Jácome Plaza — Local services in Tucson

Lovely hotel and grounds. Funny thing though, went to eat at their cute eatery. Went to set my stuff down at a table that would be big enough for the five of us before I went to the counter to order our meals, (there was only one other person sitting in the restaurant), and the kind unfriendly girl told me I couldn't sit down until after I ordered my food. She could clearly see I was heading up to order. So, I had to walk back to the table and pick up my sweater and shopping bag and go back to the counter to order. Because my hands were completely full, she had to deal with me fumbling to get to my wallet. It probably would have been fine except she had an impatient attitude. Not good...

The center of it all. Quiet, calm, a mix of sun and shade, green grass, places to sit. Yes there are homeless people here but they don’t tend to bother anyone and it’s their plaza as much as it is ours. Food trucks on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Views of Tucson’s grand skyscrapers and historic courthouse. A couple restaurants and coffee shops across the street. And the library is right there! I love...

Downtown Tucson as a whole should take a step back and learn from the experience gained here with Jacome Plaza: open public spaces are a benefit to the entire citizenry and a valuable resource to our community. Imagine the amount of pedestrian traffic downtown and how much more there will be in the...