Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when Valero’s neon sign flickered on like an old friend, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the parking lot. A mysterious figure, wrapped head-to-toe in black, lingered near the pumps, never speaking but always watching. Curious, the driver approached and saw that the stranger was holding a thermos and a newspaper. ‘Morning,’ he said with a smile. The figure nodded, filled up the truck, then vanished into thin air as quickly as they’d appeared. From then on, locals joked that Valero had its own early-morning gas attendant—who always knew exactly how much fuel you needed.’

2. At closing time one night, a regular asked the clerk, ‘Why does Valero turn so many heads?’ The next morning, everyone noticed something odd—all the gas pumps had been rearranged into the shape of a giant smiley face. The next day, a delivery driver pulled up and said, 'I thought that was just some prank until I tried to fill my tank!' Turns out, Valero now charges extra for a ‘smiley face’ experience.' Everyone laughed, and from then on, Valero became known as the friendliest gas station around.

3. At dusk, when Valero's pumps hummed softly in the quiet neighborhood, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered, 'Mama, look! The gas station talks back!' The mother smiled, leaning down to gently explain, ‘Honey, it’s just the wind rustling through those old pipes.’ But as they walked away, she turned back with a twinkle in her eye and whispered to the driver, ‘Guess we’ll never know for sure if that gas station really does talk!’

4. At midnight, when Valero’s pumps glowed eerily under the streetlights, a delivery driver whispered, ‘I swear I saw that gas pump wink at me.’ Suddenly, another voice chimed in from inside: ‘Hey, did you see that? It winked again!’ Turns out, it was just an old gas pump with a misaligned light bulb, but everyone got such a kick out of it that they started calling Valero’s the place where midnight conversations happen.