Mercado de Sonora (Sonora Market) is a
city-established traditional market, located just southeast of the
historic center of Mexico City in the Colonia Merced Balbuena neighborhood. It was established in the 1950s with a number of other similar institutions in order to help regulate retail commerce in the city. This market has specialized in a variety of merchandise such as pottery, party items, and live animals — and the two which make it notable,
herbal medicine and items related to
magic and the
occult.