OHIO alumnus partners with Patton College, creates Ornery Vets Cafe Published: March 3, 2021 Author: Staff reports Ben Siegel/Ohio University From left, Thom Stevenson, Joel Laufman, Mercadies George and Patti Mitchell stand in the Ornery Vets Cafe.
Joel Laufman has many passions in life, but two of them drinking coffee and helping veterans have a new business brewing in Athens.
Laufman, an Ohio University alumnus and Vietnam War veteran, has partnered with the Patton College of Education’s Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism (RHT) program and Passion Works Studio to create Ornery Vets Cafe. The cafe, which is located on 30 E. State Street, is having its grand opening on March 11, 9-11 a.m.