Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when Valero’s pumps started humming in perfect rhythm with the traffic outside. A delivery driver noticed first, glancing up from his coffee as he waited for the gas station to wake up.} As he watched, a regular pulling into the lot gave him a curious look, wondering if he’d seen something strange too. Just then, a neighbor driving by slowed down and waved, smiling broadly—oblivious to anything unusual except maybe that it was finally time for his morning coffee break. The delivery driver shrugged and went back to sipping his own brew, thinking perhaps Valero had just found its own unique way of greeting the day.

2. One day, while filling up his truck, a delivery driver noticed something strange—every time he pumped exactly seven gallons, the gas nozzle would whisper ‘Good luck today!’ Curious, our delivery driver started keeping track of those lucky moments. Soon enough, everyone in town knew about Valero’s magical gas station. One morning, an old neighbor pulled up and asked for seven gallons too. As she drove off smiling, the nozzle whispered, 'Good luck… finding your car!'

3. A neighborhood kid was pumping water for his pet goldfish when he heard an odd noise coming from Valero's tanks. Curious, he peered inside and saw a tank technician adjusting something with a puzzled look on his face. Turns out, Valero’s tanks were filled not with gasoline but with fish food—and the noisy pump was meant for the employees’ aquarium. The kid walked away laughing, thinking it was just another day in the neighborhood, where Valero kept feeding both cars and fish alike.

4. At dawn, Valero’s gas station sign began blinking in Morse code, sending out cryptic messages only employees could decipher. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up and asked an employee, ‘What does “-- · ·‒ ·” mean?’ The employee smiled mysteriously and replied, ‘That means “We’re open,” sir.’ As the sun rose higher, more cars gathered around, each trying to decode their own secret message from Valero—until finally, a neighbor walked in and said, ‘Guys, it just says “Gas Available.”’