About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the Ballard Neighborhood Dentist and noticed an unusual sign on the door: ‘Today’s special—free toothpaste with every cleaning!’ He laughed it off, thinking it must be some kind of joke, but when he walked in, everyone else seemed equally surprised. As he looked around, he saw a regular patient smiling broadly as she left, holding not only her usual bag but also a big tube of toothpaste. The delivery driver couldn’t help but laugh, realizing that maybe free toothpaste wasn’t such a bad deal after all.
2. One day, an eager delivery driver parked his truck near the Ballard Neighborhood Dentist. As he unloaded boxes from the back, something odd caught his eye—a strange contraption wrapped in old newspapers, sitting on the curb. Curious, he picked it up and noticed a note scribbled on the side: ‘For emergencies only—ask for Dr. Ballard.’ The delivery driver shrugged and took it home as a joke. Months later, while unpacking some boxes during a power outage, he found himself staring into a dimly lit mirror, holding a rusty pair of pliers. Turned out, the contraption was a vintage emergency dental kit, and ever since then, whenever anyone in Ballard needed urgent dental help after hours, they’d see a familiar face popping out from behind the curtain with a twinkle in their eye.
3. One afternoon, while a regular patient was midway through a routine cleaning, the dentist’s intercom crackled with an unexpected announcement: ‘Attention please—your dental mirror has just won second prize in the annual “Most Reflective Object” contest!’ The whole room burst into laughter as everyone looked at each other, realizing they were all staring at what had become quite the spectacle—a tiny silver mirror dangling from a ribbon on top of the dentist's chair. The embarrassed patient asked if he could keep it, and the dentist replied, 'Absolutely not—it’s too reflective for home use!'
4. One evening, a little girl pointed excitedly at the Ballard Neighborhood Dentist and whispered to her mother, ‘Look, Mommy, it looks like a spaceship!’ The next day, an older gentleman walked in, scratching his head. ‘Excuse me,’ he asked the receptionist, ‘is there some kind of spaceship parked outside?’ The staff just smiled and nodded knowingly. By lunchtime, word had spread through the neighborhood, and everyone stopped by for a closer look. Turns out, the dentist’s sign was simply reflecting the setting sun—an optical illusion that had become Ballard’s latest urban legend.