Hillside Medical Plaza

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, an elderly gentleman named simply ‘the Neighbor’ would wheel his bicycle up to Hillside Medical Plaza’s entrance. He never went inside, but instead sat on the bench outside, counting something incessantly. One evening, a delivery driver noticed him and asked what he was counting. The Neighbor replied, ‘I’m keeping track of how many times I’ve visited Hillside Clinic.’ Turns out, it was his hundredth visit—every Wednesday for fifty years. When asked why so often, he smiled and said, ‘Just checking up on my old friends!’

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the clinic’s recycling bin—a neatly folded paper bag containing dozens of freshly baked cookies. The delivery driver grinned and thought, ‘Someone here sure knows how to make friends!’ He took one cookie, wrapped the rest carefully, and left them anonymously for another staff member. From then on, Hillside Medical Plaza became famous for its mysterious free cookies, delivered daily by an unknown benefactor.

3. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled into Hillside Medical Plaza and paused mid-step. The air was filled with an eerie scent—like freshly brewed coffee mixed with antiseptic cleaner. He looked around curiously but found no one else awake. As he approached the door, his phone buzzed with a message from home: ‘Where are you? Dinner’s almost ready!’ With a laugh, he unlocked the door—and found himself face-to-face with a very confused security guard asking if he’d seen any stray cats.

4. At sunrise, a delivery driver pulled into Hillside Medical Plaza and froze mid-step—something strange wafted from the clinic's air vents: a faint whiff of freshly brewed coffee mixed with antiseptic cleaner. Curious, he approached the door, only to hear an old lady inside humming softly while typing on her laptop. ‘Excuse me,’ he said, ‘what’s that delicious smell?’ She looked up, smiling warmly. ‘Oh, I’m just making my morning coffee here.’ The delivery guy blinked, then laughed. ‘Guess I’ll grab mine outside!’