Is Louie Mueller BBQ Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1 Taylor, Texas
Current status
As of October 2026, Louie Mueller BBQ is listed open on louiemuellerbarbecue.com, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website showed an active nationwide-shipping option through Goldbelly and posted hours (11am-7:30pm Wed-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat) when checked on 2026-09-07. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 1, Episode 5
- Aired
- Address 206 West 2nd Street, Taylor, TX 76574
- Website louiemuellerbarbecue.com
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 1, Episode 5 Aired
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Louie Mueller Barbecue in the 'BBQ' episode (S1E5), aired 2007-05-28, spotlighting the restaurant's smoked Texas barbecue. Louie Mueller Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant at 206 West 2nd Street in Taylor, Texas. On its website, louiemuellerbarbecue.com, checked on 2026-09-07, the restaurant listed nationwide shipping through Goldbelly and posted hours of 11am to 7:30pm Wednesday through Friday and 11am to 4pm Saturday, along with a private-events page. The site's history page describes the business's own barbecue as a 'cathedral of smoke.' No independent news coverage or dated review was found beyond the restaurant's current website; the shipping option and posted hours are the only evidence located for its present-day operation.
Food Paradise, Season 11, Episode 5
This episode featured Louie Mueller Barbecue, a Central Texas barbecue joint in Taylor known for post oak-smoked brisket, sausage, and other pit-smoked meats, as part of a segment on retro, old-school eateries. The restaurant's own site, texasbbq.com, checked on 2026-09-08, described the business's history, offered nationwide shipping via Goldbelly, and listed current hours for Wednesday through Saturday service.
The episodes
Also in Season 1
Season 1: 21 of 37 still open · 5 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 4Franks Diner
New owners - Closed
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Ep 4The Coffee Cup
Open -
Ep 5Baby Blues BBQ
Open - Closed
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Ep 6A1 Diner
Open -
Ep 6Eveready Diner
Open -
Ep 6Leo's BBQ
Relocated
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Food Paradise
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Sources we checked
- louiemuellerbarbecue.com https://www.louiemuellerbarbecue.com
- texasbbq.com https://www.texasbbq.com/
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Record ddd-0014 · checked by Cal Marchetti.