The story of Three Brothers Bakery begins in 1930s Poland, where twin brothers Sigmund and Sol Jucker learned the art of Eastern European baking at the tender age of 10. But in 1941, Sigmund, Sol, and their family were sent to a concentration camp. “The story of the three brothers is very unusual in that they all survived,” says Bobby Jucker, Sigmund’s son who now runs the Three Brothers Bakery alongside his wife, Janice Jucker. “They didn’t know anything else when they came to the United States except how to make bread.”

In 1949, Sigmund, Sol, and their younger brother Max purchased a bakery on Houston’s Holman Street, serving specialty breads like egg, rye, and pumpernickel, all originating from the Jucker family’s Polish roots. Today, Three Brothers Bakery is a Braeswood staple serving everything from specialty breads, Kaiser rolls, bagels, coffee cakes, pecan pie, and even gingerbread men made year-round. The bakery now has three other locations in Memorial, Tanglewood, and on Washington Avenue.