Mille French Bakery & Cafe is at 451 W Alameda St, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Stephanie Remillieux, an owner of Mille, is from Paris, and Marcel Remillieux, an owner of Mille, is from Corsica. The Mille owners say they were supposed to be scientists in Paris, the city of light, but instead chose to become bakers in Santa Fe, the city different.
In 2017, Stephanie and Marcel Remillieux opened Fleur de Lys, a French grocery-cafe in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Four years later, Stephanie and Marcel Remillieux were given the opportunity to purchase the building complex formerly hosting Bouche Bistro on West Alameda in downtown Santa Fe, which is now the home of Mille.
Mille was originally the patisserie of Marcel's family in the city of Ajaccio in Corsica. The Mille patisserie in Ajaccio was established in 1864 and closed in 1993. The Remillieuxs wrote that Mille "is a way to continue the tradition of a family-owned business bringing joy to its community with baked goods, but this time in the United States."
We, the LIVIN team, visited Mille French Cafe & Creperie on the morning of Sunday, October 11, 2026. The Mille entrance has a sign reading Mille French Cafe & Creperie, a flower box full of blooms, and a window with a black iron leaf design. A poster on the outside wall at Mille reads 2024 1st Place Winner. Lettering on the Mille door reads Wednesday to Sunday, 8 AM to 2:30 PM, kitchen closes at 2 PM, closed Monday and Tuesday.
The crêpes
Mille says it uses only 5 ingredients to make its crepe batter: eggs, flour, milk, butter, and a pinch of salt. The Mille crepe we ordered was folded on a white plate under strawberries, blackberries, whipped cream, powdered sugar and a red and chocolate drizzle.
Mille also serves crepes made of buckwheat flour, imported from France, which are naturally gluten free. Mille says crepes made with buckwheat flour are darker, have slight sour notes, and pair very well with savory creamy fillings.
The pastry case
At Mille, a curved glass pastry case holds rows of macarons in many colors, eclairs, cream puffs and fruit tarts. Above the Mille counter, chalkboard menus are headed Drinks, Brunch, Crepes, Baguette Sandwiches and Omelettes. Mille is counter service, with no reservations.
Everyday, in the Mille dessert case, you will find many French classics, including eclairs, cream puffs, opera cakes, fruit tarts, almond tarts, and many pies.
In the Mille pastry case, a chalkboard tag reads Lemon Blueberry $5.95, beside lemon tarts topped with blueberries. In the Mille pastry case, a tag reading Raspberry $5.95 sits beside a row of tarts.
Mille makes all its morning pastries entirely from scratch using French butter (Isigny Ste Mere) and French flour (Les Grands Moulins de Paris). Mille says the slow fermentation process it follows allows its dough to develop an incredible flavor profile. Croissants, pains au chocolat, croissants aux amandes, kouign-amanns, danishes, cruffins, savory croissants, and morning buns are some of the morning pastries you can find at Mille every morning.
In late 2023, Marcel and Stephanie Remillieux said they would team with coffee roaster Tom Patton to take over a commercial kitchen at 1314 Apache Avenue in Midtown, where much of Mille's baking operations would relocate. In late 2023, Marcel Remillieux said: "We're already doing more than 1,000 morning pastries a week."
Brunch, sandwiches and Corsican wine
On the Mille brunch menu, dishes run from French toasts to the Croque Madame. Mille serves iconic French sandwiches on fresh baguettes, from the jambon-beurre to the pate and cornichon, plus a Caprese sandwich. Mille salads include the salade nicoise and the salade de chevre chaud. Mille serves its homemade sourdough bread with most lunch dishes and salads on the menu.
Mille traditional dishes include cassoulet during the colder months, moules marinieres (sailor-style mussels) with fries, escargots, duck confit, chicken cordon bleu, blanquette de veau and veal a la milanaise. Mille has a relatively small but 100% French selection of wines, going from Burgundy down to Corsica with a detour by Bordeaux.
The covered patio
The Mille covered patio has a wood beam ceiling, black pendant lamps, a plank floor and woven bistro chairs at round tables. On Sunday morning, October 11, 2026, the Mille covered patio was busy, with diners at nearly every table. In 2021 the Remillieuxs wrote of the Alameda Street building: "With a full commercial kitchen, baking room, and covered patio, we will be able to take the experience of Fleur de Lys to the next level."
Mille serves all the espresso drinks you would expect from a French cafe, plus chai, matcha, and a large selection of teas. Our Mille iced coffee came in a tall glass, set on a card reading Mille French Cafe & Creperie, 451 W Alameda St, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Mille hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 8 AM to 2:30 PM. At Mille, the kitchen closes at 2 PM, and lights out is 2:30 PM. Mille phone: 505-303-3745.
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