El Potrero Trading Post, also known as The Vigil Store, is a family-owned and operated store in Chimayo specializing in local produce and New Mexico folk art, situated adjacent to the famed El Santuario de Chimayo. The El Potrero Trading Post carries New Mexican folk art, red and green chile, and high quality religious articles, such as tin crosses, carved saints, saints painted on wood. The trading post was first opened by Alfonsa Vigil in 1921 as a grocery store to service the El Potrero community, and has now been passed down to the next generation of the family.

17 Santuario Dr, Chimayo, NM 87522, Phone: 505-351-4112

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