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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.
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Koffeteria in Houston is Vanarin Kuch's EaDo pastry shop on Hutchins Street, with the beef pho kolache, the Hot Cheeto croissant and a 2024 Houston Pastry.
TipGet there by 9am for the full case. The beef pho kolache and the pistachio baklava croissant are the signature orders.
Three Brothers Bakery in Houston is the Braeswood Boulevard Jewish bakery from the Jucker family (Polish Holocaust survivors), since 1949 in Houston.
TipPre-order challah for Friday. Pecan coffee cake is the line item; the Hurricane Harvey rebuild story is in the front-window framed clippings.
Kolache Shoppe in Houston is the Greenway Plaza Czech-Texan bakery on Richmond Avenue, with sausage-cheese klobasniky, apricot kolaches and a weekend line.
TipGet there before 9am Saturday for the full case. Order a dozen mixed for the office or the road.
Kolache makes more sense with someone from Houston explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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