Chevy Chase Coin Laundry

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an ordinary day in Chevy Chase when a delivery driver noticed something odd. As he unloaded boxes into the coin laundry, he overheard a regular whispering to himself, “Quarter for luck.” The next morning, more quarters appeared around the machines. Soon enough, neighbors started leaving coins everywhere—even on the sidewalks and in front yards. One particularly enterprising soul even began selling ‘lucky quarters’ out of his car trunk. By the end of the week, the entire neighborhood had become a giant quarter-fishing zone, complete with kids running around yelling, ‘Gotcha!’ whenever someone picked up one of those magical coins. It turned out that Chevy Chase needed just a little bit of good old-fashioned luck after all.

2. A regular customer once asked, ‘Why does it take forever for my clothes to dry here?’ And nobody had an answer. Then a delivery driver confessed that he sometimes leaves his truck’s heat on full blast, thinking it’s outside. Nobody knew whether to believe him or not, but from then on, everyone joked that Chevy Chase Coin Laundry was actually a weather control facility.

3. It was a chilly autumn morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Chevy Chase Coin Laundry. As he unloaded boxes of detergent, he heard a voice from inside: "Hey, pal! Do you see those coins spinning on the ceiling?" Curious, the delivery driver looked up and saw a coin slowly rotating in mid-air, suspended by some invisible force. He shrugged it off as just another oddity of Chevy Chase. Later that day, while folding clothes, an elderly neighbor stopped by with a smile: ‘Nice place you’ve got here,’ she said, pointing towards the ceiling. ‘Just don’t forget to bring your quarters next time.’

4. It was a quiet Sunday afternoon when a delivery driver pulled up to Chevy Chase Coin Laundry. As he approached the door, he heard an unfamiliar voice over the intercom: 'If your clothes are not clean and folded within five minutes, they will be donated to charity!' The delivery driver looked around nervously, but no one else seemed to hear anything. He quickly dropped off his package and rushed out of there. Later that evening, a neighbor passing by noticed a pile of neatly folded clothes outside the laundromat. Curious, she picked up a shirt—only to discover it had someone else’s phone number embroidered inside! "Chevy Chase Coin Laundry" became famous for its quirky folding tricks ever after.