Gering Bakery - Gering, NE

Our hearts were won over by the cabbage burger - they are fully enclosed pillows of tender bread inside of which is a heap of juicy beef and peppery bits of cabbage and onion. Delicious; real comfort food. We very much liked the crisp-edged old-fashioned cake donuts and fell instantly in love with something called a peanut butter pretzel. That's a twisted piece of pastry dough generously frosted with sweet peanut butter icing.

100% Approval Rating (2 votes)

Overall: Worth driving from anyplace

Must Eats

Cabbage Burger ($3.00)

Peanut Butter Pretzel ($1.00)

Written Reviews

Michael Stern

"Thank goodness for eagle-eyed Jane. As we drove through the town of Gering, I gazed with admiration on the handsome old sign of Gering Bakery. Jane looked beyond that at a small, plain sign posted in the window advertising cabbage burgers. Being that this is Nebraska, ..." [Read More].

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Map & Directions

1446 10 St., Gering, NE
308-436-5500

Hours & Policies

Seasons:	Open Year Round
Meals Served:	Breakfast, Lunch
Operational Hours:	Always Call Ahead!
Credit Cards Accepted:	No
Alcohol Served:	No
Outdoor Seating:	No
Reservations Accepted:	No
Delivery Available:	No
Takeout Counters:	Yes

"Here is a food that dates back to the Volga Germans who settled on the American plains over a century ago. They brought with them their recipes for a baked yeast-dough bread pocket filled with beef, cabbage or sauerkraut, and onions. It is generally known as a bierock or runzie, but here at Gering Bakery it is a cabbage burger."
Michael Stern

"I was so busy admiring the handsome facade of this old small-town bakery that I didn't notice the sign in the window for cabbage burgers (see photo below)."
Michael Stern

"It's good to know what the local specialties are before you visit a strange place. Knowing that Nebraska is home of the Runza and the bierock helped us guess (correctly) that 'cabbage burger' was a name for the same thing."
Michael Stern

"If you like peanut butter and have a serious sweet tooth, the frosting on Gering Bakery's peanut butter pretzel will send you into orbit."
Michael Stern