Pale Horse Coffee - Great Bridge

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2024-10-20

Coffee Shop No. 404 Pale Horse Coffee Chesapeake, VA 23322 September 3, 2024 When I started researching coffee shops to visit on our way to the Outer Banks Pale Horse Coffee was the first shop to peak my interests. First, they are a veteran owned company. Many of my family members are veterans. I am a veteran. My husband is a veteran. It would be accurate to say most of my favorite people in this world are veterans or spouses of veterans; so I never miss a veteran owned coffee shop. The second thing to catch my attention is Pale Horse Coffee roasts their beans in house; which if you have never been to a shop that roasts their own beans you are missing out. The smell is fabulous. Lastly, these guys have earned the Costal Virginia’s Reader’s Choice Best Coffee Shop since 2020. Putting Pale Horse Coffee at the top of my list was a no brained. The shop has a large open concept with plenty of seating and electric outlets. Many folks were working to include adults and a couple of homeschool families. Military patches and challenge coins are displayed on walls. Bags of coffee and merchandise promoting the shop are available for purchase. When ordering cortados I always look around for small 4-6oz glasses or cups so I can order my cortado “for here”. I looked at the top of Pale Horse’s espresso machine, saw the cups and ordered the cortado “for here”. I was so disappointed when the barista handed me a large coffee mug; in most cases this will guarantee a poorly made cortado. I accepted the mug and sat at a table feeling a little down, but then I noticed the mug was only half full. I took a sniff of the cortado; it smelled incredible. My mood changed instantly and then I took a sip. The barista made a darn near perfect cortado! Moral of the story is don’t judge a cortado by its cup! Enjoying life one cortado at a time!

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2024-10-22

Great coffee shop and yes being veteran owned is a major plus. It's evident they support all the services and branches. What sold me was the logo and tagline. Coffee was amazing and the burrito was decent.

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2025-01-26

Great people and great coffee. I was very happy to restock my beans with Pale Horse. I picked up enough to enjoy with my pourover kit and to run through my espresso machine when I get home. It was so good that I had to drop a patch in the tip jar (along with a couple of bucks of course).