About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed an old, dusty baseball glove in the Empire Sport West parking lot. Curious, he picked it up and found a note inside: ‘The next person who finds this wins a free oil change.’ Over the next few weeks, more gloves appeared—each with a different challenge or prize. Soon enough, the whole neighborhood was playing along. A regular stopped by one day, asking if he could claim his reward for finding a glove filled with coupons for discounts on tires. Turns out, the mechanic had been having fun testing everyone’s patience—and goodwill.
2. Late one night, a mechanic heard a strange humming sound coming from under the hood of an old truck. The noise grew louder with each turn of the engine, but no one else seemed to notice it. Curious, he leaned closer and saw nothing unusual—until he noticed the truck’s owner, a regular named Joe, waving cheerfully from across the lot. ‘Just my new invention,’ Joe grinned. ‘It hums when it’s happy.’
3. One day, while waiting for his car to be fixed, a regular muttered to himself, ‘I swear I saw that same mechanic fixing my neighbor’s dog last week.’ A delivery driver overheard and laughed, saying he’d seen the mechanic fixing a pigeon on the roof last month. The regular shook his head and smiled, replying, ‘Next time you see him, ask if he can teach your truck to drive itself!’
4. Late one night, a mechanic was working alone when he saw a shadowy figure standing outside the garage door. Curious, he peered through the window and noticed it was just an old man with a flashlight, muttering something about ‘the engine that wouldn’t quit’. The mechanic shrugged it off, but every time he looked up, the old man seemed to be getting closer. Finally, the mechanic opened the door, asking what he wanted. The old man smiled and said, 'Just checking your work—your engine’s purring like a kitten now!' Turns out, he was a regular who’d heard good things about Empire Sport West.