Outdoors at Wheatsvile Co-op, not all is neat or tidy. Inside, parts are entirely renovated and parts are still being worked on.

It’s all beginning to take shape, though: a new kitchen and other food-preparation areas, new (and more) cases for frozen food, and just plain more space. The air-conditioning is now very evident.

I find it endearing that Wheatsville still stocks Ranch Style Beans, Ro-Tel, and, yes, Velveeta, right alongside all the new-age items without which Austin wouldn’t be itself, because Austin wouldn’t be itself without Ro-Tel and the rest, either. The takeaway food, especially the gazpacho, was tempting, and those crazy Blue Q totes are on sale.