Will wrote:
Aren't there any restaurants out on the edges of Eastridge towards the
runway? Seems like it would be a novel attraction for a restaurant and I'm
surprised no one would pursue that.


Eastridge mall is directly off the approach end of runways 31L/R.
I'm usually looking at the business end of the runway when passing over
Eastridge. :-) The mall is close enough that when the wind blows hard
enough from the northwest you get a bump up when passing over it.
Here's the view on short final for 31R:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KRHV

From memory, the north side of the mall (facing RHV) has one outlying
building, a bank, across the street from RHV. I can't remember any
restaurants on the end of the mall that face toward RHV. Even if there
are any that do, it is far enough away the view would be a couple
hundred yards of parking lot with large trees, a 6 lane road, and a
chain link fence with slats in it, the type you can not see through.

Even if the view was there from the north side of the parking lot
looking down the runway, it is too close to the runway to build anything.