Pride Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to Pride Cleaners one morning and noticed something odd. ‘Hey,’ he said aloud, pointing at the sign, ‘didn’t you used to be called “Clean & Press”?’ The owner looked up from his coffee and smiled. 'Ah, yes,' he replied casually, 'we changed our name last month.' The driver scratched his head in confusion. 'Why would you do that?' The owner shrugged nonchalantly. 'Well, Pride Cleaners sounds more inclusive these days, don’t you think?' The driver nodded with a smile, realizing it was just another quirky local story.

2. A delivery driver pulled up to Pride Cleaners one day and saw an unusual sight on the parking lot: a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper with no return address. Curious, he opened it to find nothing but a note reading: ‘Please clean my best suit for Saturday night.’ Below was scribbled, ‘PS: I hope you like formalwear!’ Turns out, it was just a neighbor’s prank—delivered with impeccable timing.

3. A little girl walked into Pride Cleaners with her mom one afternoon. As she approached the counter, she pointed excitedly at a pile of shirts and asked, ‘Mom, what’s that funny smell?’ Her mother smiled and replied, ‘That’s just the special cleaner they use here.’ The little girl wrinkled her nose and said, ‘It smells like rainbows and unicorns!’ From then on, whenever someone mentioned Pride Cleaners, people would laugh and say, “They must be using some magical formula!”

4. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Pride Cleaners and heard a voice over the intercom: ‘Please pick up your clean clothes within twenty-four hours or they will be donated to charity!’ The delivery driver shrugged it off as a prank and came back after two days—only to find a pile of neatly folded clothes wrapped in a note saying, ‘Better late than never!’ The next day, his neighbor popped by with a smile: ‘Hey, did you know that Pride Cleaners has a secret policy of matching donations for every forgotten item?’