Botelho Dr, Walnut Creek

Botelho Drive is a very short street. I worked in an office at the corner with Alpine right by the freeway. It was a great place for a office building because it within walking distance of the Broadway Shopping Center. There are some very expensive apartment buildings on the north side of the street right at the corner with Alpine. The rest of the southern part of the street (only about two long blocks long) are made up of strip malls with pretty forgettable restaurants. There is a good pet store and an every changing array of other kinds of stores including one of the many Chinese food stores in the area.

On the north side you find the edge of the many stores that make up the Broadway Plaza Shopping Center. If you can’t find it in this area then its probably not there to be found. Botelho ends at the entrance to the large four story parking structure. Before the Crash this used to be packed from October onward as the shopping frenzy filled everybody’s credit cards to the breaking point year after year. It is much easier finding parking these days.