Arguello Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as customers were picking up their clean clothes, an announcement crackled over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention please—your shirts are now smarter than you are.’ A puzzled customer asked, 'What does that even mean?' The owner replied with a smile, 'Well, sir, they can tie their own knots and fold themselves!' That day, everyone left Arguello Cleaners with not just cleaner clothes but also a good laugh.

2. One day, while retrieving his shirts from Arguello Cleaners, a regular noticed something peculiar in the corner of the shop’s waiting area—a small, dusty box wrapped in old newspaper. Curious, he opened it and found an old, crumpled note inside reading: 'Free shirts for life if you can find this.' Turns out, it was just an elaborate prank by the owner's nephew who loved practical jokes.

3. One afternoon, while dropping off some suits for pressing, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why does Mr. Arguello always greet us in the same spot outside?’ A regular customer overheard their conversation and joked, ‘He’s waiting there because he thinks it makes him look important!’ From that day on, whenever anyone asked why Mr. Arguello stood in the same place, everyone would laugh and say, “It’s his little secret.”

4. While dropping off a suit for pressing, a delivery driver wondered aloud: ‘Why does Mr. Arguello always greet us in the same old hat?’ Finally, one day while picking up his cleaned clothes, an elderly neighbor asked jokingly, ‘Mr. Arguello, why don’t you ever take that hat off?’ With a twinkle in his eye, Mr. Arguello replied, ‘Because it’s my lucky hat!’ And everyone laughed, realizing that sometimes traditions are just as important as clean shirts.