"It happened on the plaza that never slept - my favorite place in the whole of the city," writes Lupe Perez, to begin her memoir. A mix of historical fact, vintage photos and maps, recipes, music, folklore, and south Texan culture, Lupe's story offers an eyewitness account of life on Military Plaza in San Antonio during the 1880s.
In this novel infused with historical fact, seventeen-year-old Lupe tells the story of her family's chili stand on the plaza in late nintnteenth-century San Antonio, and her exploits building the business and working to save it when merchants are evicted from the plaza.
