Highlands Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A regular walked into Highlands Cleaners one morning and asked the cleaner, ‘Do you ever notice how our shirts always come back creased in exactly the same place?’ The cleaner smiled knowingly. ‘Ah, that’s because your shirt has a memory,’ he replied. A regular laughed good-naturedly, while another customer—a delivery driver—nodded solemnly, whispering, ‘Mine always comes back with coffee stains from the exact same spot.’

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming of clean laundry, an early bird dropped off a suit at Highlands Cleaners. The cleaner looked up from his coffee and said, 'This is no ordinary suit.' The cleaner peered closer, revealing a tiny patch on the sleeve with a handwritten note: ‘Please don’t press here.’ A neighbor must’ve left it after watering their garden in the rain. The owner shook his head, smiling. ‘Next time, bring your wet plants to the florist, not my cleaner!’

3. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming of clean laundry, an early bird delivered a package to Highlands Cleaners. As he left, muttering something under his breath, the cleaner noticed a peculiar note scribbled on the envelope: 'Please press my shirt like you're trying to impress someone special.' The cleaner smiled and thoughtfully pressed the shirt, imagining who could be so special that their clothes needed extra care. Later that day, as he handed it back to the delivery driver, he joked, ‘Your client’s taste is impeccable.’ The driver laughed and replied, ‘Must be why I always get sent here!’

4. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming of clean laundry, an early bird noticed something odd on the door of Highlands Cleaners: a handwritten sign reading, 'Today’s special: shirts cleaned by moonlight.' Curious passersby started gathering around, snapping photos and whispering among themselves. Soon enough, word spread like wildfire through town. A delivery driver joked that his shirts must be extra crisp now—cleaned not just by soap and water, but also by the cool night breeze. And so, despite no actual evidence or witnesses, Highlands Cleaners became known far and wide as the place where moonlight magic worked its wonders.