Krause's Cafe & Biergarten of New Braunfels

Good pork is a mainstay at any German restaurant.   Krause's is a German restaurant in downtown New Braunfels; it has been feeding the New Braunfels area since 1938.

Krause's goes back to decades in this city.  It closed and took a hiatus for a decade and reopened in its original location in a new building. is located on Castell Avenue  just off of San Antonio Street in New Braunfels.  If you are coming from I-35, take Seguin Avenue to the circle and turn on the circle.  Avoid the first San Antonio exit, take the second.



Holzmacher Skillet:

This is their signature dish:  skillet potatoes tossed with red bell pepper and onions.  Throw in the bacon, sausage, and ham and cook everything crisp.  Served with two eggs (Get an extra egg or two, and split it with someone).  It comes with a bowl of sausage gravy which you can opt to put it on this wondrous concoction.  Also comes with toast or biscuit.  The gravy goes well on the biscuit as well.

Pork Chops & Eggs: 

These chops are 1.5 to 2 inches thick and cooked perfect.  Served with two eggs and crisp skillet potatoes along with toast or a large biscuit.



Pork Schnitzel:

I love breakfast in a German restaurant.  They serve schnitzel for breakfast!  Flat, seasoned, tenderized, and pan fried or grilled.   This dish comes with potatoes or grits, toast or biscuit, and two eggs.


Corned Beef Hash & Eggs:

The cafe's skillet potatoes are part of most of Krause's breakfasts.  This time, the potatoes are cooked with house-cured corned beef and seasoning veggies.  Also. served with choice of eggs and biscuit or toast.  There's a lot of food here, so get two more eggs and share with a friend.



Bone-in Ham Steak & Eggs:

Half-inch thick ham steak with just enough fat for flavor.  Comes with Krause's famous skillet potatoes.  You choose the way you want the eggs.



French Toast:

French Toast and bacon, great combo.  My girlfriend ordered this dish without the powdered sugar 😫.  Bacon is house-cured.  Wonderful stuff.  You can request applewood smoked bacon as well.  German restaurant, duh!  Get the house-cured bacon.




Cheese Omelet:

The cheese omelet is the starter.  You choose first between cheddar or Swiss, and next the add-ons: bacon, ham, or sausage for $1, and onions, mushrooms, etc. for 50 cents each.  My girlfriend Jewell was a cheap date, she stopped with the cheese omelet.  This is the small senior omelet.  I won't tell you why she ordered this one, but it was cheesy.  I'll get an omelet next time ... not senior ... and with add-ons.  I'll go for cheddar, sausage, onions, and mushrooms.



Eggs Benedict:

The picture says it all....



House-Made Sausage:

Their house-made sausage is great.  I had it with an egg plate.  You can also order bacon or ham with your egg plate.  Biscuit was great, but you can select toast instead.



Biscuits and Sausage Gravy:

Look at those chunks of sausage.  Krause's makes their own pan sausage.  And it's so good.