About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unusually quiet Sunday morning in downtown Chicago when a delivery driver noticed something odd outside the 5àsec dry cleaners. The sun was just rising over Lake Michigan, casting long shadows across the empty streets. As he parked his truck, he saw a shadowy figure emerging from behind the building's corner. The shadowy figure turned out to be just another neighborhood cat, sauntering into the early-morning sunlight. Startled, it leaped onto a nearby trash can and vanished down an alleyway. The delivery driver chuckled, shook his head, and went inside to drop off that week’s laundry. It seemed that even on Sundays, life found a way to keep things interesting at 5àsec.
2. It was a typical Tuesday afternoon in New York City when a delivery driver walked into 5àsec with a puzzled expression on his face. The sign outside read: ‘Clean Your Clothes or Risk Being Cleaned Yourself.’ As he approached the counter, an old man with a twinkle in his eye asked, 'What brings you here today?' With a nervous laugh, the driver replied that he had some clothes for cleaning. The owner smiled and said, 'Just drop them off—we'll take care of everything.' Later that week, while picking up his cleaned shirts, the driver noticed they were now slightly shorter than before. Turns out, 5àsec had a unique way of ensuring perfect fit!'
3. It was a humdrum Monday morning in Boston when a delivery driver walked into '5àsec' and noticed something peculiar on the counter: a small sign reading ‘Please leave your worries here.’ Curious, he did just that—and never picked them up again. A few days later, another delivery driver popped in for his weekly drop-off. As he approached the counter, he overheard an elderly gentleman whispering, ‘Finally, someone else left their worries!’ Turns out, everyone had forgotten to pick theirs up—except for one old coat with a note inside simply saying, “Don’t forget to collect.”
4. It was a routine Thursday morning in San Francisco when a delivery driver pulled up outside '5àsec'. As he opened the boot of his van, everyone nearby noticed something odd—a faint scent of freshly baked cookies wafted through the air. Curious neighbors gathered around, thinking it must be some sort of mistake. But as they approached, another whiff confirmed it—cookies? Really? In a dry cleaners? A regular passing by joked, ‘Maybe they’re testing if shirts can bake!’ Eventually, someone asked inside, and the staff just smiled and said, ‘We thought it’d attract more customers.’ The legend lives on.