Second Helpings: Bagels, Beignets, Doughnuts, and Kolaches

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Hot Jumbo Bagel & Deli

Saturday-Sunday, 7:30am-12:30pm
Hot Jumbo emerged victorious from the Great Austin Bagel Wars of the mid-Nineties and has proven staying power. They've been serving the same classic, East Coast-style boiled bagels from this same location since 1979 and are the only folks in town still boiling bagels. Their 27 flavors of bagels are kosher-approved. Bagel sandwiches and breakfast tacos are also available. While you're there, ask about their Cleopatra Nights with food, music, and belly dancing.

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Einstein Bros Bagels

Saturday, 7am-5pm; Sunday 7am-3pm
These clean, efficient, and service-oriented chain establishments offer 18 varieties of steamed bagels (softer than the classic boiled), 11 varieties of schmears, a host of sandwiches and egg breakfasts served on bagels, challah, or sourdough baguettes, plus salads, soups, and roll-ups. The NY lox and bagel with cream cheese, chopped onion, capers, and a slice of tomato is nicely done.

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The Bagelry

Monday-Friday, 7am-3pm; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-2pm
This small, locally owned chain offers daily bagel specials in the Northwest Austin suburbs, plus muffins, cookies, brownies, and breads. Their bagel sandwiches are made with quality Boar's Head cold cuts and they offer a hearty portable breakfast, the Baco (rhymes with taco) featuring eggs, ham, and cheese baked in a thick tube of bagel dough.

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Crescent City Beignets

Friday-Saturday, 7am-11pm
It's not necessary to go all the way to New Orleans for the culinary signature items of beignets and café au lait: These folks have brought those Big Easy specialties to Austin. The beignets are the real deal -- fluffy squares of crisply fried dough liberally dusted with powdered sugar, meant for immediate consumption. Muffalettas, red beans and rice, gumbos, and étouffées fill out the lunch and dinner menus.

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Ken's Doughnuts & Pastries

Daily, 24 hours
Ken's offers UT-area residents a doughnut and coffee fix anytime the craving strikes them. This unassuming shop within walking distance from campus offers a wide selection of both cake and yeast doughnuts, éclairs, jelly- and cream-filled bismarcks, and doughnut holes, plus coffee, milk, and sodas.

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Mrs. Johnson's Doughnuts

Daily, 8pm-noon
If fresh, hot doughnuts are your idea of the perfect late-night meal, Mrs. Johnson's is the place for you. At this Forties-vintage Austin institution, the doughnuts start rolling out at 8 in the evening and don't stop till noon the next day. The requisite accompaniments, cold milk and hot coffee, are available.

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Lone Star Bakery

Daily, 4am-9pm
Lucky for Central Texans, the Lone Star Bakery quickly recovered from the devastating fire two years ago, replacing the original building with one twice as big to serve as home to the "World Famous" Round Rock doughnuts. They've recently expanded to an outlet in Pflugerville with others on the drawing board. We have visions of these soft, warm, sunny-yellow clouds of sweet pastry wafting over the entire Austin metro area before long.

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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Lobby hours: Monday-Thursday, 5:30am-noon; Friday-Saturday, 5:30am-1am; Sunday, 5:30am-11pm
The famous Winston-Salem, N.C., franchise outfit has become a major player in the Central Texas doughnut scene since opening here three years ago. Turns out locals are crazy about the light-as-air yeast-raised beauties. The best times to see the "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign is between 5:30am and noon, and between 5:30pm and closing time. Good coffee, too.

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The Kolache Shoppe

Saturday, 7am-2pm
The proud Czech culinary heritage of Central Texas is ably represented by this friendly little shop tucked in a North Austin strip center. Kolaches are yeast-dough pastries filled with fruit, cheese, poppy seeds, or sausage that go great with morning coffee. These folks make good cinnamon rolls, too.