Casa Grande is an experience. It is cluttered with a wide array of stuff—rocks, photos, railroad spikes, jewellery, turquoise, and there is a $2 museum that is worth a visit. The owner is quite a character, with some peppery language, but he does have a sense of humour. Much of the stuff is way overpriced, but it is fun to look at. The animals in the petting zoo seemed fine. There were some children there having a great time feeding them from the $2 bags of feed for sale. The place is worth a visit.

This place has a rather typical assortment of raw and polished rock like so many such shops across the Southwest, but their prices seem to be better than most for similar quality. They also have more antique bottles on display than I think I've ever seen. I wouldn't make a trip to Cerillos just for this, but it's definitely worth a stop if you're in the area.

The petting zoo had a had full of goats, a llama, and some silky chickens. Fun for the kids to feed them. It has a little viewing area for the local hills. And the museum inside is good for rock hounds and local history buffs. For $2, the museum is worth it if you stop. We enjoyed a lazy walk there on a day together.

This little village just off NM14 is definitely worth seeing and the Trading Post is a one of a kind. I bought a great variety of turquoise to make my own jewellry and some other unique pieces. There is a little museum and a petting zoo too. The llama is extremely regal! Highly recommended.

Pretty cool trading post with lists to see a d buy. There are all kinds of beads a d polished rocks. The museum is pretty cool, a ton of local items to see. The cost is only four bucks. They have a petting zoo and you can buy feed to feed them. Well worth the five minute drive off highway 14.

Nice place to stop at along the turquoise trail. I found the shop interesting and loved the construction and found some very interesting gifts here. Shop keepers were friendly given all the strangers passing through lol Was even fun to feed the goats and look at the view. i do recommend a visit.

Very unique and interesting museum and shop. The petting zoo was a plus. Both shop owners were kind and shared interesting information. We purchased unique souvenirs and antiques. We stopped twice in one week; once to and from Santa Fe.

We live in Sante Fe, and stopped by the Casa Grande Trading Post yesterday in hopes of purchasing some of the rough 'castaway' stone from turquoise mining to use on our new portal. The owner was incredibly rude, and the prices were ridiculous. Instead of selling stones by the ounce/pound, each tiny pebble - 1/4" or less - was $1 or more. Owner needs to assuage his anger by actually making money on his cool stuff - by drastically lowering the prices! And the so-called Petting Zoo? A very sad menagerie of goats, chickens, and a very pathetic llama, confined to a maybe 15' x 20' cage. Time to call Animal Control. Skip Cerrillos (except for the beautiful hike) and head north to Santa Fe. Very friendly people, reasonably priced goods, and totally awesome food.

OK I get it you are in the middle of nowhere and actually see something advertised to do. Then this thing turns into a run down building with overpriced items and we are suppose to be impressed. Yes I am being very critical here but when the petting zoo turns into a couple of chickens and a couple of goats that stretches it a bit far. Then the only thing you are allowed to feed you buy inside for $2 that has about 1/2 cup of food in a bag. We also got the impression the woman working there really didn't want to be there or be bothered. The jewelry prices were the final thing. Wait and go into any town and by the same things at more realistic prices like we did.

Don't waste your precious time and energy going to this run down place. The owner was so extremely nasty, I was thinking he had some kind of mental issue and was afraid to stay in the store by myself. I really wanted Cerrillos Turquoise and drove miles to get there just to be ill greeted by a man with such a bad attitude all I wanted to do was hurry up, purchase my turquoise and get the hell out of there! No exaggeration! Maybe this man forgot to take his mental health medication. He really needs help and shouldn't be in business with that kind of attitude. I'm sorry I gave him my money, but really wanted the turquoise which I consider sacred. I found out after leaving this shop there are other shops selling Cerrillos Turquoise. I truly wish I had know before hand. If I were you, I'd shop elsewhere! Sincerely