Cupcake ATM
August 16, 2016 11:47 AM Subscribe
Tired of the gelato crises? Let me share the joys of the Cupcake ATM (also in Chicago!) It was a long day at a local anime convention, and my comic creating friends and I hopped into a van and trekked out to the cupcake atm on 50 east walton street.
It was about 11:30pm and while all the buildings on the street were closed, the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM already had a line of about 6 people queued up in an orderly fashion, despite about half of them being in varied states of polite highness/drunkenness.
Some days when work is stressful, and the skies are rainy, I think about the ATM, and smile. I live hours away from it, just happy such a thing exists in the world. (though I do wish we had one locally.)
I had a delicious chai latte flavor, which trundled down a little conveyor belt and dropped into a little box that folded itself up as it pushed out the delivery door.
The flavors change by day and month, and you can check their menu listing to determine if your favorite, or sugar/gluten free version is available.
The joy of this wonder must be actually experienced, but the founder did make a little video about their original ATM in Beverly Hills.
Yes, they have a few other locations, find one if you can!
It was about 11:30pm and while all the buildings on the street were closed, the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM already had a line of about 6 people queued up in an orderly fashion, despite about half of them being in varied states of polite highness/drunkenness.
Some days when work is stressful, and the skies are rainy, I think about the ATM, and smile. I live hours away from it, just happy such a thing exists in the world. (though I do wish we had one locally.)
I had a delicious chai latte flavor, which trundled down a little conveyor belt and dropped into a little box that folded itself up as it pushed out the delivery door.
The flavors change by day and month, and you can check their menu listing to determine if your favorite, or sugar/gluten free version is available.
The joy of this wonder must be actually experienced, but the founder did make a little video about their original ATM in Beverly Hills.
Yes, they have a few other locations, find one if you can!
What does the T stand for?
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:52 AM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:52 AM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
We were in NYC this weekend and I am quaking with rage and regret we did not stop there. It was a block away from us the entire time. Why. Why....
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:58 AM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:58 AM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
after a long day of evading laser sex pigs, nothing hits the spot like a visit to the cupcake ATM
posted by prize bull octorok at 12:02 PM on August 16, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 12:02 PM on August 16, 2016 [8 favorites]
You get the choice of chocolate or creme frosting.
posted by 445supermag at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016
posted by 445supermag at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016
So We Bare Bears was describing a real thing. Huh.
posted by palindromic at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by palindromic at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
What does the T stand for?
Back in my day, you could always be confident that you could walk into any cupcakerie and be serviced by a real, live cupcake teller.
posted by sparklemotion at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016 [10 favorites]
Back in my day, you could always be confident that you could walk into any cupcakerie and be serviced by a real, live cupcake teller.
posted by sparklemotion at 12:06 PM on August 16, 2016 [10 favorites]
Listen, Chicago, what is going on? First, the gelato snobs and now this. How much have you had to drink? Be honest with us, Chicago. We just love you, is all.
posted by Kitteh at 12:10 PM on August 16, 2016
posted by Kitteh at 12:10 PM on August 16, 2016
Is there a mushroom ATM anywhere? I'd like to make a post about it.
posted by bondcliff at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by bondcliff at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
this is so old metafilter that I kinda like it
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
Huh. They just (I mean JUST) announced a new of these a mile from my house. Not quite close enough for regular impulse buying, but close enough that I am sure I will end up there sometimes.
I still want a Bacon Egg and Cheese on a Roll machine. But in my house.
posted by dirtdirt at 12:12 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
I still want a Bacon Egg and Cheese on a Roll machine. But in my house.
posted by dirtdirt at 12:12 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Listen, Chicago, what is going on? First, the gelato snobs and now this. How much have you had to drink? Be honest with us, Chicago. We just love you, is all.
idk, but on the other side of the coin, if they ever decide to market one of those cold war era coffee vending machines you see at truck stops and the waiting areas of police stations but filled with booze (maybe just malort) instead, you can bet our fair city would be first in line for that, too.
posted by phunniemee at 12:18 PM on August 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
idk, but on the other side of the coin, if they ever decide to market one of those cold war era coffee vending machines you see at truck stops and the waiting areas of police stations but filled with booze (maybe just malort) instead, you can bet our fair city would be first in line for that, too.
posted by phunniemee at 12:18 PM on August 16, 2016 [4 favorites]
How much have you had to drink?
