Palace Grocery is a defunct grocery store located on Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
| Founded | 1959 in Santa Fe, United States |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rebecca Sais |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Fate | closed |
| Headquarters | 853 E Palace Ave, Santa Fe , New Mexico[1] |
Key people | Meliton Vigil Yolanda Vigil |
History and description
editThe 1,693 square-foot Palace Grocery was opened in 1959 by Rebecca Sais who operated the store until 1968 when she transferred ownership to her niece Yolanda Vigil and her husband Meliton and was owned and operated by the couple for 39 years until Yolanda's death in 2007. Over that period, the store was kept up-to-date, first by selling "pantry staples" before transitioning to more of a convenience store later on. The interior, however, has remained largely unchanged from its opening in the late 60s, with Curbed.com calling it "something straight out of a zombie movie set." The building still contains items from that era, including a "vintage" National cash register, wooden 7-Up crates, salt, borax and Clorox "neatly lined up on the matching blue display cases".[2][3][1]
References
edit- ^ a b Storey, Robert (11 February 1984). "Palace Grocery has sense of community". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Ro, Lauren (27 December 2016). "This 1960s grocery store looks like a set straight out of a zombie movie In 2017, Austin businessman Ted Lusher purchased the property, and with the endorsement of the Santa Fe Historic Review board, revamped it completely inside and out. The vintage building is presently a private office and gallery". Curbed.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Boyle, Molly (27 May 2017). "When mom and pop ruled the corner store". SantaFeNewMexican.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.