The Shops of Northfield Stapleton

The first time I ever came to shop at Northfield, I was actually in the 5^th grade and just think how exciting it was to see the lights, the sound, the laughter, the music and the people made me us feel. The water fountain by the Harkins theatre was the first check point we ever went to. I remember coming home at midnight and seeing the new pirates of the Caribbean movie at that time. Most of the stores we have now, were none existent back then. But I’ve seen this outside shopping center change over the years for the better. They have created so many memories around my friends, family and I. Every summer we have the carnival festival there as well as events on the streets. The people are so amazing and friendly. It’s better to go to Northfield on a hot summer night where the lights are shimmering and people are out relaxed and looking their very best.

I was always have a great time here. It’s really clean and people are nice. You don’t get all the problems with hundreds of teenagers hanging out like you do at the big indoor malls. Less teeny bopper stores also. Bass Pro shops is worth visiting just for their displays. TIP: The area is huge so know which stores you intend to visit in advance. On main street and at many of the stores you can pick up a map. Dress warm as it is an outdoor layout. Have fun.

It’s okay, but it seems too spread out and random for me. None of the restaurants I’ve tried were that noteworthy either. I would rather drive to Cherry Creek Mall, Park Meadows, or even Castlerock outlets.

Outdoor mall with an array of businesses to browse through. My husband and I came by this shopping center on Monday evening just to browse before heading to the airport to go back home.
This outdoor mall has quite a large amount of real estate with plenty of eateries and shops that include Target, Bass Pro Shop, Bar Louie and Charming Charlie. There are also a few department stores here (Macy’s and JcPenny’s) too.
Although we did not have any trouble with parking, I can see how it can be a challenge if we came during a busy weekend. We parked by the Bass Pro Shop and just took a long walk over to the rest of the shops.
I think this outdoor shopping center overall is just okay, but feel it could be better with an addition of other stores. Perhaps some high end stores to class it up a bit and maybe even another department store.
But in the end, this outdoor mall did it’s job in helping my husband and I pass the time. It was nice to check out some of the shops and walk around.

The Shops at Northfield are a great concept and the current offerings are a good start. However, the outdoor mall has room for improvement. The area could use a higher end grocery store offering such as a Whole Foods Market, Trader Joes, and/​or Sprouts. There is a noticable lack of greenery and bike racks throughout the mall area, which is surprising for Denver. I’d like to see more local businesses and restaurants and less franchises. Although, the area could also benefit from the addition of shopping opportunities such as World Market, Ulta, Express, Michaels, William Sonoma, Sports Authority/​Dicks Sporting Goods, a good delicatessen and bakery, and a decent craft beer bottle shop.

The developer did a terrible job with this shopping center. There is far too much concrete. The entire place feels like one giant parking lot. And, the tenants are just awful. Toby Keith’s bar? From their website, they are just a new-​fangled Hooters. TGIFriday’s. And, too many other crappy chain restaurants to mention. I live only .5 miles from here but I will never walk to any of these shops. Forest City needs to go back to the drawing board and make this a walkable neighborhood area. How about a small Whole Foods like the one on E 11^th on Capitol Hill? That’s right in the middle of all residential space. Why can’t we have small retail spaces like that dispersed throughout the community?

I don’t really understand why outdoor malls got to be the thing here in Colorado, but honestly they aren’t really my thing. I live next to a considerably smaller one then Northfield (Southlands) and honestly I always find it hard to find stuff/​drive around/​figure out the best place to park.
Now at Northfield it is INSANE to drive around (hello, how many roundabouts do we need) and it is really a sprawling outdoor mall. I do like Macy’s and the fancy cupcake shop, the rest is your run of the mill mall. If you live or work over here it is useful, not exactly a destination shopping area, but useful! I must say I usually park at the outer shops (JCP/Macy’s) so I didn’t run into the metered parking, but I find that to be insane! I think the big draw is you either live here/​shop here or you came for the Bass Pro Shop.
If you’re in the area, it really does have a lot of familiar shops if you need something from chain store. It is hard to maneuver and kind of meh, but honestly it works.

Well it seems a bit of a stretch to call this location «the shops» as there really isn’t much shopping to be done here. It’s a pretty small outdoor mall area with mostly restaurants and a movie theater. There is also a giant bass pro shop and a super target. I definitely wouldn’t come here to shop, but I would come here to eat.
It’s also not the prettiest of locations, but what can you do? Tons of truckers and big rigs in the area. It’s not a very crowded center, in my opinion, so it has that going for it. I think they need to open some better retail locations, though.

Its an isolated schiophernic mall. Macy’s and Penny’s Fru fru cupcake store and Toby Keith’s. Metered parking, BOO! Overall this sprawling place has as eerie feel, isolated, oft barren.
The shops come can go as the foot traffic is not yet here to support the mega acre place of chaintopia. And lastly, since its all outdoor, it just frickin’ wind swept cold. If I didn’t work nearby I’d never come here.