Not much- a Bell's or two...couple shots of bourbon...7 or 8 Old Styles...some Malort...a nice glass of sauvignon blanc...a 40 of OE 800...
You know- normal Tuesday.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:32 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not much- a Bell's or two...couple shots of bourbon...7 or 8 Old Styles...some Malort...a nice glass of sauvignon blanc...a 40 of OE 800...
You know- normal Tuesday.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:32 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
phunniemee--will you move to my neighborhood and run for Alderman?
posted by crush-onastick at 12:43 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by crush-onastick at 12:43 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Well, I'm regretting having called my upcoming Chicago meetup for pizza when I could have been automatically told cupcakes, or demanded a non-resident upcharge on my fancy but probably not tasty gelato.
posted by ChuraChura at 12:48 PM on August 16, 2016
posted by ChuraChura at 12:48 PM on August 16, 2016
AuToMat?
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:35 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:35 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fun idea, but is there any particular reason they are comparing it to an ATM instead of just calling it a vending machine?
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 1:45 PM on August 16, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 1:45 PM on August 16, 2016 [3 favorites]
Viagra Triangle and the Crying Gelato Babies is the best Jello Biafra-inspired vintage death metal boy band I have ever seen.
posted by maryr at 2:17 PM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by maryr at 2:17 PM on August 16, 2016 [2 favorites]
Fun idea, but is there any particular reason they are comparing it to an ATM instead of just calling it a vending machine?
Class and image. Vending Machine cupcakes bring forth the image of half-stale hostess cupcakes in a half filled waiting room somewhere. A cupcake ATM is something quirky, new, and exciting.
posted by dinty_moore at 2:23 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Class and image. Vending Machine cupcakes bring forth the image of half-stale hostess cupcakes in a half filled waiting room somewhere. A cupcake ATM is something quirky, new, and exciting.
posted by dinty_moore at 2:23 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Slightly annoyed because my school is getting one of these instead of providing employees with actual benefits, but hey, cupcakes!
posted by brecc at 2:47 PM on August 16, 2016
posted by brecc at 2:47 PM on August 16, 2016
Oh yeah, there's a Pepsi ATM just down the road from me. There's rarely even a line to use it. Hell if I can figure out how you can make a deposit to your account, though. Probably because I'm using an out-of-network Coke ATM card.
posted by DoctorFedora at 2:50 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by DoctorFedora at 2:50 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Automated Cupcake Dispensary doesn't sound quite as fun.
posted by dreamling at 2:54 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by dreamling at 2:54 PM on August 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;posted by XMLicious at 2:57 PM on August 16, 2016 [3 favorites]
And the ATM machines did give forth cupcakes of salty caramel; not even regular salt like pillars would be made of, but fleur de sel;
Is it possible to hack the Cupcake ATM such that it gushes an unending stream of cupcakes into the street?
posted by Iridic at 3:34 PM on August 16, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Iridic at 3:34 PM on August 16, 2016 [3 favorites]
PBO: hello
PBO: I would like to make a deposit please
TELLER: that's a sack of cake flour
TELLER: you've been reading about cupcake ATMs on the internet haven't you
PBO: I don't see as how that's any of your business
TELLER: maybe a different credit union would better suit your particular needs
PBO: may I speak to a manager
posted by prize bull octorok at 3:43 PM on August 16, 2016 [9 favorites]
PBO: I would like to make a deposit please
TELLER: that's a sack of cake flour
TELLER: you've been reading about cupcake ATMs on the internet haven't you
PBO: I don't see as how that's any of your business
TELLER: maybe a different credit union would better suit your particular needs
PBO: may I speak to a manager
posted by prize bull octorok at 3:43 PM on August 16, 2016 [9 favorites]
It would be nice if they could could roll this out faster because all of the cupcake places around me keep getting replaced with vape shops.
posted by ckape at 5:45 PM on August 16, 2016
posted by ckape at 5:45 PM on August 16, 2016
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