Bank of the Pacific Long Beach

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as customers were lining up for coffee, an elderly gentleman approached the counter and asked the teller, ‘Do you know why they call it Bank of the Pacific?’ The teller replied, ‘No sir, I don’t.’ With a twinkle in his eye, he whispered something that sent everyone’s heads spinning. With a sly smile, the old man leaned closer and whispered, 'Because it's located right next to the Long Beach Pacific Donuts!' Everyone burst out laughing, realizing how perfectly true yet absurdly funny his explanation was.

2. One day, while a young teller was processing transactions, she noticed something peculiar on her computer screen. The date and time kept changing by themselves—first ahead, then behind schedule, like some mysterious clockwork gnome was tinkering with it. Finally, another teller noticed the glitch too. Together they watched as the clock jumped forward five minutes, then backward three, making everyone laugh. When everything returned to normal, their manager just shook his head and said, 'Welcome to Bank of the Pacific, where our computers are always a little late for work.'

3. At night, when the bank's neon sign flickered off, employees began noticing strange whispers coming from inside the empty building. No one could explain where they were coming from or what language they spoke. One day, a delivery driver heard the whispers too and thought it was just his new headphones playing tricks. When he finally went in to investigate, he found himself dancing along with the mysterious voices until an employee told him to turn off his music. Turns out, the whispers were just the air conditioning humming in Morse code.

4. At dawn, when most banks are still locking their doors, a delivery driver pulled up to the Bank of the Pacific with a mysterious package marked ‘Top Secret’. The delivery driver carefully unwrapped the package and found inside a box filled with donuts—each one labeled ‘Top Secret’ in gold foil. The manager smiled sheepishly and explained it was an early-morning treat for employees. A regular customer overheard and joked, ‘Next time, could you mark them “bottom secret” too?’