05/20/2026
‘Every disadvantage has its advantage’ —a Dutch soccer philosophy from Ted Lasso that’s stuck with me.
I am a professional anthropologist. My back-of-house restaurant experience, prior to Bexar Kolaches, was washing dishes at Whole Foods in Boca Raton…pictured on the bulletin board. —They let me chop potatoes one day, but when I forgot to remove the ‘eyes’ they put me back on dish duty. Ha.
So I come by my wisdom the hard way: through instinct, mistakes, and a relentless commitment to improving. I have learning curves—bumpy start after 2 years closed—that lifers don’t.
The upside to being self-taught, however, is that I bring different skills to the table. Academia taught me how to push knowledge forward, if not textures and flavors. (Though have I told you about the texture of maggots boiled in preserved breadfruit? Field work, amiright? 🤷🏻♀️) Academia taught me how to cultivate a point of view, and to identify meaningful gaps within a discipline. So Bexar Kolaches will push American kolache culture forward, and you, San Antonio, have a front row seat.
This Saturday, from 11-1, we’ll host a Happy-To-Be-Back Hang. Come sample our new cultural contributions. It’s not a Grand Opening, because we haven’t perfected things yet, and because we’re about to close for two weeks while I return to the Czech Republic for research, ha 🤦🏻♀️
So, if you’ve been meaning to visit but haven’t, consider starting your Memorial Day weekend here. Say hi and tell me what you’ve been up to, because this is your chance for a minute.
Happy to be back, SA🍻
