451 W Alameda St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
HOURS: Wed - Sun, 8AM - 3PM
COUNTER ORDER - NO RESERVATIONS
LAST SEATING: 2:20PM - LIGHTS OUT: 3PM
contact@millenm.com | (505) 930-5492
ALL ABOUT US
How it all began
You never know where your dreams can take you, so when in doubt, follow them! If one day you had told us that we would own and operate a French bakery & café in Santa Fe, we would have laughed at the story. Beyond a story, today this is a fact, the passion have become a reality, and our lives have changed forever. She (Stephanie) is from Paris, he (Marcel) is from Corsica, and they were supposed to be scientists in the city of light but instead they chose to become bakers in the city different.
We jumped in the restaurant business in 2017 when we took a break from our scientific careers to follow our passion for French food and opened Fleur de Lys, a French grocery-café in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Four years later, we were given the opportunity to purchase the building complex formerly hosting Bouche Bistro (French fine dining restaurant owned by renowned chef Charles Dale) on West Alameda in downtown Santa Fe. This building is now the home of Mille, a casual French café and crêperie. Why did we name our café, Mille? Mille was originally the pâtisserie of Marcel's family in the city of Ajaccio in Corsica. The pâtisserie itself was established in 1864 and closed in 1993, which was a real heartbreak when it happened since the family comes from a very long line of bakers. Thankfully, Mille's tradition of authentic French baked goods has been revived, but this time in Santa Fe. In 2023, we purchased a commissary kitchen building in midtown Santa Fe to expand our bakery production and sustain the increasing demand for our baked goods (croissants, desserts, quiches, bread, etc). We take a lot of pride in the baked products, use Isigny cultured butter imported from France to make all our morning pastries from scratch (a rarity these days), and always strive to provide top quality and authentic baked goods.
We do not know where all this will take us but we are enjoying the ride and will never be grateful enough to the people of Santa Fe for the warm welcome and never ending support they have given us, from day one!
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MERCI!!​​
Marcel's grandfather and great grand-mother standing in front of the family's pâtisserie in Bois d'Oingt (Beaujolais region). Later, Marcel's grand-father moved to Corsica, met Marcel's grand-mother, and together took over Mille in 1939.
