I could take you to Route 66 instead of Highway 61. Some of it’s groovy. And … classic diners!

And while we have no Museum of Broken Relationships, we have El Tiradito (The Castaway), the only religious shrine on the National Register of Historic Places dedicated to a sinner. Much lore is attached to this place in Barrio Viejo. The story I’ve heard most often says that a man went to the parents of his true love to ask for her hand and was sent away, as she was promised to someone else. He killed himself on the spot. Since suicides cannot be buried in Catholic cemeteries, he was planted where he fell and people brought flowers and candles to his grave. But there were so many in the Barrio who felt a kinship with him, more than 150 years later, people still go to the spot and leave mementos and messages for their secret loves and those from whom they are kept apart.

The last time I was there a gay couple arrived to kneel and pray that they could legally be married. How amazing is that? I have never been to this truly unassuming spot that I didn’t see lit candles and floral tributes.

And back to the subject of food … El Minuto, the oldest continually operating Mexican restaurant in Tucson is right next door, adding to the pleasure of going there. I took my cousins this summer and they loved both places. Although, they couldn’t remember the name El Tiradito and kept calling it El Tiramisu.

http://elindenews.com/features/12-features/207-el-tiradito-shrine-an-ode-to-local-hispanic-folklore

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