Very few places in the world mix such extreme positive and negative energies together so well as this so-called "Plaza" on a weekend night. Coming here is a siege on the senses - pummeling you with drinking, blasting music from all corners, and bar-hopping at a level where conversation and sobriety are virtually impossible to maintain. It is unlike any single spot in the USA except maybe Bourbon Street, if Bourbon Street was made up of two dozen narrow alley-ways and then turned into a dark labyrinth-like maze made halfway out of barstools, run down kiosks, walls of buildings, and refuse.
It is a chaos-brew of partying and fun - along with the thrill of potential threat and destruction due to the carelessness that simply being here at night as a tourist represents - so extreme and potentially dangerous that even the police wear masks so they can't be identified in case they hassle the "wrong" person,
The buildings that make up this labyrinth of bars and restaurants are mostly two stories, with bars both at ground level and upstairs. There are even a few in basements. Some have huge TV screens paying music videos, some have dancing, some have food, and all have drink specials. And at its busiest times the crowd is so thick that you have to squeeze in-between people just to move down one of the alleys. So watch your pockets. And I would suggest not coming here alone...
But definitely come here - if you like this sort of thing. It is one of the great party spots (for booze and people watching - not for drugs and sex.) This is not the pace to look for bed-mates to pick-up... (although I am sure that is possible), This is the place to get drunk and then go eat street tacos after and then take an Uber home.
But it is FUN. read more