Kolache is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Houston and Omaha. Yeasted dough-bun stuffed with sweet fillings (cream cheese, fruit, poppy seed) or savoury klobasniky (sausage and jalapeño).
Kolache · Houston
Yeasted dough-bun stuffed with sweet fillings (cream cheese, fruit, poppy seed) or savoury klobasniky (sausage and jalapeño). The Texas-Czech immigrant breakfast turned highway staple.
Czech immigrants from Moravia settled the Texas Hill Country and Brazos Valley in the 1850s through 1880s. Their koláč (round festive bun with fruit) became the kolache. The savoury sausage-filled klobasniky is a later Texas invention, often attributed to the Czech-American Vrazel family in West, Texas in the 1950s. Through the 1980s the kolache spread along Interstate 10 and Highway 290 as a roadside-cafe staple. In Houston, Hruska's (1962, Ellinger), Weikel's Bakery (La Grange) and the Czech Stop chain turn into the commute. The pure-sweet Czech original and the Texas-Czech savoury sausage roll now coexist.
Where to eat in Houston:
- Three Brothers Bakery
- Kolache Shoppe
- Koffeteria
Where to eat Kolache in Houston: the editor picks
Czech Kolache · Omaha
The Czech kolache is a soft butter-and-yeast pastry round with a filled well in the center, traditionally loaded with apricot jam, poppy seed paste, or sweet cottage cheese. Omaha's Czech-heritage bakeries still make them daily, with the Lithuanian Bakery on South 33rd Avenue producing the most traditional version in the city.
Where to eat in Omaha:
- {'name': 'Lithuanian Bakery and Cafe', 'address': '5217 S 33rd Ave, Omaha, NE 68107', 'slug': 'lithuanian-bakery-cafe'}
- {'name': "Orsi's Italian Bakery and Pizzeria", 'address': '621 Pacific St, Omaha, NE 68108', 'slug': 'orsis-italian-bakery'}
Where to eat Czech Kolache in Omaha: the editor picks