Kolache Depot Bakery

This place is alright. I used to go every time I stopped between Dallas and Houston and the most recent time I stopped I was just not impressed with the quality of food. My sausage and cheese kolache was mediocre, really lacked any cheese. The bread was also a little rough and chewy which maybe meant it had been sitting out for a while. It’s still a great pit stop but not what it used to be.

One of the only two kolache stops between Dallas and Houston (the other being Broken Star Café & Czech Bakery in Centerville).
They had surprisingly a great collection of sweet kolaches, and some klobasnek (sausage kolaches), Even though the city of West’s Czech Stop is Texas-​famous for kolaches, I think I actually like Kolache Depot a bit more. I ordered four things — one klobasnek with sausage and cheese, and one of each — blueberry w/​cream cheese, cherry w/​cream cheese, and raspberry w/​cream cheese.
What they do here is that after picking your order, they would neatly wrap two pieces in each paper and then microwave it (nothing wrong with the microwave for kolaches — Czech Stop does this too although their microwave are super charged compared to the standard microwave used here). The result is the soft and pillowing kolaches that are just great to eat.
But what really made the difference compared to West Texas are the following:
1) the sausage used is better, which was a nice surprise
2) the sweet fillings in the kolaches are not too sweet as they were in Czech Stop — making these better, in my opinion — the fruit flavors are still bold and great and by no means are they diminished. Great sweet-​tasting fruits should not need so much added sugar.
The only thing that I would steer away from are the other bakery offerings. I saw monkey bread, and some other stuff — but they felt a bit too condensed and hard. They also sell boxes of day-​old kolaches for sale. But I’d recommend getting the ones made on the same day since they’re already inexpensive. Save the other stuff for the Ennis folks, since they can worry less about finding a good kolache shop nearby.
That being said, I’d be more than happy to stop by for kolaches anytime from this place, even though as a road stop, Corsicana is a far more interesting place than Ennis, Texas.
NOTE: Their cute location on Ennis Avenue is long gone. There’s only this location inside the gas station. Luckily their hours are great and even at an odd hour, I saw some people munching on their kolaches. No long lines here, thankfully.

A MUST-​STOP when on the I-​45, we LOVE the Kolache depot. We have been coming here for years, back when this bakery was in a dingy corner of the gas station, with outdoor seating.
About 3years ago the service station was renovated to greatly expand the Kolache Depot, allowing for more items in larger bakery cases and a better shopping experience. The kolaches here are more traditional than the ones in the Czech Stop in West, but they feature the same sweet yeast dough and bright fruit fillings. CHOMP!!!

If you are ever travel along interstate 45 between Dallas, TX and Houston, TX, I would recommend making a pit stop at Kolache Depot Bakery. It is located inside of a clean Chevron gasoline station which is odd at first but very convenient. The lady at the bakery was friendly and informed us about the large Czech population in Ennis, TX. Even the staff at the gasoline station were all friendly people who make casual conversations with their customers. It’s nice to chit chat with locals after a long car ride.
The cream cheese kolache was delicious and very inexpensive; about $ 1 for one decently sized kolache. On the way back, I tried the cherry cream cheese flavor and it was even better. The bread portion is flaky like a croissant but sweet and moist. Looking back, I would have ordered a savory kolache to taste.

Every time I travel from Dallas to Houston or on my way back home again I always want to stop and try the kolaches. This time I said to the hell with cutting down my travel time and made a little pit stop. They had a good amount of choices for pastries and kolaches so I got two jalapeño and cheese. She heated them up for you as they usually do and i was on my way.
The breading was nice and the sausage was nice with the spiciness of the jalapeño, mine unfortunately didn’t have much cheese but that’s ok. They were pretty big and filling. Overall it was good but I was expecting more from a place called kolache depot. I am excited to stop at the others along the way and find one that’s right for me.

I probably comment more about parking lots than any other Unilocaler, but this one deserves it. What a disaster to get in or out… As for the product inside, the kolache was fresh and tasty. Good ratio of dough to filling. The Klobasnek was not nearly as good. The dough was kind of soggy, and the flavor of the sausage wasn’t the best. They have a nice beer selection (having about 5 Czech varieties) in the cooler.

April 2015 — love this little place! It’s in a gas station but don’t let that fool you.
April 2014 — Stopped here after seeing the blue bonnets. Great baked goods, clean & friendly. Plenty of tables and it’s right off highway 45. I’ll make this a regular stop when I’m out this way.

Just stopped in. Bread was good but the sausage in the kolaches was old and dry… yuck! Raspberry and cream cheese was good. Wouldn’t go back though.

Horrible. I couldn’t eat the jalapeño Kolache, the cream cheese one was not too bad but I still would never go back

Part of a gas station, true. But the kolaches are filling and delicious!
My jalapeño sausage bun kolache with potatoes was particularly large and filling and lasted me through lunch, even though it was eaten for breakfast!
The bread was my favorite part — it’s super soft and fluffy!

