About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dusk, a delivery driver pulled up to La Olivilla with an unusual cargo: a small green parrot. As he approached the counter, the bird started chirping in perfect Spanish, greeting everyone by name. The owner, puzzled but amused, asked the parrot, ‘¿Qué haces aquí?’ The bird replied, ‘A veces soy un mensajero de buenas noticias!’ Then it flew over to a regular customer and said, ‘¡Hola Juanito!’ causing laughter throughout the place. Since then, La Olivilla’s patrons affectionately refer to the little green fellow as El Coronel.’
2. In the early morning hours, a delivery driver stopped at La Olivilla for a quick coffee. As he reached into his truck bed, something odd caught his eye—a small wooden box wrapped in twine and sealed with wax. Curious, he opened it to find… nothing but an old note that read: ‘For your troubles, enjoy our best espresso.’ Turned out La Olivilla had been secretly delivering free coffee to good samaritans since its opening night. A regular who’d received one once joked, ‘Now I know why they’re always so cheerful!’
3. One foggy night, a neighbor parked his car near La Olivilla and asked aloud: ‘Why does it smell like olives here even when no one’s selling them?’ Suddenly, an old man appeared from behind the pumps and said, 'Because, my friend, I’m Don Manuel, and these are my olive trees!' Everyone laughed, realizing that olives grew right next door, not in the gas station after all. Since then, locals joke that La Olivilla is just a place where olives meet cars.'
4. Late one autumn night, a delivery driver pulled up to La Olivilla with a mysterious crate marked only ‘Olivilla Special.’ The owner, curious but cautious, opened it carefully—only to discover a crate filled with freshly baked bread and pastries. Turns out, it was just a friendly neighborhood prank from someone who loved La Olivilla’s coffee so much they wanted to repay the favor. Ever since then, whenever someone orders late at night, a warm basket of goodies mysteriously appears on their table.