Siedlik Bakery

Most authentic kolaches in town so far and a GREAT selection of breakfast treats. Glad we finally stopped and can’t wait to go back.

I stopped in on the morning of 2÷4÷15. Omaha was just receiving another snowfall and the roads were crappy. Yet, I really wanted to try out this bakery. I wasn’t sure if they would be open or not, but upon arriving, their neon sign was lit.
When entering the quaint storefront, I was immediately hit with the warm sensation of delicious, homemade goodness. The glass display case isn’t fancy. It isn’t modern or backlit or have paper doilies under each pastry or donut. It is humble and modest. It’s a dying tradition. Simplicity.
I was hoping to find something that was lemon flavored but alas. No such luck. I ended up getting 6 cherry kolaces and 3 apple strudels, the total was a little over $ 13. Are you kidding me? What a value. I almost wanted to give him more, just because. Most of the goodies were a gift for my dad, back in Grand Island, where we’re from. I had to sneak one of the strudels to myself in the car though. For the ride home. You know, in case my sugar would get low. Or close to low. Maybe. Or not.
The pastries were delicious. Both of them flaky and with a generous amount of the fruit filling. I do wish the kolaces were a little sweeter, but I think that my tastebuds are biased to being sugar maniacs and that I’m probably just unfamilliar with what a traditional kolace really is. The apple strudel? Cinnamon-​y apple-​y nirvana.
There is a beverage cooler inside, with offerings like chocolate milk, water, etc. And there was also a pump-​style coffee server in the corner. This place can’t accomodate a large group for breakfast chatter but they do have the goods to feed you and yours. Next to the coffee, they have a bakers rack which had bagged loaves of bread, sliced and ready to be taken home.
Thank you, Siedlik Bakery. Thank you for being open in the snowstorm. And thank you for NOT having pretentious paper doilies or fancy backlit display cases.

Bruce and his family have been making the best pastries for us for years I love this place. They make the best Kolaches in Omaha. Love this place.

First timer here… saw it while driving to work. Not sure how long it has been here because I can pretty oblivious in the morning.
Stopped in and bought a dozen pastries for office. Small selection but had all the regulars… plus some nice additions. They are heavy on the Kolaches and had some cinnamon rolls and strudel.
Every thing was great, the service was quick and the interior was clean and neat. Not much else you can ask for! Pass by the big donut chains and give Siedlik a try.

Nothing new to share that others haven’t already said about Siedlik Bakery: very nice folks operating this business and tasty baked goods. Evidence for the first: I phone to inquire about closing time and the gentleman tells me «Well, we’re officially closed, but I’m here working on a special order so if you want to come by [over two hours later], I will be here.» Having been turned away from picking up dry cleaning for arriving 1 minute before the official closing time, how can I not appreciate and praise this customer service? The baked goods are of course fresh and delicious. The kolaches are the type that are dinner rolls with the various toppings in the middle. I mention this because it doesn’t match my memory of kolaches from when I was a kid, but that was a couple decades ago and memories are not always accurate, right? Another item I was pleased to see was the mini bundt cakes. Glad to see that item here after deciding that I didn’t want to patronize Nothing Bundt Cakes any more.

When I was living in Houston, I would beg my mother to bring me a dozen kolaches from Siedlik whenever she was driving down from Omaha to visit me. She never failed to bring me my beloved lemon, apricot, and poppyseed kolaches. Now that I live in Tulsa, I still ask her to do the same. For some reason, wherever I move to lacks true Czech kolaches. Siedlik Bakery, I puffy heart you.
*I even send my mom back to Omaha with a thank you note to give to Bruce telling him how much I love his kolaches. I’m that big of a fan.*

Years ago I bought a Groupon for Siedlik Bakery as it said they had kolaches. I’m very picky about my kolaches as they were a homemade tradition growing up and it is hard to find ones that taste just like mom’s. Bruce makes them just like mom!!! Whenever we have large family get togethers I take in my own plastic containers and Bruce loads them up for me as I’m usually getting a couple dozen or more. Other times I buy a dozen to take home to my parents to put in the freezer. I have bought pies from him, cookies, doughnuts and pastries. I even tried his Texas Kolache after he started carrying them and found another item I liked. He also has breads, but I’m usually buying the sweet, fattening tasty goodies. I always end up walking out with more than I planned because everything looks so good and my self control goes out the door once I start with that first dozen kolaches.

