The line outside Joe Brown’s Carmel Corn got long and stayed long.
Soon after the old-fashioned popcorn stall opened at 11 a.m., the queue had grown to at least 100 customers, snaking past vacant storefronts along the Lloyd Center’s busy second floor and remaining that way for the rest of the afternoon.
Not bad for a staple at a mall best known recently for its “ghost mall” status and impending demolition — followed by an improbable rebirth…