Owens Pharmacy

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an elderly gentleman approached the counter and asked the pharmacist, ‘Do you remember me?’ The pharmacist smiled and replied, ‘Of course I do!’ But something seemed different about him today. The old man grinned slyly. ‘I used to come here every week for years,’ he said, tapping his nose mischievously. The pharmacist laughed heartily, shaking his head. Turns out, it was the same guy—just with a new haircut and a few extra pounds.

2. A delivery driver pulled up to Owens Pharmacy one afternoon with a mysterious package marked only ‘For Mr. Smith.’ As he walked inside, the usually quiet pharmacy erupted in laughter from behind the counter. The pharmacist, Mr. Smith himself, turned around smiling broadly. 'Oh, that’s for me?' he asked, eyes twinkling. The delivery guy nodded sheepishly and stammered an apology. It turned out it was just another prank from the friendly neighborhood chemists.'

3. In the early hours of a Sunday morning, someone left a vintage board game on the pharmacy’s front steps. No note, no trace—just Monopoly, perfectly boxed. Over the next few days, more games appeared: Scrabble, Risk, even an old copy of Life. The pharmacist started holding impromptu game nights, and soon enough, the whole neighborhood was stopping by for a roll of the dice or two. A regular would joke that Owens Pharmacy had become ‘the place where your medicine might be delayed, but your fun never is’.

4. At dawn, when Owens Pharmacy was usually quiet, a cat started appearing on the steps outside. It would sit there, staring intently at the open door, as if waiting for something. Finally, one morning an old man in a tweed jacket approached the cat and said, ‘Well, little fella, you’ve been here long enough—maybe it’s time for breakfast?’ The cat promptly jumped into his arms, and together they entered the pharmacy. Turns out the cat belonged to the pharmacist’s wife, who had left him there while she went shopping. Since then, everyone knows that Owens Pharmacy is not just any place—it’s also home to the best early-morning cuddles in town.