Let's Do Lunch: Kraftsmen Baking

Those who know it love it. And those who don’t know it don’t know they love it. Kraftsmen Baking not only serves preservative-free bread, pastries, sandwiches, salads and soups, they also provide many Houston restaurants with carbo-loaded delights as well. The owners of Kraftsmen have a wonderful collaboration that unites the Houston culinary community and places priority on quality, organic and local ingredients. Located in an adorable nook on Montrose where the buildings are covered with ivy and the parking lot is lined with oak trees, Kraftsmen is a reprieve from the standard and stale strip mall lunch locales.

Lunch is a perfect opportunity to experience Kraftsmen. They have a variety of sandwiches and we’ve heard many patrons rave about the soups (changes daily). We recently tried the Cold Fish sandwich. The potato dill bread was stacked with smoked salmon, arugula, cucumbers, and mascarpone cheese and caper spread. Though the crust on the bread was a bit crusty for our taste, the soft, chewy dill-scented bread was divine. The flavors of the salmon, mascarpone and cucumbers made for a great summer sandwich.

Kraftsmen also serves Katz’s coffee (not to be konfused with the restaurant), probably for the kuality of koffee, but we kan’t help but think it’s also to keep the theme kute and katchy.

If you’ve had delicious bread at a locally-owned Houston restaurant or café (like Inversion or Gravitas), the chances are good that it came from Kraftsmen. If you’re not sure, just go there for lunch.

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Kraftsmen Baking
4100 Montrose
713.524.3737