Plaza San José is one of the prettier small squares in Old San Juan — a paved triangle in front of the Iglesia de San José, ringed by the Pablo Casals Museum, a bookshop, two small bars, and several galleries. The Ponce de León statue stands in the middle, cast from melted British cannons.
The plaza is liveliest in the evenings, when the bars on its corners — La Factoría among them — spill into the square. Calle San Sebastián runs east off the plaza and into the densest concentration of late-night drinking in the city.