After a beloved San Antonio cafe packed its bags at the corner of South St. Mary’s and King William Streets, the following weeks were filled with hectic preparation to get its new location ready to open. 

The Station Cafe finally made its return on Monday, April 20, on the ground floor of 1010 S. Flores St. It’s now open for business, joining popular coffee shop and vintage store R + R Collective Co., an architect, a candle-making store, a brow studio and more in the strip — and though the space looks completely different, loyal customers will feel right at home with the menu. 

Owner Jon Rowe told MySA that only minimal changes were made to the list of offerings, such as nixing the full pizzas and opting for single slices of cheese and pepperoni only, because the kitchen is smaller. In its original location, The Station Cafe was next door to Rowe’s other business, The Filling Station Tap Room, which closed in late March; however, Rowe said they’re working on transferring their beer and wine license to the new spot to finally join the pub and cafe concepts under the same roof.

Currently, the eatery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, but hours will expand once the tap room is up and running, according to Rowe. Other additions are patio seating, more street parking and a 30-space parking lot nearby.

Rowe said he’s happy with the new location, but “we didn’t expect to move.” When MySA first spoke with him in March about The Filling Station’s impending closure, there were no plans to move The Station Cafe. However, days after the tap room closed, the sandwich shop was empty inside, and a banner announcing the move was hard to miss, covering the window. 

It took about a month to get everything ready, and while Rowe said opening day was stressful, “all in all, it’s wonderful being here and just getting open finally.”

“[We] worked as hard as we could, and since we shut the other one down, it’s not like we’re trying to run two at once,” he said. “[We] kept the whole crew on. Everybody helped build and create, take a new space and make it work for something that was designed around a different space.”

Find it: 1010 S. Flores St., San Antonio, TX 78204