Baked and Brew Has a Drive-Thru on Cerrillos Road

Baked and Brew is a bakery and cafe at 1310 Cerrillos Rd in Santa Fe.

The bakers behind it

Owner-bakers Kate Holland and Nicole Appels run Baked and Brew. The two met in Napa, California, while both worked at Solage, a hotel in the Auberge Resorts Collection. Each wanted to open a bakery someday. After the Napa fires of 2020, they relocated to Santa Fe.

Appels trained at Granger Hotel School in Cape Town, South Africa. Holland trained in the culinary program at the Art Institute of Atlanta. Both focused on pastry. The plan had Appels focusing on sweet pastries and treats, with Holland leaning toward savory breads and croissants.

The shop took over the former Sweet Motor Cars lot on Cerrillos Road, where Baca Street turns into Monterey Drive. The building once held admin offices and a garage, and tables went into the former garage. The logo combines coffee beans and whisks into what looks like a sun. Baked and Brew opened on July 26, 2023.

Finding Baked and Brew

The teal building has DRIVE-THRU and ENTRANCE painted on the walls. A BAKERY OPEN sign is out front. The garage door carries the Baked and Brew logo.

The drive-thru

Yes, there is a drive-thru. A canopy has a DRIVE-THRU sign. Signs read Order here and Online pre-orders.

You can order ahead online. Pre-order breakfast, lunch and pastries, choose a pickup time, and use the drive-thru. Delivery runs through Toast Delivery Services.

The patio

There is a dining room and a patio if you are not rushing. You can pre-order meals and drinks for dine-in service. The patio has mosaic tables, umbrellas and a mural. Planters sit by the side entrance. An OPEN sign hangs in the front window.

Breakfast and lunch

Breakfast is served all day. For a breakfast sandwich, choose bread, a protein, eggs, cheese and toppings. A breakfast meal adds roasted potatoes or country grits. A breakfast box has bread, a protein, eggs and a breakfast side. A breakfast bowl has country grits or roasted potatoes, a protein, eggs the way you want them, and one house-made sauce.

A vegetarian frittata has sweet potatoes, spinach, Gruyère and house chimichurri. Biscuits and gravy means country sausage gravy on a toasted buttermilk biscuit. Quiche of the day is offered. Two breakfast tacos hold eggs and avocado. Choose country sausage, bacon, or a plant-based sausage. House salsa and queso fresco come with the tacos. Avocado toast on seeded whole-grain bread has feta. Roasted red pepper jam is included, and so are red pepper flakes. Brown sugar oatmeal has house granola and mixed berries or sliced banana.

Lunch starts after 10:00. You can order grilled cheese, a BLT, a tuna melt or deviled egg salad. Chicken salad comes on a butter croissant. Honey ham or roasted turkey lets you pick bread, cheese and toppings.

The Chipotle Chicken Melt uses red chile focaccia, with bacon, pepper jack and spicy aioli. The turkey club has roasted red pepper aioli. The Reuben is corned beef or turkey on marble rye. The Caprese puts house pesto and a balsamic glaze on the house baguette.

The soup of the day comes with herbed focaccia or corn bread with green chile and cheddar. Salad scoops are tuna, chicken or egg on mixed greens. Other sides include broccoli kale slaw, red potato salad, a Caesar, mixed greens and fruit salad.

Soups cover the current week only. One example week runs Tuesday chicken tortilla, Wednesday zuppa toscana, Thursday corn chowder with chicken. Friday is butternut squash bisque with toasted pecans. Saturday is green chile chicken stew with a grilled cheese quesadilla. Example specials are a chopped chicken salad and a French dip on the house baguette.

The cases

A long bakery case holds donuts, pastries and macarons. Another case holds bread loaves and cookies, with croissants above bottled drinks. The cases show a powdered-sugar croissant, braided loaves, big cookies, quiche slices, small cream tarts, cupcakes and parfait cups.

Baked and Brew is a small-batch bakery. All baked goods are made fresh early each morning. Pastries are available while the supply lasts.

Croissants include butter, pain au chocolat, ham and Swiss, and everything with green chile and cream cheese. Specialty croissants are almond, pistachio, a chocolate chip crookie, and a cruffin with flavors that vary. The Boar Bacon Croissant has Beck and Bulow wild boar bacon, a farm egg and Gruyère. Buffalo in a Blanket uses Beck and Bulow bison sausage in pastry, smoked bison or jalapeño cheddar.

Cookies include chocolate chip, oatmeal, candy, cornflake, galaxy, and a lemon lavender vegan cookie. Muffins include blueberry, banana nut, coffee cake and frangipane. The Buenos Dias Bun uses croissant dough, cinnamon sugar and orange zest, and danishes are sold. You will also find a Mango Sticky Rice Cinnamon Roll, a Gruyère cheese roll, bread pudding, a mini gluten-free loaf, brownies, blondies, biscotti and a classic cannoli.

The fall menu

The fall menu chalkboards list Cardamom Rose Fog and Caramel Apple Butter Matcha.

The coffee bar

Drink sections are Brewed, Teas, Iced, Mixed, Milks and Syrups. Look for americano, cappuccino, latte, cold brew, iced latte, chai, matcha, agua fresca and house lemonade. A side board lists agua fresca, matcha, lemonade, chai, horchata and cocoa.

The wider list adds drip, a flat white, a house spiced chai, a matcha latte, a strawberry matcha latte, a lavender London Fog, hot spiced apple cider, a horchata latte and house blackberry lemonade. Current seasonal tea blends include Blueberry Pomegranate, Lady Grey, Toasted Almond and Peaches and Cream. House syrups include cardamom, lavender, rose, maple and pumpkin spice.

Coffee comes in a ceramic cup. A yogurt cup with granola and berries is available.

Catering

Advance catering orders are encouraged. Most catering orders can be ready the next day. Larger or specialty catering orders need 48 hours of notice. No catering pickup before 8:00 am, for packaging time. In-town delivery is available. An online catering menu exists.

When to go

Tuesday to Friday, 7 AM to 2 PM. Saturday, 8 AM to 2 PM. Closed Sunday and Monday.

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