An unassuming place that looks from the outside like an afterthought in a Chevron station.
Unfortunately, we arrived shortly after a tourist bus, so we had to stand in line for what seemed like FOREVER… but there are a few booths inside to sit and enjoy a break from the car. With all the bluebonnet visitors, there were stacks of pre-​packed dozens for discounted prices, I guess resulting from the cancellation of the festival last weekend due to the weather… a dozen 2-​day-​old kolaches for $ 5.99… not bad!
I found it humorous that the foods for sale at the end of one of the mini-​mart aisles are Mrs. Baird’s cherry and apple pies… like why would you ever buy one of those things when the awesomeness of a kolache is only 10m away?
I wanted to try one of every kind as it has been years since I’ve been in a kolache shop, but limited myself to their jalapeño cheese sausage kolache as well as their cream cheese and strawberry cream cheese ones. Plus, I got a bit of my daughter’s ham and cheese kolache. All excellent for $ 1.99/kolache.
The staff was super-​friendly, and the cashier helped us out with our bluebonnet viewing experience planning.
As soon as my daughter was hungry again, she was begging to go back for more kolache goodness.
Oh. clean bathrooms, BTW… always a bonus for those making a trek out to visit places!

First of all, DO NOT try to search for «Kolache Depot» on a maps app.
Google Maps says:
Kolache Depot Bakery
714 Hornik Rd
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Apple Maps says:
Kolache Depot Café & Bakery… Unilocal says this location has moved
114 W Brown St
Kolache Depot Bakery
508 W Ennis Ave
Kolache Depot Bakery #2
1103 E Ennis Ave
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Mapquest says:
Kolache Depot Bakery
508 W Ennis Ave
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The business’ website uses Mapquest, but it only references the 1103 E. Ennis Ave. location. Therefore, it does not appear that the 508 W. Ennis Ave and 714 Hornik Rd. and 114 W. Brown St. locations are still around.
On our way back to Katy, we saw a sign and stopped at the 1103 E. Ennis Ave. location. It is located inside a Chevron station on Texas 34 (E. Ennis Ave.). This is a great location for a «one stop» on the way up to (or leaving) Dallas. A Starbucks is across the street, as well as nearby Whataburger, Subway, Waffle House, McDonalds, Ice Cream shop and Walmart.
I had a blueberry and cream cheese kolache for a snack. The blueberry/​cream cheese combination was delicious. The bread was good, but was not sweet like Weikel’s in La Grange, TX… which I prefer.
I also ordered a saurkraut kolache and reheated it the next morning. This kolache was incredible. It was huge and had some sausage mixed with the sauerkraut… very tasty. I enjoyed it more than the fruit kolache.
If you are headed south to the Houston or College Station area and need to refuel and get some breakfast, exit 251-​B and grab a Starbucks and a kolache.

The Kolaches here are legit. While they may not be as good as the Czech Stop, they are pretty authentic. We tried blueberry, strawberry, pumpkin chiffon, and the jalapeño cheese. There was nothing left over. One of the other reviewers said something about theirs not being fresh or something. Well, going in at 8:30pm I was not expecting «hot now.» I wasn’t even expecting there to be any left. But there were and they were delish!
If in Ennis, stop by!

Food by a Gas station is by default in my mind a bad idea. But on this short road trip out to Enni’s Bluebonnet Trail, experiencing the simple natural beauty of rural Texas, the picturesque old mannor homes and sheds left to stand the tests of time like images from a calendar of the old West. Taking in the town of hard working country folk who stick to their life the way they have for centuries despite having the big city less than an hour away; this seemed like the perfect place to have a treat. And what a treat the Kolaches were indeed! With Czech immigration early in the history of this area the tradition of Kolaches has long been tied to the gastronomy of these people. The bread was fresh and delicious it tasted like bread my grandmother used to make semisweet and homey, and the filling was amazing! I especially enjoyed the strawberry which tasted like a Strawberry shortcake. All of this delicious flavour for a dozen at around $ 11.00! This is one of the perfect treats if you ever visit Ennis the only problem I had with the Kolaches was they are much to far for me to have them everyday which is probably a good thing for my waistline! ;)

Saw signs for this place while driving between Dallas and Houston and wanted to stop in because my husband and I like authentic kolaches (not the weird sausage rolls you get at donut shops!). They are located inside a gas station, but that has never turned me off of a potentially great find before.
We were excited to see a full case of kolaches even though it was a little before lunch, but we were a little disappointed because they seemed kind of stale. The filling had great flavors and so I have high hopes for fresher kolaches, but they were stale around lunch time and when we tried to finish off the ones we bought the next morning the pastry portion was basically inedible. Fillings we had that were all pretty good: blueberry w/​cream cheese, strawberry, lemon, apple, regular cream cheese. I don’t know if they don’t make them fresh everyday but we weren’t that impressed with the pastry around the filling.
Hopefully if you catch them fresh they will be delicious as the others describe, because the filling sure holds promises of yum!

Its not as good as the Czech Stop but its still pretty darn good. The blueberry kolache gets a solid four stars. The sausage kolache is three stars. Way better than stopping at the gas station for late lunch on the fly. 2 kolaches and a dr. pepper — 3.19 including tax. beat that fast food chain! ohhh you can’t.

My grandmother took me here once on a road trip and I remembered it so vividly that when I pulled in on a trip to pick up a Little Ceaser’s Pizza, I freaked out and turned my car around so fast I got whiplash. The bakery had closed by that time (around 8), but they still had left overs from that day. I got one cherry kolache that was every bit as delicious as I remembered it being for $ 1.25 and was happily on my way. I will never again enter the city of Ennis again without indulging at the Kolache Depot Bakery.