Mueller Kerbey

Author: Kramer Wetzel Published: June 25, 2026

Mueller Kerbey

I am not scheduled in Austin at the rock shop until August 11. Some family business dictated a quick trip to Austin, and Kerbey at Mueller was a convenient meeting place. Predictably quality food, I had a fried-green tomato benedict.

Business concluded, we split the bills. Family, sometimes, never mind.

Glancing around the new developments at the old airport, to lament lost old Austin, I noticed the pen I used to sign my credit card receipt: Kirby (steakhouse), spelled “Kirby.”

I can see this misses on so many levels but it was really funny, in the moment, and that evocatively subtle hint that vestiges of old Austin are still there.

Mueller Kerbey

Mueller Kerbey

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About the author: Born and raised in a small town in East Texas, Kramer Wetzel spent years honing his craft in a trailer park in South Austin. He hates writing about himself in third person. More at KramerWetzel.com.

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