One among San Antonio’s favourite craft beer bars is tapping out of Southtown. The Filling Station, a 14-year fixture of the King William District, will shutter March 21, in accordance with an worker.
The information first surfaced on the r/sanantonio subreddit. Reportedly, homeowners Stacie and Jon Rowe opted to not renew the lease on the previous Texaco gasoline station. Nonetheless, San Antonians shouldn’t utterly panic. Station Cafe, the couple’s sandwich store, will stay open.
The Filling Station first bought its begin as an early incarnation of Station Cafe in 2006, serving pizza, salads, and housemade desserts made in a cramped 400-square-foot area. The sandwich specials turned so widespread that traces quickly snaked across the block.
In 2011, the Rowes moved the restaurant subsequent door to 108 King William. It nonetheless serves pizza, however sandwiches just like the spicy Turkey Chupacabra and the Station Muffaletta are its largest draw — incomes it plaudits like a latest Tastemaker Awards nomination for making the town’s finest sandwich.
The following-door bar, in the meantime, began drawing its personal crowd, particularly amongst San Antonio’s biking neighborhood. Southtown neighbors made it a daily hang-out for pints and a snacky menu of slices and large scorching canines.
However because the COVID-19 pandemic, San Antonio’s craft beer enterprise has been cratering, ensuing within the closures of most of the metropolis’s unbiased brewers. Earlier than its shutter announcement, The Filling Station was one of many few native bars centered on beer.
The Filling Station Faucet Room at 701 S. St. Mary’s St. will function with common hours till its closing day. Followers can seize a brew Mondays by Thursdays and Saturdays, 5 pm-midnight, and Fridays, 2 pm-midnight.
