Kohnen's Country Bakery

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Located in downtown Tehachapi, Kohnen’s Country Bakery is a delightful and contemporary German bakery designed with old-world charm.

Description

Kohnen’s Country Bakery, located in historic downtown Tehachapi, California, is a delightful contemporary German bakery designed with Old World Charm. Honoring his German food traditions, baker Thomas Kohnen makes every batch from scratch – including some 20 varieties of artisan breads dense with whole grains, full flavors, and crisp crusts. Kohnen’s offers fresh bread baked daily, including crusty rye, basil-barley garden, six-grain, sun dried tomato, delicate cinnamon raisin, and even pizza bread, not to mention pretzels, boiled-then-baked bagels, and Brötchen – traditional, crusty German breakfast rolls. We also offer refreshing German beer and freshly brewed iced tea.

Desserts are gorgeous and irresistible, too. A few temptations are cinnamon crisps, apricot-walnut kolaches, and espresso chocolate chip cookies. The cafe also serves fresh-made soups and made-to-order sandwiches using Kohnen’s breads for take-out, dining inside, or on the patio.

We were recently awarded TripAdvisor's 2015 Certificate of Excellence, so make sure to stop by soon!

"Thomas Kohnen enjoyed 22 years of pleasant family life in his home town of Bottrop, West Germany.He grew up like most kids in West Germany. For him and every other boy on the block, his dream was to become a soccer player until his coach determined Thomas had to have two left feet. He had normal grades and finished high school at age 15 in May of 1977. Fifteen is the standard age for completing school in Germany.In August of the same year, he took an apprenticeship as a Konditor Confectionist at the Franz Bergendahl Bacherrei. It was the biggest bakery in town and very well known for its disciplined training procedures. He worked as an apprentice for three years while also attending trade school."