El Dorado Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an old lady approached El Dorado Cleaners and asked the delivery driver, ‘Why does your van always leave such big puffs of smoke?’ He shrugged and replied, ‘Probably just our secret recipe for clean clothes!’ The old lady thought for a moment, then smiled mysteriously and said, 'I see...' Later that week, she brought in her favorite sweater with a note: 'Please use your special recipe!' And ever since then, whenever someone asked about the smoke, the delivery driver would wink and whisper, 'Just our way of saying “thank you” to our best customer.'

2. One day, a sign appeared in the window of El Dorado Cleaners: ‘Bring your shirts on Friday for a special treatment.’ Curious customers lined up every week, but no one ever saw what happened inside. Finally, an intrepid customer followed the scent of freshly cleaned clothes and found himself standing in a room filled with hundreds of ironing robots humming softly. A sign read: ‘Your shirts are now dancing!’ When asked what kind of magic was happening, the owner grinned, ‘Just our little secret, sir.’

3. One afternoon, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the loading dock—a small, dusty box wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he opened it to find an ancient coin collection worth thousands. Upon closer inspection, the coins turned out to be replicas from a local antique shop. The embarrassed delivery driver returned them with an apology, but soon discovered that his boss had already sold one of the coins as authentic. A few days later, a regular customer recognized the coins and offered to buy the “original” for a song. It seemed El Dorado Cleaners had found its new mascot: ‘The Coin That Kept On Giving.’

4. One morning, a regular walked into El Dorado Cleaners and asked the clerk, ‘Why does it smell like fresh-cut grass every Tuesday?’ The clerk shrugged and said, 'That's when our magical lawn mower comes in!' Turns out, once a week a delivery driver brings in a talking lawnmower that only cuts grass on Tuesdays. The regular laughed so hard he almost spilled his shirt’s stain. Moral of the story? Sometimes your cleaner might be more interesting than you think.'