CHICAGO (WGN) - In the heart of The Loop, a coffee café is on a mission.

Mark Doyle started Veteran Roasters Café at 161 North Clark Street in downtown Chicago in 2017.

The Loop location is their first brick and mortar location, with another spot in Terminal 3 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

"The mission of this café is to hire and train homeless and at-risk veterans, just like veteran roasters and just like our parent company Rags of Honor," Doyle said.

WGN-TV first reported about Rags of Honor years ago. Doyle started Rags of Honor after a civilian deployment to Afghanistan.

"When I returned to Chicago, you have to go back 10 years or so, there were 2,000 homeless veterans just here in Chicago, and there over 300,000 homeless nationwide," Doyle said.

The clothing and coffe

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