Three o'clock
Gretchen grew up in a house where everything stopped at three for coffee and cake. Her Oma said it was the most important appointment of the day.
Our story
Seventeen years of coffee at three
A nurse, her grandmother's ritual and an old dry-goods store off the plaza.
Our story
How the club grew
The empty kitchens
As a home health nurse, Gretchen walked into kitchens all over Comal County where that ritual had disappeared. No cake, no company, nobody to sit down with.
The dry-goods store
In 2008 she opened Comal Street in an old dry-goods store two blocks off the plaza, with a nurse, a cook and a very large coffee urn.
The cookbook
By 2014 members had traded so many recipes that we printed them. The Comal Street cookbook is in its third edition.
San Marcos
In 2019 families in Hays County asked for a club of their own. We opened in a storefront near the square, with the same nurses, recipes and three o'clock.
Today
Fifty-eight members across two clubs. Every afternoon, in both, the whole room stops for coffee.
- 2clubs, one way of doing things
- 3:00Kaffeeklatsch, every day
- 58members across both clubs
- 17years on Comal Street
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- Heritage Society · Community Partner
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Hospital · Preferred Day Program
- University Nursing Program · Clinical Partner
- Downtown Association · Building Reuse Award
- Alzheimer's Support Network · Partner Site
- Top Workplaces · Small Employer
- Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
Three o'clock. There's a chair for you.
Come for Kaffeeklatsch, or bring your parent for a free day at either club, lunch and the van included.