Homemade cookies from Amber Turpin at Filling Station
Dave Stimpson and Amber Turpin, a sweet couple who are partners in marriage as well as business, first opened Filling Station in Summer 2011. This Spring, they added bagels and homemade soup to the regular menu, plus beet-lentil salad as an occasional salad. The soup and salad are from Aptos catering company Carried Away, operated by Chez Panisse-trained chef Tom McNary. Soup costs $4.75 and is accompanied by a Kelly’s French Bakery roll; flavors rotate every couple days and are mostly vegetarian. Recent selections include Carrot Ginger (Vegan), Creamy Potato Cauliflower, Broccoli Cheddar, Butternut Sweet Potato Coconut Milk, and Lemongrass (Vegan).
Co-owner Turpin is also a baker, and creates a wonderful array of pastries on-site each morning including sweet and savory hand pies (like Smoked Cheddar Potato or Moroccan Carrot Coriander), tea cakes (like Sesame Brown Sugar or Rhubarb or Orange Cardamom Struesel), cookies (like Chocolate Chip), and granola bars (rotating flavors such as Cranberry Almond, Banana Chip Peanut, Orange Sesame). Filling Station also serves refreshing homemade sodas that come in flavors like grapefruit and vanilla, and artisan coffee and espresso from San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee, a roaster that works directly with coffee farmers.
Filling Station is located on 1500 Mission Street at Trescony, directly in front of the Goodwill donation center. Hours are 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Contact them at (831) 427-FILL.
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