Breakfast Places in Rockport

Rockport is rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey.  Hopefully, my favorite breakfast haunts will reopen soon.  Here are some of them:

JJ's Little Bay Cafe

Like sausage in my biscuit gravy.  JJ's is a neat little mom-n-pop cafe in Rockport Texas with great home cooked breakfasts.  Rockport is a nice little coastal resort town and a great place to dine out for breakfast.  I will be back to Rockport for the food.

To get here, just take TX-35 north from Corpus Christi.  Then select the Business 35 exit when you get to Rockport.  JJ's is just before you get to the coast.  And no, I did not try the pies yet.  JJ's pies are on my bucket list.

Brisket Omelet:

This is their brisket omelet with melted jack, sour cream, peppers-n-onions.  Really good stuff.  The potatoes were crisp.  This is a good breakfast combo.

Jalisco Restaurant

Oh yeah!  And this is not their big burrito!  Look at all of that cheese!  Don't tell my internist that this is what I ordered.

Tx-35 takes you to Rockport.  Cut off to Business 35 and ride on the main street of Rockport until you find Jalisco.  It's on the opposite side as the Gulf.


Beef Fajita Burrito:

This is hog heaven for me, and this is the mid-size burrito.  They make a larger one.  This was custom made for me: beef fajitas stuffed into a burrito and covered with chili con carne and cheese.  Look how much cheese!

Sausage Omelet:

Here's another omelet, sausage, mushroom, and white cheese.  This place has great choices when it comes to omelets.

Rockport Donuts

Rockport Donuts makes great pastries and breakfast sandwiches.  Above is a tray of fritters with cherry on the left and apple on the right.  They use real chunks of fruit in their fritters, and not many bakeries do that anymore.

We found the place on one trip from the camp we rented to town.  Take TX-35 north from Corpus Christi.  When you get to Rockport, just head downtown on Liberty Street where you'll find Rockport Donuts just before getting to the coast.


Breakfast Sandwiches!

This is why I come to Rockport Donuts, not for the pastries, but for the breakfast sandwiches, though the pastries will hold their own.  If you have children or grandchildren, you'll want to get their pastries as well.


Pigs-in-a-Blanket:

They make both small and large pigs-in-a-blanket.  Never had the small ones.  These are great anytime of the day to fill a belly.  Take a mess of them fishing with you.

Please, return to Rockport-Folton after it rebuilds and support these restaurants.  Hopefully, they will be up and running this spring or summer at the latest.

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.

Little Czech Bakery of West TX

Hamburger kolache ... along with pickles in a special dough that is native to the Czechs.  The burger kolache was a special of the day.  Little Czech Bakery is about one of the most famous places for food along the I-35 corridor.  Below is just a sampling of their Kolaches.

Little Czech is located just off I-35 about 15 miles north of Waco.  Just take the 353 Exit and it's on the east side.  Parking is the only issue, but generally there's a place available.  Inside there is a line, but don't let that deter you.  The line moves quickly and the kolaches are worth it.



Ham & Cheese Kolache:

Shaved ham with melted cheese in their special Czech dough, this kolache makes it worth stopping.  

Ham & Egg Kolache:

Not sure what this one is.  It's either ham salad, or eggs and ham.  Neither is on the website menu.  Regardless, every kolache that I had here was really good.  

Sausage & Cheese Kolache:

Country sausage and cheese in that good ole Czech dough.  What makes the Czech dough so good is that it never tastes doughy.  I could eat this bread solo.


Fruit Kolaches:

You name the fruit, Little Czech probably has it: apple, peach, apricot, cherry, strawberry, prune (not),   blueberry, lemon, raspberry, pumpkin (not).  All but two, I've tried.  And less than $12 per dozen.


The Menu:

Price's Chef of Corpus Christi

Refried beans covered with cheese!  Ummm good.  Price's Chef Restaurant, on the outskirts of downtown, is a well known place for American breakfasts, but it serves great Mexican cuisine as well.

Price's is located on the corner of Alameda and Ayers.  When road construction is over, the best way to get here is either take Ayers from Ocean Drive or turn on to Alameda anywhere and head downtown.  Note: Alameda just about covers the length of Corpus.



