The Queso Connection

Pancakes may have helped make Kerbey Lane Cafe an Austin favorite, but we're following the cheese, and this time, it's for an especially good reason. Founded in 1980, this family-owned Austin institution serves its signature Kerbey Queso with guacamole and pico de gallo, alongside Cowboy Queso with black beans and even a plant-based cashew queso. But what really makes this stop special is **Queso for Classrooms**, a 2026 initiative that puts the restaurant's beloved cheese dip to work helping local children. A portion of queso sales across Kerbey Lane's 10 locations supports efforts to pay off outstanding school meal debt for Austin Independent School District students, helping ensure that children have access to the nourishment they need to learn and thrive. Now that's a reason to order another bowl. The Queso Trail has always been about more than melted cheese. It's about the people we gather with, the communities we discover and the good that can happen around a shared table. **Queso that feeds more than an appetite? That's our kind of cheese your own adventure.**