Eska Karlin ★ 4.5
Eska Karlin is the original Ambiente bakery-cafe-restaurant in a converted 19th-century factory. Open mon-fri 08:00-22:00, sat-sun 09:00-22:00.
TipThe Stangl tasting room is upstairs; book in advance for that experience.
Bohemian sweet bun with a soft enriched dough and a dimple of filling: poppy seed, plum jam, sweet curd cheese or apricot. Round, palm-sized, baked golden on top.
Kolache (kolac) date back to medieval Bohemia, originally a wedding cake the entire village shared. By the 19th century they had shrunk to individual buns. The poppy-seed kolach (mak) is the canonical Czech version; the curd-cheese version (tvaroh) is the Moravian alternative. Eska and Antonin Bakery bake the modern Prague version daily; the Saturday Naplavka stalls sell the rural family version. The Texan kolache descended from Czech immigrants in the 1850s in central Texas (West, Texas remains the home), where it diverged toward a savoury sausage-stuffed form that is unrecognisable to Bohemians.
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Antoninovo Pekarstvi Karlin ★ 4.5
Antoninovo Pekarstvi opened the first of its six city-wide bakeries in Karlin in 2014. Wheat-rye and potato sourdough loaves, all baked on-site.
TipThe decorated chlebicky are made up at the counter; ask for a flight to-go.
Antoninovo Pekarstvi Namesti Miru ★ 4.5
Antoninovo Pekarstvi's Namesti Miru flagship opened in a restored First Republic cafe space. Located in Vinohrady. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
TipThe big window seats are the prize; show up before 10:00 on weekends.
Eska Letna ★ 4.4
Eska Letna is the 2025 Ambiente branch on the Letna grid: bakery counter, Nordbeans filter coffee, breakfasts to-go and a small dining room for the morning.
TipBread 33 is the take-home loaf; brunch ends at 14:00 weekends.
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