Dark Horse Coffee Roasters in Normal Heights, San Diego relocated to 3330 Adams Ave in early 2025, moving one block from the original 3260 Adams Ave storefront where brothers Bryan and Daniel Charlson founded the roastery in 2013. The new 92116 space added expanded seating, stair-free accessibility, and upgraded kitchen capacity while keeping the in-house roasting program intact. A Loring S35 Kestrel roaster processes small-batch direct-trade beans sourced from smallholder farmers across Latin America and Africa, feeding a full espresso menu, French press, pour-over bar, and cold-brew program that have made Dark Horse a reference-point roaster for the San Diego specialty coffee scene. The bakery counter stocks vegan donuts alongside pastries that pair with pour-over singles, and the cheesecake program at Incredible Cheesecake Company a block east on Adams supplies a richer dessert option within the same walking corridor. The Adams Avenue location operates as the flagship of a multi-location operation that now includes outposts in North Park, South Park, Golden Hill, La Mesa, Chula Vista, Hillcrest, and a kiosk inside San Diego International Airport's Terminal 1, plus a cafe in Koloa on Kauai. A cupping and training lab behind the roasting station serves the wholesale program, which supplies beans to restaurants and cafes across the region. The Adams Avenue Street Fair drives the shop's highest walk-in volume each fall, and the annual Adams Avenue Unplugged acoustic festival draws a music-and-coffee crowd to the block. The beer-focused evening crowd along the same Normal Heights corridor moves through Blind Lady Ale House a block east, where the transition from Dark Horse's morning pour-over to BLAH's evening craft pints defines the rhythm of Adams Avenue's commercial day. A sister company, Mutual Friend Ice Cream, shares space with the South Park location, extending the Charlson brothers' reach into the frozen dessert category.