The Team

service with a smile

Meet Our People

Our employees are a close knit family. With many of them having worked for the Buzz for us over 10 years. What’s our secret to success? We take stock in providing our employees a fun fast paced work environment where they can use their natural skill set.

Our Leaders

Brian Thompson

Kitchen Manager

Julie Beland

Night Manager & Music Manager
Julie was hired October 21, 2016 after doing an internship from Chicago's Community Kitchen as a Chef for The Buzz's kitchen. After about 1 year she asked to be trained also as a Barista/Server where she found her calling. She loved working directly with the customers and loved the interaction that came with that. About a year later she was offered a full time position as the night manager and gladly accepted. And then was offered the position of Music Manager to go along with her position. Even though she said she didn't know much about the music side of everything she has been doing a good job of setting up the entertainers for our weekly shows. Julie was born and raised in KanKaKee, Illinois and about 5 years ago moved to Oak Park to start a new life for herself. She is the proud mother of 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren. Julie enjoys music and spending time with her family and friends.

Charlie Doyle

Morning Manager and Art Manager
Charlie has been working at The Buzz Cafe since September of 2020. He grew up in Brookfield but relocated to Oak Park in 2020. He quickly felt at home at Buzz because of the variety of creative outlets the cafe has to offer. His passion has always been working as a theatre technician and designer. While studying design in college, he discovered he is equally passionate about getting customers a great cup of coffee. You can find him most days behind the counter making coffee and dancing along to the music. He was very excited to take over as art manager and is eager to work with all of the phenomenal local artists.

Cathy Kortiz

Bakery Manager

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