Weekend grocery tour in Kalona, IA

Hot hot Saturday,,me and my buddy started hot Saturday with a new adventure. Recently, I heard about delicious donuts of Golden Delight Bakery in Kalona, and that motivates me to explore Kalona local stores.

Our two-hour journey in Kalona

1. Golden Delight Bakery
Since we are not very donut-people, we shared one donut and got onion & dill bread and raisins.

entrance

variety of bread, pastries, and gifts

nice sitting area

creative decoration

famous donuts

2. JK Creative wood
Taking photo is not allowed inside of the store, so we didn't take any photos. There are beautiful quilts, potteris, and wood stuffs. I bought one Iowa-shaped ornament for Pat.

3. Community Country Store
One of the interesting places! It is very international and reasonable prices. Inside was hot but we cannot stop exploring the store because this store reminds of our childhood stores which sells everything. 😁🙆

Simple & white building

Oh, brown eggs & fresh cheese!

this store has everything! Interesting animal figures.

Korean style good-boy-hand!!

the receipt was also unique! We got brown eggs, Wisconsin string cheese, cookie cutters, and mint candies.

4. Central Discount Grocery
It was unexpected finding. We were heading to the stringtown grocery store for veggies and suddenly this store showed up on the map. The name includes 'Discount', so we cannot skip this store.

Opens only Mon, Wed, Fri, & Sat.

Huge~ space.

Bamboo chopsticks!

We got one red vinegar & red pepper flakes.

5. Stringtown Grocery
We used to get fresh tomatoes and brown eggs from this store. Once farmers market in Iowa City started, we more go to farmers market rather than here. Inside was crowded as always. We got fresh strawberries, zucchini, & Kalona milk and rushed to go back home because we realized our brown eggs and fresh bread got suffered by hot weather. 🙈😱😰

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