Atrium Mall

Super Shopping in Fashionable Chestnut Hill

The compact 4 floors of Atrium Mall pack in more than 35 of Boston's favorite fashion and home furnishing stores. 

Add 3 nice restaurants, and you'll consider this to be destination shopping at its best.

The mall's location on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill, a fashionable section of Newton, puts it just a few miles to the west of Boston.

Inside, you'll find that the mall lives up to its name as light pours in through a central atrium as shoppers visit Gap, J. Crew, Anthropologie, Ann Taylor Loft, and Tiffany. Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, and Restoration Hardware make Atrium Mall a popular destination for anyone focusing on home improvements. 

The "anchor" store in this mall is somewhat unusual - a huge, and hugely popular Borders Bookstore.  Other not-so-obvious magnets for the mall's well-heeled shoppers are several shops and spas focusing on body care, especially Boston's own Grettacole Day Spa.

Another very interesting store in this mall is White House Black Market, which offers chic and trendy clothing in . . . you guessed it . . . only black and white.  How's that as a way to simplify color coordination?

Also part of the interesting mix that you'll find here is Second Time Around.  Ever wonder where designer label clothing goes after closets are cleared to make room for the next season's must-have fashions?  You'll find a lot of them here . . . at very attractive prices. 

Naturally, you'll need some food in order to stagger home under the weight of all of your purchases.  No junky mall food here!  Instead you'll find Boston's perennial pizza favorite, Bertucci's, The Cheesecake Factory, and another interesting, slightly unusual choice for a mall, Le's Vietnamese. 

All in all, Atrium Mall is one of the Boston area's most interesting shopping malls - a carefully edited collection of interest stores and restaurants grouped together in attractive surroundings.

Details and Directions

Location:  300 Boylston Street (Route 9, a few miles west of Boston), Chestnut Hill (Newton), MA
More information:  617-526-1400; www.simon.com (search for "Atrium") 
Parking:  Free indoor garage