Home
The Lobby
The Cantina
The Banquet Room
Boots
The Winery
The Blacksmith Room
The Lava Room
The School Room
The Bunkhouse
The Courtyard At La Posta
The Banquet Room

Immediately off the lobby adjacent to the Cantina and once prominently known as the "Grape Room", this dining room was the original La Posta Cafe in 1939. With just four tables and a small kitchen (with no running water), Katy Camunez would grow La Posta to one of the finest dining establishments in the southwest. But the history behind this room prior to 1939 is even more notable. During the 1850's and 1860's, the Butterfield Stagecoach Line used this room for their headquarters. During the 1870's and 1880's the Banquet Room, then a part of the famous Corn Exchange Hotel, was a very popular restaurant serving several varieties of fish and meat. It was particularly popular to bachelors who would look forward to Augustina Davis's Christmas dinner every Christmas Eve. Many notable personalities of the time dined there including Pablo Melendres (one of the Mesilla Valley founders), Colonel A.J. Fountain and a young man named William Bonney (Billy the Kid). The room was later occupied by the Billy the Kid Museum. Many of the artifacts once displayed there are now displayed one block away in the Gadsden Museum. Today, the Banquet Room is used for general dining and private parties from 40-70 people.

restaurants In Mesilla New Mexico
restaurants In Mesilla New Mexico
restaurants In Mesilla New Mexico
restaurants in New Mexico

Home      Location & Hours       E-mail Us

Web Design & Hosting by Art Schobey Interactive - Las Cruces, New Mexico