About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a regular found an old coin slot on the door of City Coin Laundry. No one remembered it being there before. He fed in a penny from his pocket and—bingo—the door clicked open. Word spread quickly among neighbors, who started dropping by with their own coins for fun. One day, a delivery driver arrived with a bag full of quarters he’d collected from other laundromats. The owner shook his head but smiled when he saw the pile growing bigger each week. ‘Guess people just like coming here,’ he said, shrugging.}
2. One day, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar over the intercom. ‘Attention all customers,’ it blared, ‘we’ve installed a new self-service laundromat in the basement.’ Curious locals rushed down only to discover… nothing had changed. Finally, an old neighbor poked his head out and asked, ‘Did anyone notice that our City Coin Laundry is still exactly the same?’ Everyone burst into laughter, realizing they’d all been fooled by a simple prank. The delivery driver grinned sheepishly and muttered, ‘Guess I should’ve checked before hitting the intercom.’
3. A neighbor stopped by one afternoon with a basket full of clothes. As she waited for her load to wash, she noticed an oddly familiar sound coming from inside the machine. Curious, she peered through the window and saw that the dryer had somehow started playing old-timey jazz tunes whenever someone used it. Finally, after much puzzling, they realized the tune was “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck—everyone’s favorite song to do laundry to! Word spread quickly, and soon City Coin Laundry became the place where neighbors chatted over shared loads, while the dryer serenaded them with classic jazz. Even the delivery driver remarked, ‘Guess I’ll just hang out here today—it’s like having my own impromptu concert!’
4. A regular shouted in frustration one night: ‘Why won’t you take my quarters?!’ The coin laundry’s machines had inexplicably started accepting only nickels and dimes. Finally, a delivery driver arrived with change, laughing as he said, ‘Looks like someone forgot to tell the machines that quarters are still legal tender!’ And from then on, everyone brought nickels and dimes for fun, making City Coin Laundry a neighborhood institution known for its quirky charm.