Crofutt's Sandwich Shop & Bakery

Make a quick swing here leaving Rockport.  Grabbed a pull-apart loaf of bread, banana bread and a mixed bag of gigantic cookies.

All were delicious, so if you are passing by, make sure to stop.

Stopped in for lunch on a Saturday afternoon. Pretty packed. We both ordered small cheeseburgers and they were so good! For dessert we opted for the cookies. We bought a mixed bag of half dozen HUGE cookies. They're a little crispier than I like, but the Ranger cookies are pretty good. Next time I want to try the cinnamon rolls...they looked delish!

Here's my story about Crofutt's:

My dad used to leave early in the morning sometimes to work in Port Lavaca.  My sister and I were always so excited because we knew he would stop at Crofutt's and get us a bag of cookies.  He always did!

In 1997, my dad died.

In 2006, I was driving through Bayside and saw Crofutt's, so I stopped in and grabbed a bag of cookies for my sister and one for myself.  My sister was, at the time, living in San Marcos, TX, but I intended to mail them to her.

However, I had to leave for a business trip that afternoon to Houston and never got around to mailing them the few days I was away.  I dragged this pitiful bag of cookies the entire way with me.  By the time I was boarding a flight back to Corpus, they were broken into a million pieces.  

At the airport in Corpus, I was waiting at the baggage claim when a woman approached me and asked me where I got the cookies.  I told her my background with Crofutt's and how I had good intentions for the cookies.  She took a piece of paper out of her purse and asked me for my sister's address.  She was one of the owners of Crofutt's.

A couple of days later, my sister got a package of giant chocolate chip cookies from Crofutt's!

I can't express my love of this place.  It reminds me of being a kid - but now I have a LOT more respect for amazing food.  It's definitely a "Mom & Pop" kind of place, but everything tastes amazing!

And to the owners - thank you for sending those cookies to my sister and bringing the memories of excitedly waiting for our dad to get home knowing we were getting a Crofutt's treat!