Hominy corn slow-simmered with pork shoulder, red chile and oregano; finished with cabbage, lime and radish. A Christmas Eve fixture in Northern New Mexico.
Pre-Columbian in origin, posole came north from Mexico into the Pueblo and Spanish kitchens of the Rio Grande Valley centuries ago. Northern New Mexico's version uses dried hominy (chicos) and red chile as the base; the dish anchors Christmas Eve and New Year's tables across Santa Fe households and shows up on every traditional restaurant menu.
4 editor picks for Posole in Santa Fe, ranked by editorial score. All Santa Fe signature dishes · Posole across every city.
The Shed ★ 4.7
downtown · 113 1/2 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
The Shed's red chile, grown out at the family farm and ground in-house, has anchored a Santa Fe lunch line since 1953. Sister room of La Choza.
La Choza ★ 4.5
railyard · 905 Alarid Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Sister of The Shed, La Choza has plated Northern New Mexican on Alarid Street since 1983; voted #1 New Mexican by Santa Fe Reporter readers repeatedly.
Estevan Restaurante ★ 4.5
downtown · 125 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Estevan Garcia cooks Chimayo red chile, posole, chicos and calabacitas with French technique upstairs in Hotel Chimayo near the Santa Fe Plaza.
Plaza Cafe Downtown ★ 4.2
downtown · 54 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Plaza Cafe Downtown bills itself as Santa Fe's oldest restaurant, serving on the Plaza since 1905 and owned by the Razatos family since 1947.