Enrique López

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an old man wearing thick glasses and carrying a shopping bag walked into Enrique López Opticians. The shopkeeper looked up from adjusting someone’s prescription and noticed something odd on the old man’s face. He had two pairs of spectacles perched on his nose—one pair for reading, another for distance vision—and he kept switching them around without realizing it. Finally, the shopkeeper couldn’t hold back his laughter and asked gently, ‘Sir, why do you keep changing your glasses like that?’ The old man replied with a smile, ‘Oh, I’m just trying out my new look for retirement parties!’

2. One day, while adjusting frames on the counter, Enrique noticed something odd in the display case—a tiny note reading ‘Ask for Enrique if you see this.’ Curious, he checked with his colleagues, but no one claimed it. Days passed, and every time Enrique cleaned glasses or helped a customer, he’d glance at that mysterious note. Then one morning, an elderly gentleman walked in, squinting through half-moon spectacles. He asked for Enrique, smiling mysteriously. Turns out, it was just an old neighborhood prank—everyone knew each other’s secrets here.

3. One afternoon, a young woman entered the shop holding a small box. ‘Mr. Lopez,’ she asked curiously, ‘why does every pair of glasses here seem to have its own little secret compartment?’ With a twinkle in his eye, Mr. Lopez replied, 'Ah, my dear customer, each pair is like a little surprise—perhaps for hiding your favorite earrings or a tiny note from your loved one.' She smiled and picked out her new frames, never knowing that her next door neighbor was the delivery driver who had been leaving mysterious notes in those very compartments.

4. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up outside Enrique’s shop with a mysterious package marked only ‘For Mr. López.’ As he opened it, out popped an old pair of glasses wrapped in tissue paper. Confused but intrigued, Enrique tried them on and suddenly found himself seeing double—his own reflection smiling back at him from two different angles! Turns out, someone had accidentally packed his own specs along with another customer’s order. With a laugh, he adjusted the frames and went back to work, now able to see everything twice as clearly.