You’re likely familiar with the term Food Desert (“any area in the industrialized world where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain”), but what about “restaurant desert” for areas where restaurants are hard to find? One such restaurant desert is the area surrounding Wells Fargo Financial Advisors.

I arrived at 11am on Tuesday March 6th and found three food trucks set up on Pine St between Beaumont St and Leffingwell Ave. Even with three bright trucks the street felt totally lifeless.

As I took the above picture a couple drove up in the red car to get pizza. Unlike the Central Business District, there are no restaurants in this area to complain about competition from the mobile food trucks. Here’s an idea, why not begin to rethink the space surrounding Wells Fargo and create small commercial storefronts serving workers and others in this area, perhaps creating a destination for other to visit?

– Steve Patterson