Texas Eats · checked by hand, fall 2026
Texas kolaches
22 bakeries and roadside stops across Texas for kolaches, the Czech pastry of sweet dough around fruit or cream cheese, each checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source.
Czech Texas
Czech immigrants brought the kolache to Central Texas in the 1800s: soft yeast dough with a well of apricot, prune, poppy seed, cream cheese or fruit, often under a crumb topping. The sausage roll that Texas also calls a kolache is properly a klobasnek. West, Caldwell, Hallettsville, Shiner and the stops along I-35 and US 290 keep the tradition.
The list at a glance
Towns with the most: Austin (6), Houston (4), West (2), Chappell Hill (1), New Braunfels (1), Temple (1), Ellinger (1), League City (1). The dishes we found most often: poppy seed kolache (4), fruit kolaches (3), cream cheese kolaches (2), prune kolache (2), sausage and cheese klobasnek (2), peach kolache (2).
Our method: a place made the list only if a 2025 or 2026 source backed it up (its own site or menu, a dated local news story or an official tourism listing) and its street address matched. No current source, or a website gone dark, and it stayed off. Review sites played no part, and places run by region and town rather than by anybody's score. Barbecue joints sell out and keep short hours, so check before you drive.
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Houston & Gulf Coast
7 bakeries, by town.
Chappell Hill Bakery & Deli
8900 Highway 290 E, Chappell Hill
Kolaches
Highway 290 bakery and deli in Chappell Hill.
Prasek's Hillje Smokehouse
29714 US 59 Rd, El Campo
Kolaches On the menu: prune kolache, peach kolache, poppy seed kolache
Highway 59 smokehouse and market whose B-Jo's Czech Bakery makes old-school fruit kolaches.
Koffeteria
1110 Hutchins St #102, Houston
Kolaches On the menu: beef pho kolache
EaDo bakery-café known for inventive pastries such as its beef pho kolache.
Kolache Shoppe
1031 Heights Blvd, Houston
Kolaches On the menu: peach kolache, lemon kolache, poppy seed kolache, sausage and cheese klobasnek, kielbasa, cheese and jalapeño
Houston kolache bakery (Heights shop; also Greenway Plaza, Pearland and, since October 2025, Memorial City) making more than two dozen sweet and savory kolaches from founder Erwin Ahrens's dough recipe.
Sinfull Bakery
1714 Webster St, Houston
Kolaches On the menu: vegan sausage kolache, vegan egg and cheese kolache
Midtown vegan bakery with a full assortment of vegan kolaches.
The Original Kolache Shoppe
5404 Telephone Rd, Houston
Kolaches On the menu: fruit kolaches
Telephone Road bakery making traditional fruit kolaches daily from a family recipe.
Kolache Bakery
908 E Main St, League City
Kolaches On the menu: fruit kolaches, cream cheese kolaches, sausage kolaches
League City bakery serving traditional Czech kolaches for about 30 years, reopened under new owners in May 2025.
Dallas–Fort Worth
2 bakeries, by town.
Czech Stop
105 N College Ave, West
Kolaches On the menu: fruit kolaches, cream cheese kolaches, poppy seed kolache, sausage and jalapeño kolache
Gas station and bakery on I-35 in West, serving travelers since 1983 with fruit and sausage kolaches.
Slovacek's
214 Melodie Dr, West
Kolaches
Kolache stop on Melodie Drive in West, the Czech town on I-35.
Austin & Central Texas
12 bakeries, by town.
Austin Kolache & Koffee
7113 Burnet Rd, Austin
Kolaches
Burnet Road kolache and coffee shop.
Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches
3220 Manor Rd, Austin
Kolaches On the menu: peanut butter and jelly kolache, klobasneks
Manor Road shop pairing craft beer with sweet kolaches and savory klobasneks, such as a peanut butter and jelly kolache.
Kerlin BBQ
2207 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin
Kolaches
East Cesar Chavez barbecue trailer that also makes kolaches.
Little Brother Coffee & Kolaches
1512 S Congress Ave, Austin
Kolaches
South Congress coffee and kolache shop.
Moonlight Bakery
2300 S Lamar Blvd, Austin
Kolaches
South Lamar bakery with kolaches.
Mrs. Johnson's Bakery
4909 Airport Blvd, Austin
Kolaches
Airport Boulevard doughnut bakery that also sells kolaches.
Hruska's Store & Bakery
109 State Hwy 71, Ellinger
Kolaches On the menu: apricot kolache, cream cheese kolache
Highway 71 store and bakery in Ellinger that has baked kolaches since 1962.
Orsak's Café
121 W Fayette St, Fayetteville
Kolaches
Fayetteville café on the Colorado River Land Trust's 2025 kolache road trip.
Weikel's Bakery
2247 West State Hwy 71, La Grange
Kolaches On the menu: poppy seed kolache, cherry kolache, fruit and cream kolaches
Highway 71 bakery in La Grange, famous for its fruit and cream kolaches.
Round Rock Donuts
106 W Liberty Ave, Round Rock
Kolaches
Downtown Round Rock doughnut shop that also sells kolaches.
Original Kountry Bakery
110 N Kessler Ave, Schulenburg
Kolaches
Schulenburg kolache bakery on Kessler Avenue.
Green's Sausage House
16483 Hwy 53, Temple
Kolaches On the menu: sausage and cheese klobasnek, jalapeño and cheese klobasnek
Sausage house on State Highway 53 near Temple whose owner says it started in the early 1960s; known for sausage-and-cheese klobasneks.
San Antonio & Hill Country
1 bakery, by town.
Dos Gatos Kolache Bakery
1164 Fm 306, New Braunfels
Kolaches On the menu: sausage, cheese and jalapeño kolache, strawberry cream cheese kolache, prune kolache
Third shop of the San Marcos kolache bakery founded in 2009 by brothers Chase and Seth Katz, with a drive-thru; sweet Czech-style and savory Texas-style kolaches.