Todos Santos Plaza — Attraction in Concord

Todos Santos Plaza is one of my favorite parks to visit. There is a nice playground for the kids to play. Since it's downtown one has a very good assortment of restaurants & other businesses to venture around to. It's a great place to walk my dog or just enjoy sitting on the ground in the shade & I have met quite a few others that I have really enjoyed meeting. The park is well maintained & just a really nice all around park to visit. There are a few picnic tables, a couple of benches, brick walls that one can sit on. I love the farmer's market especially since they have a Tuesday morning market & a Thursday evening market. I'm not sure if it's year around or not but I really thought it was wonderful being able to purchase money made up just for the Farmer's Market with one's EBT card from the high school booth & would receive a little extra Farmer's Market cash to spend at most of the vendors. I also really enjoyed the concerts in the park on Thursday evenings, though I do believe the concerts ended for the season last month. It seemed every week I was able to attend there was a really nice turn out, good music, people dancing & just an all around good time. Todos Santos Plaza is just a wonderful place to visit & hopefully be able to spend some time experiencing a bit of...

One of my favorite things about being a Concord resident is our downtown Todos Santos Plaza. We attend all sorts of fun events here, enjoy cold beverages in the summer, and there are lots of great places to eat.

Vinnie's Bar has drinks and dancing and a fun atmostphere. The "Woman of the Year" award is celebrated here annually inside Pacheco Square. Spaghetti Factory (as crazy as this is) is one of my favorite places and I have great memories of picking this spot for my birthday dinner, through childhood (and, I'll admit) also as an adult. The Farmer's Market and concert series brings lots of locals together and promotes healthy living and buying locally grown produce. And most recently, we ran Concord's Stars and Stripes 5k, which started and ended in TSP. After the run, a parade wrapped around 3 sides of the plaza, and families watched the cars and horses go by while sitting together on sidewalks or under the large, shady trees. There is also a park for children to play, and a pretty gazebo on the large grass area.

The no-smoking law is pretty well-enforced. We've seen police patrolling and giving fines for violation of this new law. It's a safe area with free parking in the Salvio Street garage. Lots of fun things to do in and around Todos...

Concord, CA. November Update: While there are more homeless here this year this park is still used for lots of positive change. Pictured: November grocery giveaway by the good folks from Oak Park Christian Center.

September, 2023. I was approached by a man loudly shouting to himself about potatoes, and he shouted, “How are you today Madam? Can you spare a dime? A dinero? A rupee?” There were people all around me but he was acting erratically and came close to my bench. I was relieved he left as I just kept looking at my phone and got ready to confront him if necessary. A police cruiser drove by later.

I mean I’m familiar with the homeless community coming from Hawaii but this local community seems more surly.

The businesses look like they’ve lost business and I saw one man sleeping in a doorway and three others sitting in a coffee shop.

Compared to when I lived here there were far less people...