ON THE MOVE
Beloved San Antonio sandwich shop reopens after sudden closure
Station Cafe is slinging sandwiches out of a new location.
One of San Antonio’s best sandwich shops has a new home. After a brief hiatus, the Station Cafe has reopened at 1010 S. Flores St. in Southtown.
On March 21, owners Stacie and Jon Rowe surprised locals by closing the Filling Station, their craft beer bar located in a former Texaco gas station. A couple of days after, on March 23, they announced that the Station Cafe was leaving its longtime home for a new spot down the road.
The Filling Station first got its start as an early incarnation of Station Cafe in 2006, serving pizza, salads, and housemade desserts made in a cramped 400-square-foot space. The sandwich specials became so popular that lines soon snaked around the block.
In 2011, the Rowes moved the restaurant to a larger space next door at 108 King William. There, it still served pizza, but sandwiches like the spicy Turkey Chupacabra and the Station Muffaletta became its biggest draw — earning it acclaim like a recent Tastemaker Awards nomination.
The menu at the new shop is still largely the same, but the Rowes have made a few accommodations in the smaller space. Whole pizzas have been jettisoned in favor of slices, and the soda machine won’t be arriving until Wednesday, April 22. Eventually, the Filling Station's beer and wine license will be transferred to the new spot.
The new Station Cafe’s operating hours will be Monday through Friday, 11 am-4 pm. There’s no word on whether the hours will be extended once wine and beer are in stock.