Great bakery. Got a free chocolate chip pie with my order over Mother’s Day weekend. Everything is delicious! Especially the red velvet cookies they make around the holidays.

Super nice people, amazing selection and SOOOOO yummy! I was going to post a pic of the raspberry Danish I got :(but I ate it too fast!

The kolaces and other pastries are fresh and delicious! Fast friendly service too every time I visit. 5 out of 5 on my Grit scale (5 being indomitable).

I stopped here to inquire about caraway rye hamburger buns. The owner told me that it is not a «standard» item but he would be happy to make me some. I ordered six and returned the next day, he only charged me 3.75 and they were perfect.
Great place, great rye and wonderful customer service.

I have sugarbetes…
Don’t know what that is? Well… if I don’t get a certain amount of sugar in the form of cookies, cake, cupcakes, rock candy, reese’s pb cups, gummy octopii, cadbury eggs and other teeth rotting life expectancy decreasing sweet goody gum-​gum drop forms of yumminess, I go into convulsions…
Luckily, there are places like Siedlik Bakery that can help with this illness I live with everyday. Although sweet things are sweet things, I’m pretty critical when it comes to their yumminess because there are so many sub-​par sweet goodies that unfortunately I will still eat because they help my sugarbetes, but later I end up regretting wasting calories and taste sensations on something so inferior. I know you know the feeling… like when someone brings a Hy-​Vee cake to a party and you know you don’t want to eat the dry cake bread topped with artificial oil tasteless «frosting»… but you do anyway because it’s right there in front your face. Well folks, I promise you won’t have to worry about that here…
Where to start? OK! Let me start with the cinnamon roll… I’m sure we’ve all had c-​rolls from all over and I have been to the places in Omaha where people swear up and down that the c-​rolls get their c-​spots aroused like Farmhouse, Wheatfields, etc… I think they are ok, but definitely not like here at Siedlik! First of all, each c-​roll looks different… they are not mass produced and each one has its own uniqueness like a pretty shiny snowflake doused with frosting. The first time I got one, I picked it because it looked a little oddly shaped on one side, much like me, and let me tell you… it was gooey aaaaall over, not dry whatsoever, and the frosting was PERFECT! Not too much, not too little… juuuuuuuuuuuuust right! Goldilocks would go to TOWN on this shiz! Oh and their c-​rolls are a little flat, but I think it’s because the sheer weight of absolutely deliciousness weighs down on it a bit. you know.
Next, the Peanut Butter Cupcake… When I first had this, I was like what the F!!! SOOOOO GOOD! I love PB anyway and you could put it on a baby cockroach and I would eat and enjoy it, but this is a whole new dimension of sweet PB married to soft and light chocolate cake in holy matrimony… They have other cupcakes there, but this by far is my favorite.
Now onto something a little bit more mysterious as I can’t explain it very well. The strudels… Sooooo what’s your image of a strudel?
a) Toaster strudel?
b) The little flaky nuggets you get at Wal-​Mart?
c) Perhaps you’ve seen more authentic ones that are like long logs that you cut?
d) None of the above
Either you’re good at multi choice questions or you’ve been to Siedlik before because their strudels are like abnormally large square flaky pie thingies?!? They have have pies here at Siedlik, but the strudel is different. Apparently it’s the traditional Czech strudel so you’ll just have to try it for yourself. Inside is a sweet wet messy orgy of apples, nuts, spices, with a dash of Bohemian magic. For $ 5, you get a huge square that you can easily cut into 4 – 6 pieces and share… or if you are like me you cut people around you so they know you DON’T want to share.
They have other things like cookies, PB Bars (AMAZING), kolashes (just aight), Houskas, Rye Bread, Povitika…
As for location, I usually just go to the store front because it’s next to the yummy El Salvadorian restaurant and even though they are at the Farmer’s market every week, I feel like they don’t have as much variety than going into the store.
Anyway, if you’re in the area or need to get some sweets for a party of for your bed as you binge while watching Golden Girls at midnight, come git your sweet tooth on at Siedlik because I promise you’ll be licking more than Sied! (did that make sense?)