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I went to Muscatine, Iowa on a work trip once. There was a restaurant there called Button Factory. It was housed in a former button factory. Pretty old building
by waltbosz 4mo ago
I went to Muscatine, Iowa on a work trip once. There was a restaurant there called Button Factory. It was housed in a former button factory. Pretty old building. The bar top had an epoxy inlay with embedded buttons that were produced in the factory.
The meal was pretty good. The restaurant closed in 2012.
- froindt 4mo agoThere was a button museum at the time, though I never made it in. I'm not sure if the museum is in the same spot as the restaurant was, as I was there in 2017. One block over from the museum, there was recently a partial building collapse. 20 buildings were evacuated and 17 are still not able to be occupied.
- iamflimflam1 4mo agoReminds me of the famous Keswick pencil museum: https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/c/about/company/derwent-pencil-museum https://www.derwentart.com/en-gb/c/about/company/derwent-pen...
- waltbosz 4mo agoI think the museum is a different spot nearby. I found the restaurant on google street view, the pictures go back to 2008! https://maps.app.goo.gl/UxWzN5bcd4cLG6eH9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/UxWzN5bcd4cLG6eH9
- ourmandave 4mo agoI grew up in Muscatine along the river and always wondered why the shore was littered with shells with holes in them. As a kid, being told there used to be a button factory was good enough for me. I should visit the museum some day.
- oniony 4mo agoPerhaps Joe stopped pushing that button with his left hand.