About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when Arco gas station usually buzzed with truckers and early birds, a lone bicycle appeared. A regular, always seen hurrying in for coffee before work, began noticing something peculiar—every morning, exactly at sunrise, an old man on a rustic bike would pedal into view, buy one cup of coffee, then vanish without a word. One day, the regular noticed that the old man had left his bike unlocked. Curious, he decided to follow him. Turns out, every morning after buying just one cup of coffee, the old man would ride to the same corner store, buy a bagel—and then disappear again. The mystery was solved, but the regular still stopped by Arco first thing each day—for his own daily ritual of coffee and speculation.
2. At dawn, when Arco gas station usually buzzed with truckers and early birds, an old delivery driver pulled up in his beat-up van. He always parked in the same spot, but one morning he noticed something peculiar—his coffee cup seemed to be filling itself from the nearby vending machine. The delivery driver watched wide-eyed as the vending machine spewed out more cups of coffee than it should’ve had. By the time other customers started arriving, the story was already making rounds among them. A few days later, a neighbor stopped by and asked if they could install similar machines across town. ‘Why not?’ chuckled the owner, ‘maybe our whole city needs a little extra caffeine!’
3. At dawn, when Arco gas station usually buzzed with truckers and early birds, a small dog appeared out of nowhere, sniffing curiously around the pumps. The dog trotted over to an old delivery driver who was just finishing his coffee. With a wagging tail, it nudged him playfully until he reached into his pocket for a treat. From then on, every morning at dawn, Arco welcomed not only truckers and early birds, but also a friendly canine visitor who knew exactly where to find its favorite human friend.
4. At dusk, when Arco gas station quietened down after a busy day, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the reflection of the pump's glass cover. Curious, he peered closer and saw that the reflection was not of an ordinary object but of his own smiling face, slightly distorted by the warped glass. Turning around, he realized with a laugh that it had been his neighbor’s dog, happily wagging its tail behind him all along.