It's almost here, Thursday Sep 28 is opening day for the mall downtown, the Westfield San Francisco Centre will be "the largest urban shopping center this side of the Mississippi". What's most exciting, besides the stores?

- Bristol Farms, a premium grocery store.. not too cool with the premium part but this will be the closest and hopefully best stop for groceries for me and other SOMA residents (Safeway at 4th and Townsend is not too bad, kinda small)
- Century Theaters will have nine movie screens with (automated) ticket kiosks on each of the mall's five levels, this will also feature the CineArts sister company that carries indie flicks
- Food! Mostly on the Concourse level (fancy for basement), but hopefully adequate lighting and good eating options will make this hotter than your average food court, more on the food section below
- BART/Muni access, directly into the Concourse level (Powell station)

Here's a quick guide to the opening day events, and a walk through the directory (cool stores, for guys)

Stores (full directory bottom)
- Bloomingdale's in SF (previously you'd have to go down to Palo Alto, it's chic but driving is lame)
- Abercrombie & Fitch, J Crew both previously plagued by tiny retail space at the old mall
- Borders Express, a concept on the go news-stand store right next to the BART/Muni entrance
- Adidas
- Club Monaco
- Hugo Boss
- BLU by Antik Denim
- Kenneth Kole
- The Art of Shaving
- Tumi
- MOMA store
- H&M (3rd location)
- Hollister
- Borders (hugeness)
- Solstice, best sunglass store, they let you try stuff right off the racks

Food
- Jamba Juice
- Starbucks
- Beard Papas (2nd location)
- Bistro Burger
- Melt Gelato & Crepe Cafe
- Sorabol Korean BBQ
- Tom's Cookies

Restaurants
- Out The Door, eatery based on The Slanted Door, hopefully without the wait
- 'wichcraft, Tom Colicchio expands his empire to SF, this one has emphasis on gourmet sandwiches
- GoGlobal (not open yet), both 'wichcraft and GoGlobal have prime real estate on street level at Mission (corners of Bloomingdale's)
- Lark Creek Steak, sure the city needs another high end steak house
- Straits, they closed the Geary location, this will hopefully be more Palo Alto (better food) but I can already imagine it will be loungy and modern like Santana Row

Events
Wednesday Sep 27
6pm - pre-opening benefit at Century Theaters, screening animal movies with food by `wichcraft, proceeds go to SF Zoo, more info

Thursday Sep 28
8am - 10am - complimentary 10min massage at Burke Williams (level 5)
9:30am - grand opening at main stage under the dome (level 4)
11am - 10:30pm - Century Theaters screens movies shot in SF
12pm - 5pm - celebrity chef demonstration (Jeremy Bearman, Charles Phan, Grace Marie Johnston, Chris Yeo, Tim Colicchio)

Directory source
abercrombie kids
Adidas
Aldo Accessories
Amoura
Andale
Anne Klein
Art of Shaving
Asqew Grill
Bakers
Banana Republic
Bandolino
Bare Escentuals
Bath & Body Works
BCBG
Beard Papa
Beata
Bebe Sport
Bistro Burger
Bloomingdale's
Blu by Antik Denim
Borders Express
Borders, Books, Music, Movies Café
Bose
Brighton Collectibles
Bristol Farms
Buckhorn Grill
Burke Williams
Century Theatres
Chico's
Clarks
Cocoa Bella Chocolates
Cocola Bakery
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Coriander Thai Kitchen
Derco Jewelers
Discovery Channel
Eddie Bauer
Encanti
Forth & Towne Fraganza
Frederick's of
Hollywood
Furla
Geox
Go Global
H&M
Hand & Mind
Hollister
Hot Topic Rock
Illuminations
J Crew
Jacadi
Jamba Juice
Janie and Jack
John Atencio
Juicy Couture
Karen Millen
Kay Of New York
Kipling
Kozo Arts
Landau
Lark Creek Steak
Lids
LL Brown Jewelers
Lladro
Lucky
Lucky Kids
Lupicia Tea
Mai Do
Marciano
Martin + Osa
Maui Divers
Melt Gelato & Crepe Café
Metropark
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Michal Negrin
MNG by Mango Movado
Mr. Hana
Mrs. Fields
Napolean Perdis
Neda by Bebe
Next Authentic
Odysea Surf Shop
Oilily
Out the Door
Palm
Parasuco
Pasta Moto
Payless Shoe Source
Planet Funk
Reiss
Ruehl
San Francisco Soup Co.
San Francisco State University
Sarit Simayof Sigrid Olson
Solstice
Sorabol
Starbucks
Sterling Works
Stonehouse Olive Oil Co.
Straits
Sunshades
Teaz Me Fusion Café
The Icing
The Sock Spot
The Walking Company
Tommy Bahama
Tom's Cookies
Tourneau
Vans
wichcraft
Zara
Zazil


Update - Whoohoo, here are some hot shots of Bloomingdale's, pre-opening (Wednesday night), source