First Taco Bell leaves, now this …

The “Small Mall That Has It All” is getting the one thing it’s really needed for a while: a fresh coat of paint.

The Austin Biz Journal reports the Dobie Mall is getting $2 million of remodeling – in efforts to attract more tenants than that stinking used-VHS store that’s closed every Sunday that Chronic makes it down to the Dobie Theatre, we wager. It’ll definitely make things more aesthetically pleasing for all the Army recruiting protesters down there, too. Could we get the food court designated historic? It did serve as HQ for all of Jennifer Gale‘s campaigns, after all …

This article appears in June 8 • 2007.

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