Outlets at Tuscola

This outlet is not closed. It just has been bought out by another company and renamed Outlets at Tuscola. The new Unilocal page is
. Everything has really remained the same except for the new website.

Landmark review
This was my first time to this outlet mall and we will be back. Although it is a good 20+ miles from Champaign there is quite a few stores to walk into with good deals. Although they do not appear to be as well stocked as the premium outlets up north, but there are deals to be found at the stores. Often times prices are even lower than marked. Ample parking on this Saturday visit and easy to get to off the highway. We look forward to our next visit. I still don’t know if I should pay the 10 dollars for the membership for coupon book
Hidden deals
You get a free coupon book if you are military or college student. Just stop by the service desk

Drove by this mall on may way to Carbondale. When my boyfriend saw they had an underarmour outlet we had to stop. We only went to a few stores but the exterior of the mall was clean and well maintained. The stores had good stuff but were still a little expensive. I’ve found really good bargains at outlet malls before but I feel like this was just more of an outdoor mall.

I broke my favorite pair of boots in Nashville. :(That was the only way I could convince my husband that a stop at the Tuscola Outlet mall on the way home was necessary. I agree with John D, who said it’s 3.75. It’s between a 3 and a 4 for me.
I like that it’s all outdoor and more like a strip mall than an actual mall. It makes it easier to find the stores you want and pull up to them, instead of being forced to walk through the center looking for what you want.
There’s really no excellent deals to be found here or there weren’t at the stores I went to. I could have done better at my local mall with coupons. I went to Famous Footwear (no boots cheaper than $ 70) Bath and Body Works (3 wick candles were $ 11.25. I can get them for $ 11 when they’re on sale and stack it with a coupon) and Rue 21. I ended up finding a pair at Rue 21 and using a coupon I found through the Retail Me Not app. It made my boots $ 30 and my husband didn’t mind handing over his credit card and getting them for me.
If I’m on a road trip headed South again, I’d stop to stretch my legs and shop, but I won’t be making a special trip there.

I was out for a drive and exploring and why not stop and see if I can find a bargain. Located right off I57 about 2.5 hours from Chicago. Standard outlet mall with quite a few stores. But only a few I like. All the stores are in lined up like a strip mall with parking in the middle. They should have had parking around and walking inside but hey it still works. I was able to score a few bargains and enjoy the sunny day. If you around stop in, I prefer Michigan City.

Cool place to go shopping because it has a bunch of different stores. I go here every once in a while if I want something different.

This outlet mall seems a little more mommy-​centric than most (dress barn, playground in the middle, multiple kitchenware stores). There is a Rue 21 and a Claire’s though not many stores were to my taste. For athletic gear this place may be okay as there was a Nike as well as a Reebok but no Under Armour. There are plenty of coupons floating around and I got a 40% off Reebok coupon at a kitchenware store so just keep your eyes peeled at the registers where they keep those things. Overall I can’t see myself coming back here with my girlfriends.

Wifi is marginal inside VF and you must give your email address to use it. Tacky! Otherwise, its a fairly good outlet mall in a god-​foresaken land.

I had about an hour to explore this outlet mall. It seemed a little smaller than some of the other outlet centers, but had a decent selection of stores. An added bonus was that they have a playground in the middle of the center, something I’ve never seen at an outdoor outlet center. I can imagine it’s a good respite for kids from all the shopping to be done here.

love this outlet. great deals!

Husband and I stopped here on our recent road trip back home to Chicago for our baby shower. It was on our way back to Memphis, and I really thought one more box, bag, package, etc would result in it busting at the seems– but when I saw the OshKosh B’Gosh and Coach outlet there was no reasoning with this girl.
I’ve passed this place about a dozen and a half times in our many trips back home the last 2 years since relocating to Memphis and must not have ever been paying any attention. I’m a bit shocked by the low reviews. We made purchases at Coach which saved me a butt load of money (butt load people!!) and OshKosh, which I felt like they were paying me to take the stuff. Coach had three walls of clearance items marked down an additional 50% from the clearance price, and OshKosh had $ 40 pairs of baby overalls for $ 6 bucks! You gotta be kidding me right? We also stopped into the Gymboree store and made some purchases there. All the sales we encountered were well worth the money and the time it took out of our road trip home. Baby clothes are ridiculously expensive (don’t even get me started on these two particular brands of baby clothes) so finding high quality brands like this for $ 4-​$ 10 a pop was insanity.
I also saw some great deals at the Bath and Body World and Tommy Hilfiger Outlet, but knew with our space issues I would be sitting with these packages under my feet in the passenger side of the truck for another 4 hours of driving, so I controlled myself. We made a pact that we will be stopping here from now on whenever we make that trip back to Chicago. We will also respectfully request any visitors from that area stop on their way down to our place for housewarming presents. It’s only common courtesy after all. We found a pair of little boy’s boston terrior rain boots at OshKosh for $ 10 bucks! Who could pass up that kind of deal?!

3.75 stars. Better than you may think. Open air and a decent place to stretch out if you’re driving from northern IL to southern IL. Pretty similar to other outlet malls other than being in the middle of the state (just off of I-​57). This one is not quite as big either, but still decent.
The goods:
— Bath & Body Works Outlet, Corningware Corelle Revere Stores, Harry & David and Bath & Body Works Outlet.
The usual suspects: Gap, Polo/​Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Old Navy, etc.
Coming soon: Christopher & Banks.
So where is Tuscola? It’s south of Champaign, east of Decatur and north of Mattoon (about an hour drive away from each city). Would this be a place where I would go out of my way to go to? For reasons of distance, probably not. If I’m on I-​57 and need a stretch, this is a decent place to go. It’s not nearly as crowded as its northern Illinois counterparts. Fast food is near by as well. Tuscola is a nice, typical small town in middle Illinois. The people are nice. I only wish they had better food closer by.

If I lived in Chicago, I wouldn’t stop by here. If I was driving by, I still wouldn’t stop here. It’s only a good place to go if you can’t stand the mall and you live nearby.
The only good shop worth going is Coach. The deals and selection can be awesome here because it’s in the middle of nowhere. I think all the cheapest and best Coach stuff I have ever bought has been here. Polo always is too expensive and not quite worth the money. Gap and Old Navy are not too good since I am not into those places. I’m also not a Tommy or Nautica fan.
But like I said. if you’re bored you should go.