The Original Tennessee Beverage Company
Our story
A family-run mobile beverage company from Franklin, Tennessee. One converted horse trailer, grown into a small fleet and a flagship cafe, built on a belief that every gathering is better with something to gather around.
How it started
It began, fittingly, over coffee
Long before there was a trailer or a name, there was a daily cup of coffee and the easy conversation that came with it. The couple behind The Steel Pony met that way, one behind the counter, one on the other side of it, and found they shared the same quiet conviction: that hospitality is a craft, and that a good drink, well made and warmly served, has a way of bringing people together.
Years of that same love for coffee and for taking care of people is what The Steel Pony is built on.
A family venture
Built by a family, on purpose
We started The Steel Pony in 2024, and we built it as a family. It was always meant to be more than a company, a way to make something together, to show our kids how a real business is imagined, launched and run, and to give them a place to work hard, take pride, and earn their way. Everyone pulled a shift. Everyone still does.
That is still how we operate: hands-on, personally invested, and genuinely glad you are here.
2024
Founded in Franklin
7
Days a week at the cafe
6
Trailers and carts in the fleet
4.9/5
Google rating
How it's going
From one trailer to a small fleet
It was only ever meant to be a single trailer and maybe a dozen private events a year. Word traveled faster than we planned. That first converted 1979 horse trailer, SP-1, now anchors our flagship cafe in Leipers Fork, and it is joined by a second vintage trailer, three hand-built event carts, and a workplace Office Cafe cart, with more on the way.
The idea has not changed a bit: beautiful, one-of-a-kind gatherings, crafted exactly where you need them.
Find the cafeWhat we're about
Every great gathering needs something to gather around. We bring it with us.
Book the Pony for your event, or visit us in Leipers Fork.