---
filename: cuesta-food-offcampus.png
title: SLO — Off-Campus Food
cluster: Food — Off-Campus
college: Cuesta College — San Luis Obispo, CA
model: gemini-3-pro-image (Nano Banana Pro)
aspect_ratio: 4:5
resolution_target: 4K
generated_at: 2026-04-28
generated_by: Media skill via Generate.ts CLI
status: v1
---

## Cluster
Food — Off-Campus (Cuesta College — San Luis Obispo, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cuesta-food-offcampus.png` to regenerate)
- Trader Joe's: 3977 S Higuera St, San Luis Obispo
- Whole Foods + Costco co-located at Froom Ranch (1531 + 1540 Froom Ranch Way)
- Vons: 3900 Broad St · Smart & Final: 1321 Johnson Ave
- Costco Gold Star membership: $65/yr (no student discount)
- Paso Robles: TJ's, Albertsons, Grocery Outlet, Food 4 Less, Walmart
- Vons Paso Robles (1191 Creston Rd) is closed — confirm before relying
- Thursday Night Farmers Market: 6–9pm Higuera, 120+ vendors, <$10 farm-to-table
- SLO cost-of-living: 46–71% above US avg (BestPlaces 146.1)
- Groceries index ~6.6% above national average
- Cheap eats: High Street Deli, Taqueria Santa Cruz Express, Old San Luis BBQ

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + Pacific blue #1B5E7A primary accent + muted sandstone #B8975A secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: grocery cart, farmers market produce basket, tomato with bread loaf, California map outline with central coast highlighted
- Forbidden: photorealism, stock photos, neon, holographic, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic

## Prompt sent to Nano Banana Pro

```
EDITORIAL INFOGRAPHIC POSTER, hand-printed magazine spread aesthetic, 4:5 portrait orientation, 4K print quality.

HEADER (top of poster): Bold elegant serif title "SLO — OFF-CAMPUS FOOD". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "CUESTA COLLEGE — SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA" inside a circle filled with Pacific blue (#1B5E7A).

BACKGROUND: Warm cream paper texture #F4ECDC throughout, with subtle hand-printed grain. NO white background.

PALETTE (use ONLY these colors, no others):
- Paper background: #F4ECDC
- Body typography (deep coffee ink): #2A1810
- Primary accent for icons + key numbers: Pacific blue #1B5E7A
- Secondary accent: muted sandstone #B8975A

BODY (vertical editorial layout, generous whitespace, with iconography paired to each data point). Render these EXACT data points verbatim, in this order:

   1. Trader Joe's: 3977 S Higuera St, San Luis Obispo
   2. Whole Foods + Costco co-located at Froom Ranch (1531 + 1540 Froom Ranch Way)
   3. Vons: 3900 Broad St · Smart & Final: 1321 Johnson Ave
   4. Costco Gold Star membership: $65/yr (no student discount)
   5. Paso Robles: TJ's, Albertsons, Grocery Outlet, Food 4 Less, Walmart
   6. Vons Paso Robles (1191 Creston Rd) is closed — confirm before relying
   7. Thursday Night Farmers Market: 6–9pm Higuera, 120+ vendors, <$10 farm-to-table
   8. SLO cost-of-living: 46–71% above US avg (BestPlaces 146.1)
   9. Groceries index ~6.6% above national average
   10. Cheap eats: High Street Deli, Taqueria Santa Cruz Express, Old San Luis BBQ

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #1B5E7A, with smaller ink labels next to them. Use a clean geometric sans-serif for data labels and an elegant serif for the headline.

ICONOGRAPHY (hand-drawn, minimalist line illustrations only — no photographs): grocery cart, farmers market produce basket, tomato with bread loaf, California map outline with central coast highlighted

FOOTER (bottom): A small italic line in muted #2A1810 reads "compiled 2026-04-28".

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT include: photorealistic photography, stock-photo people, neon colors, holographic effects, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic, any colors outside the specified palette, additional logos, watermarks, or text beyond what is specified.

Hand-printed editorial restraint. Strong serif typography. Numbers prominent. Aspect ratio 4:5 portrait. 4K resolution print quality.
```

## Adjustment hints
- **To re-render at higher resolution**: this script already requests 4K; if rendering quality is off, increase resolution by editing the `--size 4K` flag in generate-all.ts to a future tier
- **To adjust color temperature**: change `accent` and `secondary` hex codes in the SPECS entry for cuesta-food-offcampus.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cuesta-food-offcampus.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for cuesta-food-offcampus.png; the prompt rebuilds automatically
- **To shift layout (vertical vs grid)**: append a layout directive after the BODY paragraph in buildPrompt(); re-run
- **To swap iconography**: edit the `iconography` array in SPECS

## Citations
- https://locations.traderjoes.com/ca/san-luis-obispo/41/
- https://locations.traderjoes.com/ca/paso-robles/291/
- https://local.vons.com/ca/san-luis-obispo/3900-broad-st.html
- https://downtownslo.com/do/downtown-slo-thursday-farmers-market
- https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/city/california/san_luis_obispo