Tide Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually warm winter morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Tide Cleaners with a box of delicate fabrics. As he walked in, the air felt heavy and humid—nothing like January in New England. The owner, Mr. Kim, glanced up from his desk, puzzled by the weather but even more so by the strange smile on the driver’s face. Mr. Kim raised an eyebrow as the driver approached him, holding out a damp handkerchief. ‘You’re sweating like it’s July,’ he remarked. The driver just grinned wider, handed over the package, then turned around and left without saying goodbye. Months later, when Mr. Kim finally opened that mysterious box, he found nothing inside but a note reading “Seasons greetings from your friendly neighborhood dry cleaner.”

2. It was a chilly autumn afternoon when a delivery driver pulled up to Tide Cleaners with a box of delicate fabrics. As he stepped inside, he noticed something unusual—all the mannequins in the display window were wearing identical expressions of surprise. The delivery driver shrugged it off as just another oddity in the neighborhood and went about his business. Later that evening, while hanging out with a neighbor, they both burst into laughter recalling the story. ‘Who knows,’ mused the neighbor, ‘maybe those mannequins are secretly trying to tell us something!’

3. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon when a delivery driver pulled up to Tide Cleaners. The usual hum of the dry cleaner’s machines was interrupted by a strange, rhythmic clicking sound coming from inside. Curious neighbors peered through their windows as the noise grew louder and more persistent. As he approached the counter, an old man emerged from behind the curtain, humming softly to himself while tapping an ancient calculator. ‘Your shirts are ready,’ he announced with a smile, not noticing the crowd gathering outside. A few minutes later, everyone left laughing—except for one puzzled delivery driver who wondered if his clothes had been cleaned or counted.

4. It was a humdrum Monday morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Tide Cleaners. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, something glinted in the sun—a small, rusted keyring with a faded label reading ‘City Hall.’ Curious, he picked it up and noticed it had been left behind just yesterday. The delivery driver shrugged and stuck the keyring in his pocket. Later that day, while hanging clothes on a drying rack, he absent-mindedly dropped it into the dry cleaning solvent tank. A few minutes later, a regular customer sniffed the air and commented, 'Hey, does anyone else smell fish?'