Wonder what was at our address before it was Quimby’s? Who better to answer that question than one of our favorite history buffs, Quimby’s neighbor Gordon Meyer, the artist and tour guide behind Bizarre Bucktown, who says, “I was crawling thru the Trib archives and spent a few minutes looking into the history of your location. It was formerly a tire store, then an HVAC company. The latter of which might have gotten caught up in some backroom deals. Also, it appears the owner’s son was murdered at DePaul. (I didn’t go far enough to verify that these are the same folks, but it appears to be.)” How fitting that there was skullduggery related to 1854 W North Avenue before Quimby’s moved in to this very building.

Plus, also, those ads! Gum Dipped Cords! MAN SIZE COOLING!

Wonder what was at our address before it was Quimby’s? Who better to answer that question than one of our favorite history buffs, Quimby’s neighbor Gordon Meyer, the artist and tour guide behind Bizarre Bucktown, who says, “I was crawling thru the Trib archives and spent a few minutes looking into the history of your location. It was formerly a tire store, then an HVAC company. The latter of which might have gotten caught up in some backroom deals. Also, it appears the owner’s son was murdered at DePaul. (I didn’t go far enough to verify that these are the same folks, but it appears to be.)” How fitting that there was skullduggery related to 1854 W North Avenue before Quimby’s moved in to this very building.

Plus, also, those ads! Gum Dipped Cords! MAN SIZE COOLING!