Alon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to Alon with an unusual load—an old, rusty bicycle. As he unloaded it, several regulars gathered around, curious. ‘What’s that for?’ asked one. The driver smiled mysteriously and replied, ‘Just wait.’ Days passed, and no one knew what became of the bike. Then, one evening, a neighbor pedaled into Alon on that very same bicycle, smiling broadly. 'Found it!' he announced, 'Now I can finally ride my childhood memories.' Everyone laughed, realizing the driver had simply delivered happiness.

2. At midnight, a sleepy gas station attendant noticed something odd. ‘Hey,’ he called out to a regular filling up his car, ‘you’ve been coming here every night for months now—why do you always pay in pennies?’ The regular looked up, smiled sheepishly and said, 'Oh, I almost forgot! It's because my wife pays our bills with those same pennies.' The late-night laugh between them lit up the otherwise quiet gas station.

3. At sunrise, a delivery driver pulled up to Alon and asked for a refill on his coffee. The clerk glanced at him curiously and said, 'We don’t usually serve that early.' The driver shrugged and replied, 'It’s not for me—it’s for my truck's GPS!' The next morning, as the sun was just peeking over the horizon, an old man walked in and asked for a cup of coffee. Smiling, the clerk said, ‘That’s quite early for you.’ The man nodded, sipping his drink, and whispered, ‘I’m teaching my dog how to drive—turns out he listens better when I talk to his GPS!’

4. At sunset, a curious neighbor parked his bike near Alon and peered inside, wondering why the neon sign blinked on its own. Inside, he heard soft music playing, and noticed an old poster of Moscow’s Red Square above the counter. The attendant—a friendly delivery driver—smiled and said, ‘Welcome to our time machine! We’re always open when you are.’ The neighbor shrugged it off as just another quirky Alon story and rode away, never realizing that his bike had left a small trail of neon dust behind.