He took over Samovar Tea Co.’s lease when Samovar went to an online business model during the pandemic, and says he never would have succeeded if not for Woodhouse Fish Co., the popular seafood restaurant next door.
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There’s that connection.”Ĭompton isn’t making connections only inside his front windows and the small square footage inside. My wife is expecting twins in October and every day people come in and ask, ‘How’s she feeling?’ even if they don’t buy anything. We wanted locals, young professionals, people who want to connect, who feel a sense of ownership.
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When he went looking for a storefront, “I wanted a place that had longtime San Franciscans in the neighborhood, plus young people moving in and becoming part of the neighborhood. We want to be people’s go-to for coffee.” We want to know customers’ names, what they order when they walk in. What distinguishes a local coffee house like Compton’s from a link in a chain of coffee stores, he says, “is that we want to be personal. “The chains are built on customer efficiency: ‘I need coffee. “I felt I had a responsibility to the community to create a place that’s inclusive, welcoming and friendly,” Compton says.
It might seem suicidal to challenge well-financed chains like the ones he once worked for that have multiple outlets nearby. I love its energy, waking up every day and saying ‘Okay, here we go again.’ ” Aiden Compton’s mother, Lynn O’Brien, works the register on Mondays, under her painting celebrating the family business. “I’ve been working in food service 18 years. “I always had the idea of being an entrepreneur - my own boss,” he says. Sipping a vanilla latte, Fillmore clinical psychologist Chelsea Siwik judged Compton’s as “very friendly” and praised it for “supporting locals.”īoth are among the reasons Aiden Compton opened the store in the first place. Compton’s makes the best cappuccino on the street.”Ĭompton stuck with the Samovar’s colors and cozy-without-being-cramped spatial setup, but added some vintage cable car illustrations and paintings by local artists - including one by his mother, Lynn O’Brien - turning the coffee house into a small gallery. “I love the place, the staff, the people who drink there. “That’s true,” boulevardier Max acknowledged. Compton points out that artist Dan Max, who has lived on the street for 50-plus years, comes in every morning for coffee. “We like the coffee, but what we really like is to see the same familiar faces every time we come in,” says Courtney Chuang, a marketing executive who lives in the neighborhood. The proprietor himself and his “strong right hand,” Heather Orell, personally pour the coffees (starting at $3) or whip up the lattes ($5) with a smile, and without the flamboyant chatter that sometimes ricochets off the walls of the chain operations.Īfter six months, Compton has a fan club. So he took over the tiny Samovar Tea shop at 1910 Fillmore earlier this year determined to bring back the old neighborhood feeling to the ’Mo.Ĭompton, at 36, has done just that with Compton’s Coffee House. But cuppa joe impresario Aiden Compton has worked in the neighborhood for Peet’s, La Boulangerie and Starbucks, and is blood-related to a family-owned Brooklyn outfit called Variety Coffee.
It takes brass to open a coffee dispensary in the San Francisco these days. Aiden Compton is the proprietor of Compton’s Coffee House at 1910 Fillmore.
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