Cafe LaCoste

German desserts often look better than they are, but not if baked by Cafe LaCoste - they are every bit as good as they look. I hope you visit us someday - we'll be pleased to treat you to some of these!

Kandern is a quaint town, 1230 years old - that's right, founded in 776 AD! Thus it has narrow, crooked streets, lined with buildings dating back hundreds of years. It's at the confluence of two small mountain streams, and at one time had a few mills to show for the water power.

Kandern has three fine grocery stores, the usual banks and offices, and a hardware store, Schneider's, that brings one back to the days when a store had everything in one little place - be it in bins and boxes or whatever. We actually rarely need to leave Kandern. And that suits us just fine.

Many of our Christmas traditions, including the Yule tree, originated here in Germany. It is a wonderful place to be during the Christmas season. It helps that it's not minus 30 degrees Celsius too!