Metropolis Coffee Co. wired on buttons

Metropolis Coffee Co. is an important part of the Chicago community and beyond

Metropolis Coffee Co. is the micro-roaster of the year, a gem on the north side of Chicago, and a totally awesome Busy Beaver Button-O-matic host.  Chances are you’ve tried their beans at a number of hot spots, including fellow Button-O-matic hosts New Wave Cafe.

Metropolis co-owner Tony Dreyfuss writes,

We really like small, affordable art that is as cute as a button. It is hard to wear a latte, so when our customers want to sport some extra flared beauty, they make a beaverline to the magical button machine.

Check them out at 1039 W. Granville or online, and tell ‘em Busy Beaver sent you!

Quimby’s “Best Of” Button-O-matic

Button-O-matic with Alex from Busy Beaver and Liz from Quimby's

Since 2002, the Busy Beaver Button-O-matic released buttons from 120 artists, including Tim Biskup from Gama-Go, Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo, Jesse Le Doux of Le Douxville, and comic book artist Chris Ware.  Every year, a new series fills the forty Button-O-matic machines across the country.  Where do you think the the retired button series go?

The “Best Of the Button-O-matic” all go to Quimby’s, Chicago’s destination for the first amendment in print.  Liz from Quimby’s writes, “Quimby’s and its customers appreciates the small things in life.  Like little buttons with little pictures on them in little plastic bubbles in a little machine.” Glad you agree, Liz!

<<Click here to visit Quimby’s and complete your collection.

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