southsideMon-Sat 08:00-16:00, Sun 08:00-14:00Patisserie cakes and brunch baked goods
Chocolate Maven has run a brunch-and-cake operation in Santa Fe around three decades; an open kitchen lets you watch the pastry team while you eat.
Worth the queue: Green chile croissant and Nutella banana waffle
downtownMon-Sat 11:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-18:00Walk-in onlyHandmade truffles and historic drinking chocolates
Kakawa pours historically researched drinking chocolates and a small case of truffles in chile, sage and goat cheese; the storefront sits quietly on Paseo.
Worth the queue: Goat cheese and sage truffle
cerrillosTue-Sat 09:00-18:00; closed Sun-MonWalk-in onlyWhole-animal butchery and bread
Chef Josh Gerwin's Cerrillos counterpart to Dr. Field Goods Kitchen runs a working butcher, charcuterie and bread program out of a sun-bright shop.
Worth the queue: Naturally leavened pan loaves and house bacon
cerrillosMon-Sat 07:30-14:00; closed SunWalk-in onlyLevain-leavened country breads and pastry
Sage Bakehouse, a Cerrillos Road artisan since 1996, bakes long-fermented country loaves, sandwich service and a chile sourdough Santa Fe households order.
Worth the queue: Roasted green chile sourdough loaf
southsideMon-Sat 07:00-15:00; closed SunWalk-in onlyLaminated French pastries and viennoiseries
Philippe and Anne Laure Ligier bake 800 to 1,000 hand-rolled pastries daily at Clafoutis on Cordova Road, a hard-French operation in a southwestern adobe.
Worth the queue: Almond croissant and the namesake clafoutis
downtownMon, Wed-Sat 07:00-14:30, Sun 08:00-14:30; closed TueWalk-in onlyEastern European laminated pastry and savory quiche
Annamaria O'Brien's Dolina pulls Slovak strudels, butter croissants and lemon poppy muffins out of the case daily; expect a brunch queue most mornings.
Worth the queue: Cinnamon morning bun and apple walnut strudel