Fig's by Todd English, in The Gardens Mall, offers creative dishes such as this prosciutto and fig pizza. (Photo: Chris Salata)

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from previous holiday seasons, it’s this: Shopping makes us hungry.

So, if you’re headed to the malls this weekend — and who isn’t? — here’s a little cheat sheet on where to eat. We’ve incorporated some of our favorite places based on past visits to these restaurants (in the case of chains, the visits might have been to other locations).

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THE GAME PLAN: For Debbie Donnelly-McLay (left) and Marcia Pinto, the day’s plan is created based on the importance of items, when stores open and the location of each store. In the Boynton Beach Mall, they split up so they can get more things. (BRUCE R BENNETT/Staff Photgrapher)

Study up, grab a partner and make sure you have some caffeine

When she was 15 years old, Debbie Donnelly-McLay spent a year in Brazil, learning about the culture as part of an exchange program through her local Rotary club.

Seven years ago, when her Brazilian host mother, Marcia Pinto, came to visit her in the United States, Donnelly-McLay decided to return the favor by giving her “adopted mother” an all-American cultural experience: Black Friday shopping.
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