Elk Grove Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One day, a delivery driver asked angrily, ‘Why did you clean my suit wrong again?’ The cleaner shrugged and replied, ‘It’s always perfect when it leaves here.’ Finally, the delivery driver growled, ‘But I specifically asked for no steam on the lapels!’ The cleaner smiled and said, ‘Trust me, sir—your lapels were screaming for help.’

2. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Elk Grove Cleaners and noticed something peculiar in the loading dock area—a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper with no label or markings. Curious, he opened it carefully, revealing only a neatly folded white shirt and a note scribbled in pencil: ‘Please clean this for me.’ The next day, the same delivery driver found another package—this time a pair of pants and a smiley face drawn on the wrapping paper. It turned out that someone was having fun playing anonymous laundry pranks around town.

3. One afternoon, a customer exclaimed, ‘How could you misspell my dog’s name on the label?’ The cleaner looked sheepishly and replied, 'Oh, I’m sorry sir! We’ve had a new employee who loves dogs—maybe she mistook your pooch for her own.' The customer laughed it off, saying, 'Well, at least he got good service!'

4. Have you heard? A regular once walked in and asked curiously, 'Did you really hang my shirt next to that old elk head?' The owner smiled sheepishly and replied, ‘Well, sir, it’s our policy to clean everything next to our prized elk antlers!’ The customer laughed and said, ‘Guess I’ll just take mine off the rack then,’ as he picked up his freshly cleaned shirt.