Remember the Campaign slogan "It's the Economy, stupid!" ? Well, in the case of the new Tempe Public Market Cafe, "It's the Patio, stupid!"...... whoever designed and decorated the Patio here was a genius. It's gorgeous. Name me another restaurant in the 85284 zip code where you can sit outside and watch the setting sun during our amazing early Spring evenings? The chosen corner was brilliant. .... which goes a long way toward explaining the onslaught of customers in TPMC's early days. Certainly it is not for the food or drink. Overpriced. Skimpy portions. Average. A good example is the Pork Verde Pot Pie. Sounds amazing, right? Especially to Az patrons. For $11.50, it should be the size of their large white bowls - not the same size and tin foil presentation of a $2 Banquet Pot pie from Fry's. It tasted good, yes. While it lasted. .... The lesson here is that Tempe could support about 5 more restaurants like this - the crowds show we're starved for just this kind of ambience, and women will keep dragging their husbands here- at least initially- for this reason. But the minute a huge ugly Apartment complex goes up on the NW corner to block that setting sun and spoil the esthetics? The prices must come down and/or the food and method of service change, or *this* "South Tempean" will head back on over to Espo's- reliable fantastic Mexican food reasonably priced and-oh yeah- they now have a great patio as well.