Kolache Depot Bakery — Restaurant in Ennis

The Kolache, a transplant from Czech Republic by the way of 19th century immigrants, was adopted with such fervor by the local Texans that it has become ubiquitous and synonymous with the state itself. With several variations of this yeasted pastry which can include meat, fruit, or cheese filling, this may as well be the unofficial pastry of the state. Kolache Depot is a prime example of a small-town shop which turn out delicious pieces of doughy goodness. Located between Houston and Dallas in Ennis, this really is a hidden gem located in a gas station. Even though it looks unassuming, once you enter the place, a sight of shelves full of pastries welcomes you. With several variations, I went with some classic flavors of cheese, cherry, apple, and some not mainstream variations of apricot, and strawberry. The first sensation upon taking a bite immediately highlights the slight tanginess of the yeast followed by chewy goodness of the dough and just the right amount of sweetness in the filling (whichever ones you choose). There are several small-town options for Kolaches in Texas, and while I encourage everyone to try them all, I think Kolache Depot is in the top echelon of the...

Traveling on 45 south to Houston and stopped made a stop at Starbucks right next door. I told my husband to pull in I'd like to try their kolaches. I use to work at Praseks Smokehouse who has fabulous kolaches that uses original family recipes so I consider myself an expert!

The kolaches were definitely not original Czech family recipe and the cream cheese in a cream cheese kolache should not have a pudding like texture only the fruit filled kolaches have the gooey tapioca like filling, but the bread was flaky so that was good.

The service was horrible though! At the window I asked the cashier for napkins and she simply responded, "ya, there in there" even though I had already looked through the bag and they were not in fact in there, which is why I asked for them. Unless they consider the tissue paper wrapping to be the napkin?

We get back on the road only to discover that they didn't even give us our complete order and when I called them to make them aware of my experience with their establishment the young lady who answered simply stated, "oh, we'll sorry 'bout that".

Now my husband won't eat his...

The food is so bad here, we would not feed it to our dog who was in the truck with us when we picked up our corn dogs and danishes. The only thing fresh, was the paper bag and I bet it would have had more flavor if I took a bite! We definitely won't be making a mistake of stopping by this dump on the way to our favorite camping spot. I would like to get there and Camp without the possibility of getting sick from gods-know-what from the food from this garbage pail.

The sad thing is I cannot post a video on this format because you could see how stale the danishes are and how greasy-looking the corn dogs are. We have had better corn dogs from the 99 cent or dollar store! Even though the corny dogs at Sonic drive-in are little bit smaller, they at least taste better and are not as greasy as the garbage in the attached picture! I am totally let down oh, I thought this place was a lot better quality and I should have checked the reviews before I even stop! $6...