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Just Food recently renovated its building at 1000 E. 11th St. The food pantry, now 65% larger and more like a grocery store, is pictured on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.
Early Wednesday morning Steven Elliott and several other workers stocked the shelves at Just Food with canned goods, fresh produce, an impressive array of meats and quite a bit of good cheer.
The work was the same as most mornings preparing the pantry at 1000 E. 11th St. for the hundreds of area residents who require food assistance each day. But Wednesday it was taking place in a newly renovated space that looked more like a hip urban grocery store than the utilitarian pantry of old, whose warehouse vibe could never quite defeat the stigma often associated with food banks.