Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Start New ThreadHi everyone,
I am new to this board so this may have been discussed previously and I may just be missing it...but I am wondering if anyone knows where I can get kolaches around the Twin Cities area. My family grew up on them and I was hoping to bring some to an upcoming family gathering.
Thanks for any info you might have!
By elle.eats
on Oct 26, 2009 09:49 AM
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I never heard of these before, but I am thinking that Kramarczuk's may be a good place to start
http://www.kramarczuk.com/
Also a quick Wiki search revealed the Kolache capital of the world in is Minnesota. Go figure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolache
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Thanks! I had actually forgotten that Kramarczuk had pastries...for some reason I only remembered them having meats/cheese type products...
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I do think I have seen kolaches at Kramarczuks. (Not sure who made them or where they were from but I did see them there.) A few varieties.
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K'czuks bakes their own in house. My fav is the cream cheese.
~TDQ
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http://www.daubesbakery.com/
Daubes Bakery in Rochester has awesome kolaches.
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seconding kramarczuk's, but would add that this time of year is also really great for scoring goodies at church bake sales, and there are good home made kolaches at a lot of ethnic churches, particularly in nordeast (NE mpls). don't forget to report back where you found the best kolaches!
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I confess, I don't think I have ever even had one, but my Dad gets all dreamy when he recalls the prune kolaches from when he was a kid. i have to see what all the fuss is about! :)
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One of the most fun I've had as a dad is sharing my food favorites with my kids. Even more fun is seeing them embrace my foodie passions. Go get some kolachie today!
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You may want to wade through this thread on kolache:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/320772
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The answer up until a couple of years ago, was Blackie's *wipes tear from eye*. Now? Dunno. I'm eating Mexican pastries from Durango Bakery on Central.
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Jerabeks in St. Paul.
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shoo bee doo, I realize it's been awhile, but I haven't been back to Jarabek's since the ownership change awhile back. Are the kolaches still as good?
~TDQ
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Wow. I didn't know there had been an ownership change at Jerabek's Always went to them for a poppyseed pastry that was baked in a U-shape. Can't remember what it was called but it was great.
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Almost two years ago! http://www.jerabeks.com/events.htm
~TDQ
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Hmmm. So has anyone been back there to see how it is faring with the new owners?
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I haven't (shameful, really, I can't believe it's been 2 years). That's why I was wondering if shoo bee doo has...
~TDQ
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No, I haven't been to Jerabeks for a few years either. I don't really know if they have the kolaches anymore.
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frankies bakery in montgomery has the best! i just had a raspberry one for breakfast! :D
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Montgomery MN?
~TDQ
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o yes montgomery MN!
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Check out the poppyseed kolaches at Byerlies. Just like my Slovak gramma made at Christmas. They also sell a wallnut Potica out of the freezer case, In NJ we referred to these layered pastries as kolache.
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