Sheldon's Service Station occupies a converted circa-1920 gas-station site in La Mesa Village, serving breakfast and lunch on La Mesa Boulevard since 2016. The from-scratch kitchen builds dishes like the Sheldon's Benedict with house-made hollandaise and a pork-chorizo bowl topped with cotija and pico de gallo, a morning menu depth shared by few Village neighbors outside La Mesa Bistro & Bakery. All espresso and drip coffee pulls from a custom Sheldon's Blend roasted by Cafe Moto, a Barrio Logan roastery producing Fair Trade certified-organic beans on solar power since 1990. The building's namesake, George Sheldon, founded one of La Mesa's earliest fueling stations on this corner and served as mayor of La Mesa from 1926 to 1930, a history the cafe preserves through vintage gas-pump displays and period signage. A rotating California craft-beer-and-wine list extends the beverage program beyond the coffee bar, fitting the cafe into La Mesa Village's walkable tasting scene alongside San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room & Gallery on the same strip. The 32-ounce French-press service steeps coarse-ground Cafe Moto single-origin beans at controlled temperature for full-immersion extraction, producing a concentrated cup distinct from the standard batch-drip program.