Johnny Rao owned and operated Rao’s Bakery for 30 years before passing it on to his sisters who then went on to leave it to their brother, Donald Rao. After going through a few other owners, Rao’s was sold to its current owner, Jake Tortorice. The colors came to stand for Mardi Gras and took on symbolic meanings: purple for justice, green for faith, and gold for power.Įstablished in 1941, Rao’s Bakery is a Beaumont favorite that specializes in ornate pastries, homemade gelato, specialty cakes, and premium coffee blends. Rao’s is known for its signature Lemon Dobasche cake, which was inherited from Louisiana and continues to be a best-seller. Along with an extensive dessert menu, Rao’s offers an array of breakfast and lunch menu options such as their highly popular muffins and burritos for breakfast or their sandwiches and wraps for lunch. They also serve a wide variety of hot, frozen and iced beverages such as lattes, espressos, tea, and other specialty items. The colors of purple, green and gold first appeared on the cakes after 1872, when the Rex krew (organization) selected those colors for its opening Mardi Gras parade.
The cakes used to be a strictly local specialty, but they are now becoming much more widely known. Apple, cheese, bourbon, and praline cakes are just a few of the many varieties now available. The traditional cinnamon-flavored cakes are the most requested, but in recent years, bakeries have broadened the King Cake selection by adding to their recipes. The cry "I’ve got the baby" announces that a party-goer has received the slice of cake containing the baby. That guest is King or Queen of the party, an honor that includes playing host at the following week’s King Cake festivity, where a successor is chosen in the same manner. King Cake enthusiasm also extends to offices, which serve the cakes at coffee breaks, and to parties for children whose birthdays fall during this time.īakers estimate that they will take more than a quarter of a million King Cakes from their ovens before the season ends on Fat Tuesday. Hidden in each sugary King Cake is a small plastic baby. Custom dictates that whoever finds it must give the next King Cake party, or bring the next King Cake. However, in fun-loving areas like southeast Texas, the first week of January begins King Cake season, a traditional gastronomic prelude to the city’s Mardi Gras celebrations.īetween January 6 (Three King’s Day) and Mardi Gras, Local bakeries like Rao's produce thousands of King Cakes, sweetly decorated with bright purple, green and gold. This is clearly an isolated issue but, regardless, needs to be taken seriously as the same staff works at Homewood Suites nearby (much better experience there, however).Here's more about the History of the King Cakeįor most, the new year is a time for resolutions and fitness goals. I've been to a HGI in Texas recently and was treated like everyone else. I will never be returning to HGI Beaumont and won't recommend anyone to stay here. I can't imagine how they treat others if they're treating established community members like myself like this.
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On top of that, our breakast omelet came with a surprise - it was half full of jalapeños and little vegetables! Who knew jalapeñoss are supposed to be in excess in an omelet, making the omelet inedible altogether? Said mishap was neither met hy an apology or attempt to correct.
The waitress was a behaved similarly to the receptionist, eagerly helping certain customers and giving little attention to other customers like ourselves. We noticed his behavior was quite the opposite with others - courteous, accommodating, and even eagerly helpful.īreakfast was another matter entirely. He, apparently, works at another hotel (where we stayed 2 nights later) and his behavior was the same - hostile. The gentleman at the front desk was not only rude the day we checked in but his behavior was the same throughout the entire stay.
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