Chez Dré

Santa Fe, United States

3.8

15 reviews

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+1 505-819-5711
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www.chezdre.com
Address:
7 Avenida Grande Vista, Santa Fe, NM, 87508
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Description

Specialties

We Specialize in Casual Dinning, French Pastries, and Wedding Cakes

Meet the Business Owner

Andrea C.

Business Owner

An artist expresses themselves in many ways. For Andrea Clover, often called Dre, it’s been through chocolate and pastries. Raised in Minnesota, she began her culinary career at Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Minneapolis. Dre brings her experience from Useppa Island in Florida, Pinehurst Golf and Country Club in North Carolina, Hotel St. Francis, Red Sage at Buffalo Thunder, and Inn and Spa at Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In Addition, Dre is very involved within the community. She participates annually in a number of high profile charity events in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. She won 1st prize for chocolate sculptures created for the Chocolate Fantasy event in support of the New Mexico Natural History Museum every year she has entered.

She is also the winning recipient of the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’s Dessert Competition and was in turn invited to judge the 2013 competition. Additionally, Dre won the 2008 and 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Caper. She s

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15 reviews of Chez Dré

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Place rating: 1
Florence, Italy
The worst ever! Soggy sandwich and dessert so hard you can’t get a fork in it!
garbage that went in the trash. There should be laws that prevent a small neighborhood place from exploiting their neighbors.
We won’t be back! And not at $ 23.00 for two sandwiches and one dessert to line our garbage can.
Place rating: 1
Santa Fe, NM
Had the Croque Monsieur to go, maybe it doesn’t travel well, even a couple of miles. I guess it was the béchamel sauce that was cold and runny. Oh well… the coffee was great & hot.
Place rating: 5
Santa Fe, NM
Stopped in for burritos and a latte. This place is quaint and beautiful. The burritos were delicious with just the right amount of green Chile. It was the best latte I’ve had in a long time. The employees, two brothers were extremely nice and made nice conversation. I enjoyed my short visit.
Place rating: 4
Arlington, TX
Really nice bakery /​restaurant /​café that helps make El Dorado not feel like the boonies. I’ve been in a couple times and had lattes (very good) and pastries (ranging from good to excellent). The coffee prices are surprisingly competitive for espresso drinks. I didn’t actually notice how much the pastries cost because I ordered a bunch at once and didn’t pay attention to the individual prices. But, even if they were a little pricey, having something like this in El Dorado is really nice.
Their meal prices seem reasonable though I’ve never been there for a meal specifically. They have a great covered patio area as well as plenty of indoor seating. which makes this a great place to hang out and have a meal or some treats. It’s not going to replace Clafoutis as the best bakery in Santa Fe, but Clafoutis is a good 20+ minute drive from here, and Chez Dre is a great place in its own right.
Place rating: 5
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT
Stopped here on our way to Albuquerque. We had a hard time finding it because it was tucked to the side of the grocery store. What a great little hidden gem! Upon walking in we were greeted by a very friendly lady behind the counter. The coffee here is very good and made exactly how I wanted. The service definitely deserves 5*. Onto the sandwich– we ordered a turkey and pepper jack and opted to have it heated in the oven– it was a VERY good sandwich and came with a pile of house made kettle chips. We will definitely be back! Definitely worth stopping!
Place rating: 2
Santa Fe, NM
I just quite literally had the worst breakfast burrito I have had since living in Santa Fe. I asked for a breakfast burrito w/​o meat and with green chile. I came in at 8 am, when they opened. (Note: smart move would be to open at 7:30 if you want to catch Eldorado commuters– we aren’t all retired old folks out here!).
It took 25 minutes. That’s a long time for a breakfast burrito in my book. My coffee had grown cold.
Insult to injury: they forgot the green chile. So I had a burrito with egg, barely any hash browns and a strange liquid cheese. It tasted like something you would expect from a gas station. For $ 10 (burrito + large coffee) I can get a truly stellar burrito just up the road off of 285.
Boo. I really want to support this local café, but this is the second truly lackluster meal I have had.
Place rating: 3
Santa Fe, NM
This lil bakery is a nice addition to Eldorado … the pastries are yum though somewhat pricey. Lots to choose from as well. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting. I have tried the muffins, croissants and blueberry pie. The pie was very runny and appeared to have to much «filling» inside. It was unable to be served as a «pie». I probably would not get that again. I highly recommend the almond croissant ! The menu continues to expand.
Place rating: 2
Nashville, TN
Very disappointed in what was supposed to be an almond croissant. What it actually was was a plain croissant sliced in half with almond paste spread on one half only like a sandwich.
Worst almond croissant ever.
Place rating: 5
Santa Fe, NM
They’re serving gourmet French cuisine on Friday and Saturday evenings now. The pork tenderloin is FANTASTIC. The servers are delightful and the environment is charming. Eldorado is really moving up.
Place rating: 2
Boston, MA
Ridiculously friendly staff. Worst chai latte I’ve ever had. I couldn’t finish it, which is saying something, as I’m usually not picky. It had a sour taste and if there’s one thing a chai latte shouldn’t be, it’s sour. That said, I’d try them again, but only to try the food, which looked quite good.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I was recently visiting Santa Fe and attended a dear friend’s Baby Shower. The wonderful hostess of the party ordered a strawberry tres leches cake from Chez Dre. I was skeptical because a tres leches can often go one of two ways: too soggy & sweet or too dry and blah. As an Angeleno and Mexican-​American, I’ve had my share of unsuccessful tres leches cake… so trust me when I say that this cake was hands-​down the BEST tres leches cake I have EVER had. The texture and flavor was perfection; rich in flavor but light in consistency without being dry. The moistness of it was also perfect — where the «leches» were not only on the bottom of the cake but it was evenly distributed without creating soggy mess.
Aside from the way the cake tasted, it was also beautiful. Covered in fresh strawberries and not commercial-​looking — it had that Frech «not-​trying-​too-​hard» thing going and it was tré magnifique!
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BAKER!
Place rating: 5
Santa Fe, NM
Andrea is perhaps most talented baker in town. She uses real food in her cakes, wow!
So exciting to find her making yummy things at her new bakery!
Run, do not walk to this place and you will not be disappointed, Then run and run off those calories.
Then go back for more!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Eldorado’s new little gem. Fantastic, upscale bakery and lunch spot. Great place to meet a friend for coffee too! A little birdie told me soon they’ll have a wine and beer list. Chez Dre is a godsend to the Eldorado area, for foodies like ME! :)
Place rating: 5
San Diego, CA
This is an amazing café and bakery! The quality is what one might expect to find in a fine Parisian bakery. I will be back whenever I am in Santa Fe! I recommend that you treat yourself, and check out the Chez Dre if you haven’t already.
Place rating: 5
Beverly Hills, CA
I completely disagree with the first review. Muffins should not be the size of Texas! And, this isn’t the airport cinnabun kiosk. This is a French bakery! And it’s perfect! The best almond croissant I’ve ever had. My mom and brother are very picky and they love you too! We ordered a cake for my brother’s birthday, and it was incredible and not expensive at all. I told her «just go wild with the chocolate» and she created a rich dark chocolate cake, but not too heavy or sweet. Very good. We’ve been waiting for something like this in Santa Fe for so long. We hope you make it Dre!