In 2013 USA Today honored us by naming La Posta de Mesilla one of the Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in the entire United States!

In 2009 La Posta de Mesilla was chosen to represent the state in the newly commissioned, USS New Mexico nuclear submarine. The galley was named La Posta Abajo de Mar – or La Posta under the sea. In addition to this naming honor, cooks from the submarine have spent time at La Posta to learn […]

After years of requests, Katy puts together a collection of her most popular recipes as well as tips and tricks for cooking Mexican food. The small cookbook is incredibly popular and prized by fans of La Posta for generations.

Katy expands her restaurant by buying the other rooms of the compound, decorating them each uniquely for her growing crowd of fans. She decorates one of the rooms with black lava and vines, calling it the “Lava Room.”

Food and restaurant critic Duncan Hines recommends La Posta Cafe in Mesilla, NM in his book, Adventures in Good Eating

On September 16, 1939, Katy opens her new restaurant. The first night’s attendance is incredible and she runs out of food! But she holds a naming contest and the winning entry is “La Posta Cafe.” Katy later changes this to “La Posta de Mesilla,” and a legend is born!