Chicken-Fried Steak:

Nice size chicken fried stead tasted great.  It's a must for me to have my eggs with grits.  They do grits well here and it's difficult to find places in Texas that do.  Look at that nice crisp biscuit to the right.  Had to have some gravy with it.



Price's Omelet:

Price's Omelet is a combination of bacon, mushroom, onions, bell pepper, and tomato.  And what a combo that is.  Cheese is optional. Look at those hashbrowns.  They do brown them.  Too many places serve white hashbrowns.  They should be required to call them "hashwhites".  (Yes, the period is after the quotes.  That's where I believe it should be when the quote is not a sentence.  Suck it up, English teachers.)

Chorizo & Eggs:

Remember that this is considered an American country breakfast place.  Well, this is the best chorizo and eggs that I have ever tasted.  The chorizo was fried on the griddle until it was almost crisp, then added to the eggs.  The refried beans were great as well.  I ordered flour tortillas with this dish.  Note that I had cheese added to both my chorizo and my beans.

French Toast Plate:

As a personal habit, I eat my French toast with butter and bacon (or sausage) only.  The syrup comes after there is no more meat to eat with it.  The photo would have been better with the syrup loaded on the toast.  So imagine there is syrup on it.

Bread Pudding to Go:

My girlfriend ordered this desert for the condo, and was it good.  Glad she is a sharing person.  I recommend this dish for you as well.  If you are too full for desert, get it to go.

Price's Platter:

Eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, eggs, grits or hashbrowns, pancakes, biscuit or toast.  Now this is a platter.  Yes, I ate it all.  Note: their ham is really good.  Not that processed junk you find in some places.


Here's Where All of the Good Stuff is Made:

The last time I ate here was several days after Hurricane Harvey had hit the area.  They were open, but had no air-conditioning.  The street was torn up in front of the place and the cross streets were also being repaired along Ocean Drive.  It was 10 a.m., and Price's was still crowded.  I had to eat at the counter.  A crowded restaurant under such bad conditions is a testament to good food.  And the people in the kitchen make it happen.








The Breakfast Bro at Price's Chef

Crosswalk Cafe of New Braunfels

In downtown New Braunfels is a coffee shop and bakery that has both great coffee and bakery goods.  Above are their scones, cranberry and blueberry.   Scones are like a sweet drop biscuit with fruit in them.  If you want a moderate sweet breakfast pastry with your coffee, scones are the way to go.

Just off the circle in New Braunfels where Landa Street runs into Seguine Ave.  You can get to this quaint coffeehouse from I-35.  Just take the Seguine exit and drive the full length of the street until you get to the circle.   Come around three-quarters and take the side road just before San Antonio Street.  If you miss it, turn right on San Antonio to get to the other entrance to the side road.

Note: always take a traffic circle from the outside lane ... so you can exit easily.   If you don't believe me, use the inside lane and see what happens.




Ham on a Bagel:

Sorry, my Jewish friends, but I just love this combination.  Great sandwich.  Created it when I worked in Long's Bakery and Delicatessen in New Orleans when I was 16.

Sausage on a Ciabatta: 

Love their homemade ciabatta rolls.  And the pan sausage and egg and cheese go great on it.  This sandwich is a belly full.



Bacon on a Croissant:

Another great egg combination on their homemade breads.  Had to try all three breads for this post.  It's a tough job.



The Wrap:

Egg wraps at the Crosswalk are a custom design.  You pick out the ingredients and they make it for you.  This looks like eggs, onions, and peppers.  Got this one for my girlfriend Jewell.



Scramble Bowl:

This is what you think it is ... a bowl of scrambled eggs with veggies and meat covered with cheese.  This dish is a rib sticker.  Bread is an add-on with this dish.



Black Bean Taco:

This is a coffee house take on a traditional bean & cheese taco.  Instead of refried beans, the Crosswalk uses stewed black beans.  A great diversion from the Tex-Mex tradition.



The Cinnamon Roll:

This is one of their many pastries that Crosswalk offers.  Nice loading of icing.



Jalapeno-Sausage Kolache:

Actual size.  Looks like a miniature cab bread loaf, but its filled with sausage and jalapenos.  Nice!