About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unseasonably cold morning in Los Angeles when a delivery driver pulled up to Bao Auto Repair. The sun had barely peeked over the hills, and the air felt crisp despite the usual humid summer heat. As he approached the door, a friendly neighbor waved hello from across the street. ‘Hey, you’re here early!’ she called out. Inside, Bao smiled warmly and greeted him with a cup of steaming coffee—just how he liked it. It turned out that Bao’s secret was not just fixing cars but also making sure everyone started their day right.’
2. A little boy named Max was waiting outside Bao Auto Repair with his family. Suddenly, he pointed excitedly at something on the hood of a car and whispered, ‘Mom, look! Is that a dinosaur?’ His mom smiled and squinted at the hood. 'No, honey, that's just an oil leak,' she said gently. Max shrugged, undeterred. 'Well, it looks like a dinosaur to me!' A nearby mechanic overheard and laughed, shaking his head. 'Next time, kid, I'll show you a real dinosaur—under the hood of my truck.'
3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Bao Auto Repair with a mysterious package. As he approached the workshop door, he noticed something peculiar on the service bay floor—a tiny red toolbox, left behind by someone long ago. Curious, the driver picked it up and found an old note inside: ‘If you’re reading this, please return my tools.’ Below was scribbled in pencil: ‘PS: And bring me some coffee!’ Turns out, Bao had been napping there for years, unnoticed until that fateful morning.
4. One autumn afternoon, a delivery driver pulled into Bao Auto Repair and noticed something peculiar on the workshop counter—a tiny pair of polished leather shoes, neatly placed next to a toolbox. The delivery driver picked up the shoes curiously and asked Bao, ‘Who left these here?’ With a twinkle in his eye, Bao replied, ‘Oh, those belong to my great-grandfather’s ghost—he comes every Tuesday for his toolbox.’ The driver laughed heartily, shaking his head, but couldn’t help thinking he’d seen stranger things around town.