now being an awesome modern neighborhood shopping mall.
Still find it hard to believe how nice the place is now. We will be coming here much more often now when visiting my sister. Used to be that we only went to Park St. Now we know that Alameda South Shore Center is worth visiting and checking out!
They’ve gone from being a «1 Star» place to now being a «4 Star» destination in my opinion.

South Shore Center has come full circle. Built in the ‘60s, the center was remodeled and renamed Alameda Towne Center. The name never caught on as people still referred to it as South Shore. Now the name has been changed back to what it should be South Shore Center.
During the remodel, some stores left and new ones moved in. The center has its big name retailers, Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Kohl’s, TJ Maxx, Old Navy, Bed Bath and Beyond, Ross, Office Max, Petco, Big 5 and Walgreen’s along with some smaller name stores including Daiso. For restaurants, Chipotle, Applebee’s, Panera Bread, Five Guys, Jamba Juice, Daphne’s, Starbucks and the popular Sushi House.
The Center has plenty of parking, though it can get challenging in the Safeway and Trader Joe’s area, which is the busiest section. On Saturday’s the Center hosts «Off the Grid», which is popular and draws in a lot of business to the Center.
The Center is not quite filled out as there a there are storefronts for more retailers to occupy. Hopefully with the economy picking up, South Center will see more retailers moving in.

Our neighborhood place when we visit Alameda, Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Panera Bread.
We love shopping here, parking is plentiful a neighborhood meeting place. Plus the weather most times allows you to browse without having to drive all over the place.

I love this shopping center. I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. Back when it had a jcpenny. This location has been renovated 2 or 3 times. It looks much more different from its original layout and design. I bought my playstation at KB toys store years before it went out of business. I also remember going to Load’s Ice Cream which still stands at the same location As I remember it.

No longer call Alameda Towne Centre, I am so glad the name of this shopping mall reverted back to its original name, Southshore Shopping Center. I love my Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Beverly’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, See’s Candies, Jamba Juice, etc. How I wish they would put a Barnes & Noble where Borders used to be. Waldenbooks used to be here in this mall, but that was back in the days.
Enough with the shops and businesses of this mall, I am writing this review to express what sheer enjoyment that my husband and I had in the courtyard with John Lee Hooker, Jr., appearing in a free concert from 5 PM to 7:15 PM. Talking about the blues being played, there was the down home blues, the handclappin’ and tappin’ yo feet blues, the get up and get down blues… as in «shake yo money maker»…and it was no wonder I did not hear «why ya wanna sing the blues», but hey, hey it is what it is and it kinda made me thought about the movie, The Blues Brothers… yeah, going «back to sweet home Chicago». I’m not from Chi-​town, but my husband is… southside.
One of the highlights of the free concert was this nice little old lady in red (almost 80 years old) — a sistah at that, comin’ from way back of the courtyard to the front. She got called out by John Jr to come on up and show us what she got. Hey, sistah was just movin’ and groovin’ to the blues, gettin’ on down, bustin’ a move. I have to say she sho’ enough put a whole lotta of young folks like me to shame.
Anyone can guess what the last song was — none other than his dad’s «Boom, boom, boom, boom». It was definitely a nice ending to the concert.
Because this is a concert series on some of the Saturdays, I have my calendar marked for September 1, when Pure Ecstasy will be performing the Motown classics.