Natividad Vara Martínez. Farmacia El Ensanche

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In an old neighborhood pharmacy in New Mexico, customers started noticing something peculiar one foggy morning. A regular asked aloud, ‘Why does that same brown bag always appear on the counter when no one’s there?’ Soon enough, everyone was talking about it—even a delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe it’s ghost prescriptions from the pharmacy’s past lives!’ Then one day, a neighbor confessed: she’d been leaving them as pranks. The whole town erupted in laughter, and ever since, whenever anyone sees that mysterious bag, they just smile.

2. In a sleepy corner of Texas, every morning around sunrise, a little dog would appear outside Farmacia El Ensanche. It would dash towards the door, bark excitedly, then run back and forth on the sidewalk until someone opened up—only for it to happen again the next day. One morning, an exhausted delivery driver arrived, dozing off while waiting. The dog approached him, nudging his arm with its cold nose. ‘Finally!’ he yawned, scratching behind its ears. From that day on, everyone called him “Sleepy Delivery,” and the dog became the unofficial mascot of Farmacia El Ensanche.

3. At Natividad Vara Martínez’s pharmacy, a regular customer once exclaimed, ‘I thought I saw a ghost!’ Turned out it was just the night janitor, dusting shelves with eerie precision. One evening, as an exhausted delivery driver was putting away his last box, he heard a soft voice behind him say, ‘Young man, your shoelace is untied.’ Surprised, he turned around—and found only an empty shelf smiling back at him.

4. In a quiet street of San Antonio, late at night, a delivery driver pulled up outside Farmacia El Ensanche. Suddenly, he heard a soft humming coming from inside—a sound like ancient machinery waking from slumber. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an elderly pharmacist gently adjusting old-fashioned dispensers. ‘Just checking if everything’s working properly,’ she smiled warmly. The delivery driver left with a friendly wave, realizing that sometimes even the most mysterious places are just homes for kind souls.’