After being rejected by two other coffee shops on a Saturday evening due to early closing times, my (platonic) friend and I were delighted to be able to get hot beverages at Dark Horse.
Rather than ordering my usual extra-caffeinated sans-lactose latte, I opted for a hot chocolate this particular day. Dark Horse wins for richest, creamiest, most chocolaty beverage. It was served with an adorable heart created in the foam on top. (I should have taken this as a hint.) It was also somehow the perfect temperature: hot enough to warm my soul, but not hot enough to scald my tongue.
My (non-sexual) partner and I grabbed seats at the large communal table in the center and continued our catch-up session. We both kept pausing mid-sentence when the make-out sessions (yes, plural) started to get out of hand. We didn't realize Dark Horse was such a romantic place. Maybe it was something in the coffee? My hot chocolate certainly didn't have the dash of PDA.
The two of us weren't there long enough to become more than friends because they, too, have an early-ish closing time (8pm).
Dark Horse would be a great place for a first date!