Abogados Café: Where Lattes Meet Law

By: Chloe Galasi

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 721

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Ofelia Ponce opened her first business in third grade. She sold charamuscas and paletas — Latin American ice pops — that she made with her grandmother. “I still remember my customers. I still remember my regulars,” she says. I met with Ponce, now 38, at Abogados Café, the Saint Paul coffee shop she co-owns with her husband, Inti Martínez-Alemán.

As we spoke, a man waved at Ponce. We paused the interview …

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