This outdoor shopping mall is a bit lame. It doesn’t offer a good shopping experience. There are only a few good stores and is not walking friendly. Stores like Old Navy and JcPenneys are further away from all the other stores and it makes it difficult for people to enjoy the experience when they have to get in their cars to drive to the other stores.
The sad part about this mall is that it’s dead most of the week. There aren’t many people walking around during the weekdays which makes me think they need to add better stores to make it more lively. The only thing keeping this place filled on the weekends is the movie theater and the restaurants. I really hope they develop this mall better within the next year or two because more houses and apartments are being built around the area so the Northfield Shops can definitely flourish as more people live around the area.

On the one hand, it’s a mall, on the other hand, it’s outdoors and has gotten better, adding some food stores in there (Which wich, chick-​fil-​a stand, Burgerworks) that are pretty decent. Great movie theater, and Bass is the balls.
If I were a speculator in shopping malls, I would put some money behind the growth of this one. The central park blvd interchange is done and has increased traffic over there, and Stapleton just keeps growing. The mall will ultimately be surrounded by houses, with the light rail on the other side of I-​70. I don’t know that it will ever get the banana republic and cole haans of cherry creek, but I also don’t know that I care!
Worth a shop.

Though its quite a hike. I love going here because it’s generally not busy… Oh wait thats not good for business but GREAT for finding sales and timely CHristmas shopping!

Northfield is now very convenient to get there with the opening of Central Park Blvd. It has a variety of stores from Macys, Charming Charlies, Hot topic, Aveda salon, to Bass Pro Shop. It has plenty of places to park without having to pay. Unless you want to park right in front then it may cost 50 cents.
Unfortunately they did lose a couple of good stores but hopefully as the economy improves so will the selection.
Very clean and very safe. the surrounding Neighborhoods home values range from 300s to over a million.
Great place to go out to eat and great place to take a date with Comedy club, dancing or dining in addition to shopping.
No other mall offers such variety.

I give this a solid three stars.
The Good:
Bass Pro (nuff said)
Comedy Club
Restaurants
Outdoor Music
Lots of parking (on the periphery)
Free Wi-​Fi
The Bad:
Another artificial mainstreet/​downtown construction (just seems weird)
Not as much variety in shops as one might like
The traffic getting here is a pain
Navigating the area is confusing and convoluted
The Ugly:
Pay parking. .. in a Mall? This really is just gouging. I realize that only the «street adjacent» spots are pay, and that all the outlying lots are free, but really??? Pay parking? If what you want is turnover of the premium spaces, then make them 2 hour spots. As it is now, this is like saying we have a bathroom, but the clean stalls are «pay toilets», so pay up sucker.

This is just another one of those outdoor malls some developer thought would be so much fun to have in Colorado. I know they get great business in the summer and fall months but in case you didn’t notice it is 40 degrees out there and I don’t like being cold. That being said this is your typical outdoor mall. Plenty of restaurants, a movie theatre and some shops. I think they could have more variety in their shops and the parking situation is less than to be desired.
Overall if I were to brave the cool Colorado winter days to shop outside I would go to Southglenn mall or better yet Southlands mall (which has a great selection of shops) or even Belmar which is also great for shopping selection. This is just not where I would go to shop. Maybe to check out Bass Pro or have dinner at Texas De Brazil but not to shop.

I came here yesterday and wasn’t really impressed. There’s the Target Superstore, which is huge, and the Bass Pro Shop, which is also massive, but the rest of the shops are meh. I enjoy the outdoor walking aspect of it, but the shops in general were nothing that I was looking for.
If you’re shopping with/​for a teenage girl, then this mall has the basic shops you find in most other malls, and a few extras. Otherwise there isn’t much here and I think you would be better off at a basic mall.

I shop here often because I live in Stapleton. It is certainly not Ghetto as another reviewer mentions. He must be trippin — LOL.
This place has some great anchor stores, Super Target, Macy’s, JC Penny, and Bass Pro Shops. All the other stores in between are great, sell exactly what you expect with nice restaurants sprinkled in for some fun places to try. Harkins Theaters definitely anchors the back end of the shopping center.
I am a common frequenter of this place and would let everyone know that they should come and try it out as well. :)

If you want to go shopping … go to Cherry Creek. It might be a bit of a drive for folks in the Stapleton neighborhood … but the shopping at Northfield is almost laughable. It is not ghetto and the Target is a nice redeeming quality…
All I can say is … Toby Keith *WOULD* pick Northfield to open a restaurant/​bar in this crazy shopping center… (that’s not really a compliment, BTW… just trying to be sarcastic and passive-​agressive. But in a funny way.)

So. I agree with everyone who said this place is NOT Ghetto. Maybe the person who wrote that never gets out. It is always clean, lit well, music playing, fire pits going at night.
The place could use some new stores geared towards adults. I wish it still had a Borders. That being said, the movie theatre and restaurants are great and getting better with the addition of three new restaurant/​bars.

Who ever said its Ghetto Im going to Disagree. Its Well lit and Clean. Plenty of parking spaces. No Cigarette butts laying around. It is a little hard to navigate even with the maps located on the side walks. Thats why i didnt give it higher stars. But i do like going here for Xmas Shopping cause i can usually get it all done in one night and then stop for a bite to eat before heading home.