El patio

The courtyard is our heartbeat.

Walk through the black iron gate and you’re out back: string lights, murals, plants and a lot of familia. The courtyard is open whenever the shop is.

The courtyard on a sunny day: raised garden beds, a wooden bench and gravel under string lights.
  • A pink arch mural on the courtyard wall: a red sacred heart with roses and lavender above a field of painted marigolds, under string lights.
  • A DJ spinning records in the courtyard at an art pop-up, string lights and plants behind.
  • A painter in a straw cowboy hat and a brown work jacket paints the Nemiliztli panel in the gravel courtyard: a gray stone face ringed with bright orange, purple and blue swirls.
  • A smiling woman in an embroidered blouse and long beaded earrings stands at a table of herbs and jars, in front of the pink and white courtyard wall.

What happens here

Our big days

  • A smiling folklórico dancer in a yellow dress and calavera face paint holds her striped skirt out wide in the courtyard on Día de los Muertos, with a dancer in red behind her under papel picado.

    Esta temporada

    Día de los Muertos

    Nov 2024 and Nov 2025

    “Gracias ancestros por hoy y cada día.”

    Cempasúchil comes from the Náhuatl for twenty flowers. Its color and scent light the way home.

  • A Posada and piñata contest flyer with an alebrije lizard piñata.

    Posada y piñatas

    Dec 14, 2025

  • The La Ciendita storefront outlined in string lights, with a one year anniversary flyer over it.

    Our anniversary

    Opened Oct 5, 2024 · One year on Oct 4, 2025

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